Ross
01-05-2008, 16:41
CLASSIFIEDS RULES
Disclaimer
Users understand that Peterborough Sports Talk and its hosts only act as the publisher of the classified service and will not be held liable for products offered or information displayed in the forum. All information displayed in the forum is the sole responsibility of the posting member. Caveat Emptor - Buyer beware!
Peterborough Sports Talk, at it's sole discretion, review, edit and/or remove any advert without the permission of the advert publisher.
If you have a problem with a transaction, we urge you to contact a Moderator before "going public" but please be aware that we do not offer any guarantees. Your use of PST's Classifieds is subject to your acceptance that Peterborough Sports Talk is not liable for any losses you may suffer.
The Basics
- It's not in the spirit of PST's Classifieds to use them to make money. Of course, this is something that cannot be policed completely, but you can fully expect to be pulled up on it if you (ie) buy an item from eBay and then immediately try to sell it on PST for a profit. If you are felt to be abusing this free service, your access to PST's Classifieds will be revoked.
- You must state a price you will accept in your advert. You can state "ONO" or "close offers" etc if you wish, but just putting "best offer" will lead to your thread being locked or deleted.
- Posting a very high (unrealistic) price and then "or offers" comes under the above. The Mods have a fair idea of what constitutes a reasonable price, and trying to get around the "no offers" rules by setting a stupid price then inviting offers is not likely to work.
- "PM for price" is no longer acceptable either. Decide what you will take for it and post it.
- An exception to the above is when you are conducting an auction via eBay or similar. As it is impossible to state a price for an auction, you are not required to do so. The intention of these rules is to make sure TA is not used as an auction service, so use eBay if that is the kind of sale you wish to conduct. You are free to link to your auctions in a for sale thread.
- Nothing illegal under UK law. If an item cannot legally be sold to people below a certain age, it is the seller's responsibility to verify the age of the buyer.
- No pornography.
- No post wrecking:
If you don't like the price someone wants, move on.
If you're not interested, don't bother posting.
"That price is too high" comments will be deleted and warned
"I can get them on ebay for less" comments will be deleted and warned.
- No thread bumping by seller until the item is no longer on the first page of the forum or the thread has had no replies for at least 48 hours (whichever is sooner)
- Please close the thread when the item is sold. Please do not re-use old threads when you have new items to sell, start a new one instead.
- Stay on topic - PM/Start a new thread within another section if you wish to discuss something non related to the sale with the seller.
- Sellers must guarantee that all products and equipment offered are real, descriptions and prices are accurate and include true to life photos as needed. Peterborough Sports Talk and its hosts will not be liable for any information posted in the forum.
- Sellers are under no obligation to accept "dibs". Although it is expected that a seller will accept the first offer that meets their asking price, it is not a requirement for sellers to wait for people to see if they have the cash etc. For example - if A calls "first dibs" but does not make a firm offer, and B comes along offering to pay immediately, the seller is free to take B's confirmed offer. Of course, sellers can choose to honour "dibs" at their own discretion.
Please note the "Trader Rating" feedback system under a users postcount, this acts as a user quality quideline and also links to comments from previous transactions (click the rating number). Remember to leave feedback for each other when a transaction is complete.
- For sellers that have only a few or zero feedback, it is vital that the buyer takes it upon him/herself to do some research regarding previous transactions if they exist, and with every sale ensure that appropriate insurance is agreed and paid for and also proof of postage is obtained for EVERY item, ideally recorded delivery, it's only a quid or so extra.
- The PST Classifieds is not an auction service. If you wish to hold an auction, please go to www.ebay.co.uk (http://www.ebay.co.uk/)
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The Peterborough Sports Talk Moderation Team will enforce these rules, and take any necessary actions to enforce these guidelines. Violators of these rules will be removed from the Classifieds section and may be banned from the Peterborough Sports Talk website.
If you have any questions, comments or concerns, feel free to contact any of the Moderation Team with a Private Message, we will try to answer you in a timely fashion.
