Selling on the RTH Forum - please read! (updated 4/16/2024)
Mar 8, 2018 15:39:51 GMT -5
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Post by Tommy on Mar 8, 2018 15:39:51 GMT -5
Updated 4/16/2024
Selling on the forum is an earned privilege
Before attempting to sell anything on this forum, new members are required to participate in at least 100 community-quality posts. This allows us to develop a sense of trust before entering into a risky financial transaction. In lieu of the community quality posts requirement, an established member can vouch for a new member based on knowing them or having an established trust with them. Granting early access to sell, or advertise a monetized site is at the sole discretion of RTH staff.
All transactions are strictly between buyer and seller, and this forum is not responsible for the outcome of any transaction conducted publicly or privately, nor can the forum staff intervene if a transaction goes bad.
'Selling' privileges can be suspended, or members can be permanently banned without notice, if blatant disregard for the rules are exhibited, or unethical dealings are confirmed.[/u]
We generally define 'Selling' on this forum as follows:
1. Advertising/offering items or services for sale or trade in any post on this forum.
2. Adding a monetized website or app to any Personal Information profile field.
3. Editing your Social Media to add a business to ANY of your social media fields.
4. Spamming - posting profit based links (ebay, etsy, etc.) with the intention to draw clicks to that location.
5. Phishing - intentionally posting photo or stories attempting to draw "can I buy it" type responses.
6. Contacting any member via forum Private Messages for purposes of selling.
7. Any other marketing activity designed to draw the attention of forum members and guests.
General guidelines for buying, selling, or trading on this forum:
Follow good internet commerce practices and always use appropriate financial safeguards. Know and trust who you are dealing with we recommend that buyers using Paypal do not give away your case rights by using Friends and Family feature. Sellers get paid before shipping any item
Good communication is the key to good trades
Both sides of a trade should be completely honest and specific about their offering including pictures and information about known flaws. Make sure your trade partner knows exactly what they are getting and follow through with the transaction as agreed upon.
If you are selling or trading heavy rocks please protect the integrity of the transaction by packaging each product smartly and thoroughly following the shipping carrier rules (no duct tape on a USPS package for instance) and expect that it will be handled roughly in transit - because it will.
General Guidelines on Posting and participating in a listing
1. New listings are easily identified if specified in the title buy it now sale (BIN), (Auction), or (Trade).
2. Bumping a listing back to the top is allowed but please don't go crazy with it. One bump a day is reasonable.
3. It is the sole responsibility of the thread creator to manage the thread at all times
4. It is good seller etiquette to edit the thread title to indicate the thread is finished (SOLD)
5. All sales listings should contain at least one clear photo of the specific product being sold, or a representative photo if the product is being sold by weight.
6. For fairness to all potential buyers (BIN) threads should have the price. "Contact me privately for prices" are not allowed.
7. Freight cost should be discussed in every sales listing, whether costs are available or have to be determined or quoted such as international freight.
8. Auctions must conducted publicly with the reserve price, opening bid, min. increments, dates/times and any other rules clearly stated.
9. TRADE posts typically go private quickly after the thread is created and this is OK.
10. Due to software limitations, threads that have received responses can only be deleted completely by staff. Please use the "report post" feature to contact staff if you need your finished thread to be deleted.
11. Nuking a sales thread because you don't like how it's going is bad form and could result in diminished selling privileges. If things aren't going well contact staff through the "report post" feature instead of deleting the initial post in the thread.
12. Members are free to post comments about the product and ask for additional photos or information, but must refrain from thread crapping (ie: "that's ugly..." or "your prices are too high!" etc.). Any responses simply being negative in a seller's thread, or concerns about product misrepresentations or scams should be brought to the attention of staff using the "report post" tool.
Thanks everyone for your cooperation!
Selling on the forum is an earned privilege
Before attempting to sell anything on this forum, new members are required to participate in at least 100 community-quality posts. This allows us to develop a sense of trust before entering into a risky financial transaction. In lieu of the community quality posts requirement, an established member can vouch for a new member based on knowing them or having an established trust with them. Granting early access to sell, or advertise a monetized site is at the sole discretion of RTH staff.
All transactions are strictly between buyer and seller, and this forum is not responsible for the outcome of any transaction conducted publicly or privately, nor can the forum staff intervene if a transaction goes bad.
'Selling' privileges can be suspended, or members can be permanently banned without notice, if blatant disregard for the rules are exhibited, or unethical dealings are confirmed.[/u]
We generally define 'Selling' on this forum as follows:
1. Advertising/offering items or services for sale or trade in any post on this forum.
2. Adding a monetized website or app to any Personal Information profile field.
3. Editing your Social Media to add a business to ANY of your social media fields.
4. Spamming - posting profit based links (ebay, etsy, etc.) with the intention to draw clicks to that location.
5. Phishing - intentionally posting photo or stories attempting to draw "can I buy it" type responses.
6. Contacting any member via forum Private Messages for purposes of selling.
7. Any other marketing activity designed to draw the attention of forum members and guests.
General guidelines for buying, selling, or trading on this forum:
Follow good internet commerce practices and always use appropriate financial safeguards. Know and trust who you are dealing with we recommend that buyers using Paypal do not give away your case rights by using Friends and Family feature. Sellers get paid before shipping any item
Good communication is the key to good trades
Both sides of a trade should be completely honest and specific about their offering including pictures and information about known flaws. Make sure your trade partner knows exactly what they are getting and follow through with the transaction as agreed upon.
If you are selling or trading heavy rocks please protect the integrity of the transaction by packaging each product smartly and thoroughly following the shipping carrier rules (no duct tape on a USPS package for instance) and expect that it will be handled roughly in transit - because it will.
General Guidelines on Posting and participating in a listing
1. New listings are easily identified if specified in the title buy it now sale (BIN), (Auction), or (Trade).
2. Bumping a listing back to the top is allowed but please don't go crazy with it. One bump a day is reasonable.
3. It is the sole responsibility of the thread creator to manage the thread at all times
4. It is good seller etiquette to edit the thread title to indicate the thread is finished (SOLD)
5. All sales listings should contain at least one clear photo of the specific product being sold, or a representative photo if the product is being sold by weight.
6. For fairness to all potential buyers (BIN) threads should have the price. "Contact me privately for prices" are not allowed.
7. Freight cost should be discussed in every sales listing, whether costs are available or have to be determined or quoted such as international freight.
8. Auctions must conducted publicly with the reserve price, opening bid, min. increments, dates/times and any other rules clearly stated.
9. TRADE posts typically go private quickly after the thread is created and this is OK.
10. Due to software limitations, threads that have received responses can only be deleted completely by staff. Please use the "report post" feature to contact staff if you need your finished thread to be deleted.
11. Nuking a sales thread because you don't like how it's going is bad form and could result in diminished selling privileges. If things aren't going well contact staff through the "report post" feature instead of deleting the initial post in the thread.
12. Members are free to post comments about the product and ask for additional photos or information, but must refrain from thread crapping (ie: "that's ugly..." or "your prices are too high!" etc.). Any responses simply being negative in a seller's thread, or concerns about product misrepresentations or scams should be brought to the attention of staff using the "report post" tool.
Thanks everyone for your cooperation!