Catfish_Commando
11-24-2008, 02:52 AM
Rules Of Use:
No commercial sales. This section is intended for items that you have in your possession. If its a business item, “You sell them, make them, the owner is a buddy, you work for the company”, etc ask about advertisement rates. If a listing is pulled, this will normally be the reason why. Staff make all determinations if a listing is commercial in nature.
Outdoor related products only, no timeshares, pyramid schemes, affiliate ads, guided trips, etc.
A price must be posted with the listing, no make offer listings.
Items listed for sale must be in the sellers possession. No listing for 3rd parties.
A thread may be bumped by the seller 4 times daily. Over bumping will result in the listing being closed and access to further listings denied.
No plugging a link to an existing auction on Ebay or other service sites.
If the staff pull a listing, consider it pulled. We will not spend countless periods of time e-mailing back and forth explaining why. No written response we could give would be sufficient, and to provide written records only provides fodder for competing forums. Some business(s) have a history with the BOC which may be the cause for the listing to be pulled. Expansion on, "if" a business is black listed by the BOC wont be spoken about via any communication.
It will be tempting for some business(s) to list items under false accounts to gain exposure or under a buddies account.
If you are being sponsored by a company, "tournament fishermen, consignment boats, etc", dont pimp your products here.
Buyer and Seller Beware:
We are not obligated to provide assistance with bad deals. It is at the staff’s discretion to offer assistance with a bad deal. At a minimum, the staff will add the offending seller or buyer to a posted black list and ban the member from catfish1.com.
Before you send any money or merchandise, get a physical address not a P.O. Box and a phone number and CALL the other member. If the seller / buyer does not want to give out this information by private mail, or you can not get in contact, do not send any money or merchandise.
Sellers, it is your responsibility to send an item out as soon as possible. One day for shipping is sufficient. You have sold the item, it should be properly boxed, addressed and ready to ship as soon as payment is received and proccessed. It is also your responsibility to PM the buyer to let them know the item has shipped and provide the tracking number.
The cost of insurance and a tracking confirmation is normally only a couple of dollars. This is well worth the cost. Everyone should use it.
When reporting a bad deal, provide the member’s user name (spelled correctly), any contact information you have and all correspondence you have had with them along with a link to the item.
Don’t be stupid. People get ripped off on the internet all the time. If the deal is to good to be true, you cant call the seller or buyer, or you have a gut feeling about the individual, dont send the money or the merchandise. Phone numbers and such can be exchanged via private mail.
The staff reserve the right to modify the rules on the fly. Rules will be modified as loop holes are exploited.
No commercial sales. This section is intended for items that you have in your possession. If its a business item, “You sell them, make them, the owner is a buddy, you work for the company”, etc ask about advertisement rates. If a listing is pulled, this will normally be the reason why. Staff make all determinations if a listing is commercial in nature.
Outdoor related products only, no timeshares, pyramid schemes, affiliate ads, guided trips, etc.
A price must be posted with the listing, no make offer listings.
Items listed for sale must be in the sellers possession. No listing for 3rd parties.
A thread may be bumped by the seller 4 times daily. Over bumping will result in the listing being closed and access to further listings denied.
No plugging a link to an existing auction on Ebay or other service sites.
If the staff pull a listing, consider it pulled. We will not spend countless periods of time e-mailing back and forth explaining why. No written response we could give would be sufficient, and to provide written records only provides fodder for competing forums. Some business(s) have a history with the BOC which may be the cause for the listing to be pulled. Expansion on, "if" a business is black listed by the BOC wont be spoken about via any communication.
It will be tempting for some business(s) to list items under false accounts to gain exposure or under a buddies account.
If you are being sponsored by a company, "tournament fishermen, consignment boats, etc", dont pimp your products here.
Buyer and Seller Beware:
We are not obligated to provide assistance with bad deals. It is at the staff’s discretion to offer assistance with a bad deal. At a minimum, the staff will add the offending seller or buyer to a posted black list and ban the member from catfish1.com.
Before you send any money or merchandise, get a physical address not a P.O. Box and a phone number and CALL the other member. If the seller / buyer does not want to give out this information by private mail, or you can not get in contact, do not send any money or merchandise.
Sellers, it is your responsibility to send an item out as soon as possible. One day for shipping is sufficient. You have sold the item, it should be properly boxed, addressed and ready to ship as soon as payment is received and proccessed. It is also your responsibility to PM the buyer to let them know the item has shipped and provide the tracking number.
The cost of insurance and a tracking confirmation is normally only a couple of dollars. This is well worth the cost. Everyone should use it.
When reporting a bad deal, provide the member’s user name (spelled correctly), any contact information you have and all correspondence you have had with them along with a link to the item.
Don’t be stupid. People get ripped off on the internet all the time. If the deal is to good to be true, you cant call the seller or buyer, or you have a gut feeling about the individual, dont send the money or the merchandise. Phone numbers and such can be exchanged via private mail.
The staff reserve the right to modify the rules on the fly. Rules will be modified as loop holes are exploited.