Disclaimer
Users understand that Peterborough Sports Talk and its hosts only act as the publisher of the classified service and will not be held liable for products offered or information displayed in the forum. All information displayed in the forum is the sole responsibility of the posting member. Caveat Emptor - Buyer beware!
Peterborough Sports Talk, at it's sole discretion, review, edit and/or remove any advert without the permission of the advert publisher.
If you have a problem with a transaction, we urge you to contact a Moderator before "going public" but please be aware that we do not offer any guarantees. Your use of PST's Classifieds is subject to your acceptance that Peterborough Sports Talk is not liable for any losses you may suffer.
The Basics
- It's not in the spirit of PST's Classifieds to use them to make money. Of course, this is something that cannot be policed completely, but you can fully expect to be pulled up on it if you (ie) buy an item from eBay and then immediately try to sell it on PST for a profit. If you are felt to be abusing this free service, your access to PST's Classifieds will be revoked.
- You must state a price you will accept in your advert. You can state "ONO" or "close offers" etc if you wish, but just putting "best offer" will lead to your thread being locked or deleted.
- Posting a very high (unrealistic) price and then "or offers" comes under the above. The Mods have a fair idea of what constitutes a reasonable price, and trying to get around the "no offers" rules by setting a stupid price then inviting offers is not likely to work.
- "PM for price" is no longer acceptable either. Decide what you will take for it and post it.
- An exception to the above is when you are conducting an auction via eBay or similar. As it is impossible to state a price for an auction, you are not required to do so. The intention of these rules is to make sure TA is not used as an auction service, so use eBay if that is the kind of sale you wish to conduct. You are free to link to your auctions in a for sale thread.
- Nothing illegal under UK law. If an item cannot legally be sold to people below a certain age, it is the seller's responsibility to verify the age of the buyer.
- No pornography.
- No post wrecking:
If you don't like the price someone wants, move on.
If you're not interested, don't bother posting.
"That price is too high" comments will be deleted and warned
"I can get them on ebay for less" comments will be deleted and warned.
- No thread bumping by seller until the item is no longer on the first page of the forum or the thread has had no replies for at least 48 hours (whichever is sooner)
- Please close the thread when the item is sold. Please do not re-use old threads when you have new items to sell, start a new one instead.
- Stay on topic - PM/Start a new thread within another section if you wish to discuss something non related to the sale with the seller.
- Sellers must guarantee that all products and equipment offered are real, descriptions and prices are accurate and include true to life photos as needed. Peterborough Sports Talk and its hosts will not be liable for any information posted in the forum.
- Sellers are under no obligation to accept "dibs". Although it is expected that a seller will accept the first offer that meets their asking price, it is not a requirement for sellers to wait for people to see if they have the cash etc. For example - if A calls "first dibs" but does not make a firm offer, and B comes along offering to pay immediately, the seller is free to take B's confirmed offer. Of course, sellers can choose to honour "dibs" at their own discretion.
Please note the "Trader Rating" feedback system under a users postcount, this acts as a user quality quideline and also links to comments from previous transactions (click the rating number). Remember to leave feedback for each other when a transaction is complete.
- For sellers that have only a few or zero feedback, it is vital that the buyer takes it upon him/herself to do some research regarding previous transactions if they exist, and with every sale ensure that appropriate insurance is agreed and paid for and also proof of postage is obtained for EVERY item, ideally recorded delivery, it's only a quid or so extra.
- The PST Classifieds is not an auction service. If you wish to hold an auction, please go to www.ebay.co.uk (http://www.ebay.co.uk/)
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The Peterborough Sports Talk Moderation Team will enforce these rules, and take any necessary actions to enforce these guidelines. Violators of these rules will be removed from the Classifieds section and may be banned from the Peterborough Sports Talk website.
If you have any questions, comments or concerns, feel free to contact any of the Moderation Team with a Private Message, we will try to answer you in a timely fashion.