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Off-Spec Rejection & Claim Kit

A 79-page field kit with a 72-hour timeline, four resolution routes and twelve ready-to-use notices and records.

The shipment arrived wrong. You have seventy-two hours.

When a vanilla shipment arrives off-specification, the first seventy-two hours determine whether you recover your loss. Most buyers lose those hours to uncertainty: who do you contact first, what do you say, what do you document, and in what order? By the time the right sequence becomes clear, the window for a formal claim has often narrowed significantly.

The Off-Spec Rejection and Claim Kit gives you the process, the documents, and the exact language to use — before the container is opened, while the goods are under inspection, and through to resolution or escalation.

What's inside

  • A 72-hour action timeline: what to do, who to contact, and what to document at each hour
  • Four resolution routes: replacement, price adjustment, partial rejection, and full rejection with claim
  • How to preserve your legal position while keeping the supplier relationship intact
  • Documentation requirements for each resolution route and how to build an evidence file
  • When to involve your freight forwarder, surveyor, and insurer — and what to ask each of them

Files you get

  • 79-page field kit (PDF)
  • Twelve ready-to-use notices, records and correspondence templates

What's Inside

  • Full PDF — 79 pages, optimised for screen and print
  • Lifetime re-download via your unique link
  • Written from direct sourcing experience in Indonesia
  • Practical, actionable — no filler content
PDF + Templates
$59 USD · one-time
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Questions

PDFs that open on any device, Excel workbooks (compatible with Google Sheets and LibreOffice), Word template packs (compatible with Google Docs and LibreOffice Writer), and plain-text email templates you can paste and send.
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No. Every term is defined, every calculation is worked through step by step, and every template is ready to use once you fill in the brackets. The guides are written for buyers, not for trade specialists.
No. The contract templates and clause language are written to be clear to suppliers and laboratories, not drafted for any one country's law. Have a lawyer review anything that will carry a commercial claim before you rely on it.
Each purchase is licensed to one buyer for use in their own business. You can send the emails, issue the purchase order and use the forms with your suppliers. You may not share, upload or resell the files themselves.
No. Vanilla Roots writes for buyers. Nothing in these guides is there to sell you beans, recommend a supplier, or steer you toward any particular source. The tools work regardless of where you buy from.
No. The files are delivered instantly and cannot be returned, so all sales are final. Every product page lists the exact page count and every file included before you pay, so you know precisely what you are buying.
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