Okay I know we all hate this part but we must make sure that all of you are having a pleasant experience in the group.
We all are adults and as such we should be acting in an appropriate manner. Therefore:
1 - No cussing, threatening, disrespecting, taunting, or slanderous remarks are to be made to, or about, any member or management.
Blacklists or correspondence of any kind in an attempt to keep members from buying from other members or talking with another member is strictly forbidden and will result in a permanent Ban for Life of those involved. This will not be tolerated and will be strictly enforced.
2 - Please respect privacy of other Members by not posting or addressing a Member by their given name unless that Member has already posted or given permission for use of given name. Some folks just prefer to keep business discussions and personal discussion separate.
3 - Posting- We are trying to offer all we can to our members. We are open to members advertising their web sites, stores, blogs, etc. Please do not spam the boards with this info and please keep topics in their appropriate threads. We do list members store listings and auction listings as well as other member auction sites/forums/Classifieds in our Forum. These areas are for members to discuss their selling experiences and promote their goods not to solicit other auction venues to gain members.
Members are free to voice their opinion without the fear of being condemned, as long as everyone acts like adults and understands that we all have different opinions.
Presenting all sides of an issue can be a good thing in a discussion to be able to see all points of view. No attacking will be allowed. If you feel the need to cuss at other members then you will need to do it off of SellersArena. Heated discussions and debates are expected with a large number of people but name calling and cussing will not be tolerated.
No member may dominate the board with intent of bumping other members posts just to gain exposure on your own post. All members posts will be respected and treated fairly.
The forum is for members to ask questions, post helpful information for other sellers and buyers, advertise your stores and to chat. We will not tolerate any drama, name calling, disrespectful members, etc. We have a great group of folks with a friendly laid back forum that folks are happy with and accustomed to and we will always make sure that we maintain this at all times..
3 - Please make sure that when you are posting you stay on track with the topic of that thread. If you need to please start a new thread.
4 - Management/Moderators have the right to remove and or modify without explanation or prior warning any post or thread that we feel is in violation of any of the rules set herein.
5 - Management is not responsible for comments made by members. Every member is responsible for making sure what they post is accurate and truthful.
6 - Please--No copy & Pasting, or forwarding of any thread or post in private threads is allowed. If you have a need to copy anything please ask the Admin or Co-Admin for approval. Some threads are private for a reason. A member may have wanted their thread private or we just want general chat private. All other threads are public and are accessible by Google.
7 - No spamming of the forum is allowed. Spamming is not fair to your fellow members.
8 - All Pm's are private. Under no circumstance are any Pm's to be copied and sent to anyone without the prior approval of the parties involved in the messages. Nor are they ever to be discussed in the forum without the prior consent of the other party or parties.
9 - Blogs—SellersArena blogs are open to all members. They can be used to advertise your e-commerce sites, personal blog, etc. If you are adding links to your blogs we would appreciate you adding links back to SellersArena in return. We have a thread in the forum for folks who have outside blogs to advertise and link .
10 - Full name and City/State is mandatory for any Member who wishes to Sell Items on SellersArena. This contact information is required at registration and is kept strictly confidential.
11 - Layaway’s are at seller and buyers risk. SellersArena in no way will be involved in the actual transaction, handling of payments or any terms of the Layaway. Please make sure if you enter into a Layaway agreement to have this all in writing between the 2 parties and make sure you specify all terms in plain English, understandable by all..Make sure all payment information as well as your refund/cancellation policy on the layaway.
12 - Absolutely no listing in the Classifieds or posting in the forum anything that is in anyway slanderous, disrespectful or demeaning against SellersArena or it's members. This is against SellersArena policy and can be cause for immediate termination of registration. In other words if you are displeased with a member here or with SellersArena in general please refrain from pot bad comments about that member ir SellersArena. Instead please contact us if you have any problems as we are sure there isn't anything that we can't all get resolved with a little communication.
Violations of any of the forum rules will result in:
1st violation will be a warning
2nd violation will result in a members account being suspended for 14 days
3rd violation will result in a members account being closed.
Management has the right at any time if deemed appropriate to immediately suspend anyone who is out of control or totally disrespecting the group and the management.
Thanks and lets make this a fun group to be in.
