Listing and Selling Offences

The responsibility for the content of each listing rests with the seller. Listings displaying the following attributes may be removed at the discretion of dontbidmorethan.com staff and the listing member will receive an official warning which may lead to their removal from the website. Repeat offenders may be suspended or suitable action taken against their account.

Selling Fee Evasion :

Listing items with very low selling prices but mandatory shipping fees that are excessive is not allowed.

Excessive Postage and packing charges :

Listings with excessive and unreasonable postage and packaging charges are not allowed.

Keyword spamming:

To enable dontbidmorethan.com to be a safe and a fair trading environment we ask that all descriptions and titles are relevant to the item being sold. The use of misleading words to entice a member to the listing only to find that the listing does not contain the content that they expected is not allowed. Use of irrelevant key words and brand names is not allowed.

Deceptive or inaccurate item description:

When describing an item, or items, or services, members must provide very accurate and honest descriptions. Should items be faulty or damaged, this must be entered with the description. If possible on damaged goods members should show images of the damaged area. Returned goods or factory seconds must be clearly defined as such within the auction description. Any listing that contains factory or store returns or any faulty or sub standard item must clearly state that the item is a return or faulty item. By doing this you are being fair to the buying member and this will avoid disappointment and dispute issues, and/or possible prosecution. Item condition should also be described as accurately as possible and should not be omitted. Sellers must clearly state to the best of their knowledge the potential faults with the item. Please use the Distance Selling Rules as a basic guideline for what is expected from both party’s i.e. buyers and sellers when concluding an online sale.

Asking the buyer to pay surcharges after purchasing the item:

o Surcharges are extra charges added to the transaction after the sale, they are intended to cover charges incurred by the seller in relation to the sale or acceptance of payment. Surcharges must be clearly defined and shown when listing items.The following surcharges are allowed in listings:

§ Postage and packaging charges. This must be clearly stated on the auction description. Only reasonable fees may be charged and this can not be a % of the final item price.

§ Currency exchange fees: A seller has the right to charge a reasonable currency exchange fee if they choose to trade in a foreign currency providing this has been agreed in advance with the buyer.

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o The following surcharges are not allowed in a listing:

§ They must be calculated into the selling price.

§ Surcharges are not allowed to be added to cover fees incurred by the seller when accepting the following:

§ Electronic money payment services such as Paypal, Nochex etc.

§ Cheques, money orders, postal orders.

§ Credit and debit card fees

§ In the case of electronic money payment transfers such as, but not limited to, Paypal, Nochex etc… the law states that these payments are classified as electronic money payments and not a credit card payment. Even though a credit or debit card may have been used, this in effect buys an electronic money credit that is used to fund the transaction. As this is the case with these examples surcharging is restricted by English law.

Adult or Offensive title, image or description:

The use of profanity, swear words etc. is not allowed on the main site or forums , any listings found to contain such words or phrases will be removed and the listing member will receive an official warning. Dontbidmorethan.com requests that adult related items and adverts are not listed on the website. This includes but is not limited to the following:

o Marital aids

o Images of an adult nature

o Adult publications showing nudity or sexual content.

o Adult films containing explicit nudity or sexual content.

o Listings intended to make contact with others for sexual purpose.

o Any listings found that are deemed to be of adult nature will be removed.

o Nudity

· Counterfeit items and Unauthorized copies:

The sale of products that include images, names or signatures of other people that are not authorized or manufactured by that person are prohibited for sale. For example a scanned copy of an original photo of a pop star. The original may have been authorized but the copy is not. This is the same as bootlegging.

· off site sales:

Negotiating deals outside of dontbidmorethan.com is against the rules . All pre-sale email traffic between buyers and sellers is visible on the auction listing page to help investigate direct selling. Such cases will be investigated and offenders may be suspended.