Policies & Procedures

ORDER FULFILLMENT

Most of the items offered in W.P. Willams Company's store are available immediately from stock and will be shipped next business day.  Your credit card will not be charged until your order is shipped.

If items are not available for immediate shipment, you will be notified via email about the order status and when it will be available.  You will be given an option to wait for the ship date or cancel the order.  The hold on your payment method will be removed no later than next day.

Orders will be shipped from one of our nationwide warehouses, closest to your location, based on availability.  We will use the most economical way to ship your order, UPS or FedEx Ground.

MINIMUM ORDER

We sell in full carton/box quantity only.  If you need to place a patrial order, please contact us.

RETURNS

We offer a full refund credit, including inbound and outbound freight, if we have shipped the wrong product. Please contact us for Return Authorization Number.

If the customer ordered the incorrect product, full credit for the product will be given based on the following conditions:

  • Products are returned within 30 days from the W.P. Williams Company ship date
  • Products are in original packaging, complete and unused
  • Correct replacement products are ordered from W.P. Williams Company
  • Products are returned with Return Authorization Number, to the warehouse specified with Return Authorization email.

Returns not meeting above requirements will be accepted on an individual case basis, and will incur restocking charges up to 50% of the order.

All returns MUST have a Return Authorization Number

TOLERANCES

Decimals +/- .016” [0.4]
Fractions +/- 1/32” [0.8]
Bolt and Screw lengths +/- 1/32” [0.8]
*Unless otherwise specified. 

LIABILITY

W.P. Williams Company is a distributor of military and commercial grade fasteners. Our product is purchased from manufacturers and importers. Conformance to industry specifications is formally requested from these suppliers. They are responsible for inspecting the parts they supply. We believe they are in the best position to properly test the parts that they make.

We maintain complete lot traceability on all products listed on our catalog and website. Certifications are maintained on thru-hardened and military-grade fasteners.

Our expertise is limited to the marketing and distribution of fasteners. We are not manufacturers, designers or engineers nor involved in any way with the application. Therefore, we are unable to recommend any particular application. It is the responsibility of those who purchase from us (and their customers who apply these fasteners) to select the proper part and to test those parts at a level that is commensurate with the nature of the application.

W.P. Williams Company will be liable for a refund or credit for the price billed.  Seller will not be responsible for buyers manufacturing, labor, alternate purchase, extra freight, plating or replating, lost profit, goodwill, recall cost or any other incidental or consequential loss.

MATERIAL CERTIFICATION

A majority of the fasteners supplied by W.P. Williams Company are RoHS compliant, meaning REACH, 3TG, Cal Prop 65, RoHS Rohs2 and they do not contain Lead, Cadmium, PBB, BBP, DBP, PBDE, DEHP, PBDE or Hexavalent Chromium. None of RoHS have come into contact with Mercury or Mercury Compounds during manufacturing or subsequent processing.

If required, please notify us for RoHS Certificates of Conformance and it will be included with the shipment at no additional charge.

Most non-RoHS compliant stock can be re-plated to RoHS compliance at no additional charge.

All of our parts are Conflict Free.  Our parts do not contain conflict material or have anything to do with conflict countries as defined by the US Government.

HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT

We require our platers and suppliers of plated fasteners to bake case hardened parts to appropriate industry specifications. However, this process does not guarantee that hydrogen embrittlement will not still be present after baking or that it will not occur at a later date while in service. Specialized testing or a substitute part may be required, depending on the application.

REPLATING

If you need to replate our product, please contact us to verify if your item can be replated. 

PRIVACY

W.P. Willams Company takes your privacy seriously and is committed to ensuring that your information is secure.  We will never share your information with any third party.

We use customer registration information for order processing only.  All information will be kept inhouse and will not be shared with any third party.  Your telephone number will be used only if your order needs clarification.

PAYMENT

We accept payment via MasterCard, Visa, American Express, ApplePay, PayPal, and MetaPay.

We also offer payment terms of Net 30 days to approved accounts.

To apply for credit, please download and fill out the Credit Application, then email the completed documents to us at sales@wpwilliams.com.

SALES TAX

If you are claiming Sales Tax Exemption for your purchase from us, please fill out the attached form and identify the states you are claiming exemptions for.

EMAIL MARKETING

We send marketing email to registered users who have authorized receiving them.

You can, at any time, remove your name from this list by sending email to contact us, or click unsubscribe on the bottom of the email.

We will never share your email with any third party.

COOKIES

W.P. Williams Company uses cookies on our website to identify user and order processing only.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

  • AVK® is a registered trademark of AVK Industrial Products, SPS Fasteners Division, a PCC Company.
  • Amatom® is a registered trademark of Carey Manufacturing Company, Inc.
  • Apex® is a registered trademark of Cooper Industries.
  • Atlas® is a registered trademark of PennEngineering Fastening Technologies™.
  • Avdel® is a registered trademark of Avdel UK Limited.
  • Avex® is a registered trademark of Avdel UK Limited.
  • Blue Devil® is a registered trademark of Safety Socket Screw Corp.
  • Bulbex® is a registered trademark of Avdel UK Limited.
  • Celus® is a registered trademark of Gesipa Blindniettechnik Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung, Gesellschaft Fur Internationale Patentverwertung M.B.H.-Gesipa.
  • Esna® is a registered trademark of MacLean Industrial, LLC, Elastic Stop Nut Corporation of America.
  • Gesipa® is a registered trademark of Gesipa Fasteners USA Inc.
  • Gripco® is a registered trademark of Emhart® Inc., Grip Nut Company.
  • Hi-Lo® is a registered trademark of ITW Shakeproof division of Illinois Tool Works Inc.
  • Hemlok® is a registered trademark of Avdel UK Limited.
  • Marson® is a registered trademark of Alcoa Fastening Systems Industrial.
  • Micro Plastics® is a registered trademark of Micro Plastics Inc.
  • NutGrade™ is a trademark of N.D. Industries, Inc.
  • Orlock® is a registered trademark owned by Ornit Blind Rivets Ltd.
  • PEM® is a registered trademark of PennEngineering.
  • Plastite® is a registered trademark of REMINC (Research Engineering & Manufacturing Inc.)
  • Pop® is a registered trademark of Emhart Teknologies, LLC.
  • Pozidriv® is a registered trademark of the Phillips Screw Co.
  • Rotor Clip® is a registered trademark of Rotor Clip Company Inc.
  • ScrewGrade™ is a trademark of N.D. Industries, Inc.
  • Southco® is a registered trademark of Southco, Inc.
  • Square-Cone® is a registered trademark of ITW Shakeproof division of Illinois Tool Works.
  • Stavex® is a registered trademark of Avdel UK Limited.
  • Stover® is a registered trademark of the RB&W Corporation
  • StudGrade™ is a trademark of N.D. Industries, Inc.
  • Taptite® is a registered trademark of REMINC (Research Engineering & Manufacturing Inc.)
  • Teflon® is a registered trademark of E.I. Dupont de Nemours Co., Inc.
  • Tinnerman® is a registered trademark of Trans Technology Engineered Components, Llc, Eaton Yale & Towne Inc.
  • Torx® is a registered trademark of Acument Intellectual Properties, LLC.
  • Truarc® is a registered trademark of Rotor Clip Company Inc.
  • Vibra-Tite® is a registered trademark of N.D. Industries, Inc.