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Posted Thu Mar 19, 2009, 1:30pm Subject: **MUST READ** Buy, Sell and Trade Forum Rules (updated June 1, 2009)
CoffeeGeek's Buy, Sell & Trade forum (BST) Rules, Version 1.21, May, 2009. These rules are a must read for anyone who wants to post in this forum. Violation of these rules will result in the deletion of your post, and a strike issued by one of the Forum's moderators. For more information on our strikes system, please review the Forum FAQ. For more explanation of these rules, please read the optional reading announcement.
You must have at least 10 posts on CoffeeGeek, or be a 'Senior Member' (3 months as a member of CoffeeGeek) to be able sell something in this forum. Absolutely no exceptions to this rule. 'Junior Members' with less than 10 posts (not including posts to this forum) will have their threads deleted and a strike issued to their account.
NEW You must complete all of the Listing Details fields located directly below the main text field. The text fields are Price, Location, First Name and Last Name. Also the Type of Sale must also be selected from the drop down menu (For Sale, For Trade, For Sale or Trade, or Wanted to Buy) below that menu the agreement box must also be selected (verifying that it is a private sale {see rule #4}). You must have a valid email address as your "public email' in order to post, or list a valid, unobstructed email in your for sale / trade / buy post.
No links to external sales can be made in new threads on this forum. This includes, but is not limited to, eBay and Craigslist.
Only private, consumer sales are allowed. No commercial posts at all. No business postings. No website domain name sales. No hobbyist tamper makers. No weekend fixer-upper cottage business posts. If you in any way profit on a regular, irregular, or occasional basis from the buying and selling of anything related to coffee, you cannot post an ad in this forum. This forum is provided as a courtesy to our membership for the times when they decide to upgrade their brewing equipment, and want to sell their existing machines to their fellow members.
No machines obtained from a coffee or restaurant or food service business are allowed to be listed here. It doesn't matter if the business is real or failed, or if you bought it at a bankruptcy auction, or are selling it for a friend who never got their business off the ground. If there are any ties to a commercial business, it cannot be listed here.
Only coffee and espresso related products may be listed here in the BST Forum. Any exceptions have to be pre-approved by a moderator.
If you sell the item you have listed, you must edit the original post's title to indicate it has been **Sold**.
Optional Rules
- post one or more pictures of your item for sale. You can post one photo per 'post' but are allowed to post followups with additional photos.
- post as much information as you can about the product being sold. More information means more chance of selling the product
We have another announcing thread in this forum that details more why these rules exist, and why the BST forum exists. Reading that thread is optional; this one is a must read for anyone participating in this specific forum.
Discussion about these rules is encouraged in this thread.
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Forum Rules: No profanity, illegal acts or personal attacks will be tolerated in these discussion boards. No commercial posting of any nature will be tolerated; only private sales by private individuals, in the "Buy and Sell" forum. No cross posting allowed - do not post your topic to more than one forum, nor repost a topic to the same forum. Who Can Read The Forum? Anyone can read posts in these discussion boards. Who Can Post New Topics? Any registered CoffeeGeek member can post new topics. Who Can Post Replies? Any registered CoffeeGeek member can post replies. Can Photos be posted? Anyone can post photos in their new topics or replies. Who can change or delete posts? Any CoffeeGeek member can edit their own posts. Only moderators can delete posts. Probationary Period: If you are a new signup for CoffeeGeek, you cannot promote, endorse, criticise or otherwise post an unsolicited endorsement for any company, product or service in your first five postings.
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