Rules, Read them, pay special attention to #7 - revised 6-14-2011
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 10:27 pm
The rules here are simple:
[b]1. All "for sale" posts must have a price. List what you have for sale and how much you want for it, that means NO AUCTIONS or "best offer" posts
2. ISO (In Search Of) posts are ok.
3. For trade posts are fine. Be specific as to what you have, and give a good idea as to what you want.
4. How do you want to be contacted? Private message here (PM) or E-mail
5. In order to post you must be registered.
5.a. If I discover that someone is using multiple accts they will be banned.
6. Don't post parody posts or jokes in this "room". There are plenty of other places to have fun, keep it business in here.
7. [s][color=red]DO NOT POST NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT OTHER PEOPLES POSTS! I'm not kidding, this portion of the site is not a discussion forum.[/color] If someone wants to post the unreleased "sooper-dooper-one of a kind rolled on Selma Hayek's thigh" that you gave him because he told you he loved you do not complain about it here. It destroys the flow of the board and makes people search through crap to find things that they want. Take it to the [url=http://www.onlinehumidor.com/forum/index.php?board=5.0]Battle Zone[/url]I want to be crystal clear on this, posting negative comments on peoples threads in the TSBC will get you suspended. :cop:
[color=red]First offense is a week off, that is for those who didn't read the rules.
Second offense is permanent suspension from this site.[/color][/s]
Rule 7 is no longer relevant. In the wake of the Triple Ligero mess I've changed the permissions in the TSBC so there there will be no comments to for sale threads except by the person who started the thread.
8. [b]Due Diligence[/b], it is your responsibility as a participant in an online trade to protect yourself as either the buyer or the seller. I make no representation as to the honesty or veracity of anything posted here by others. Before you part with your currency or items you should have done your own research to know that the other end of the trade is coming through.
The responsibility of regulating the community falls to the members here, even if site admin had the time to monitor the site 24/7 there is no way that it can know what is happening in private transactions. You have to police it yourself. I concede that to an extent the rules in the TSBC forum do protect sellers, and that is why many of them come here. On the other hand, this is a community and I provide the [b]Battlezone[/b] forum for people to discuss the relative merits and flaws of anything and anyone. There is a forum for [b]Traders Comments [/b]with a sticky thread at the top of the page for posting Bad Traders. This site provides the tools for discussion and documentation, but as a group the users of this site have to work to protect the community.
Do not believe for a minute that if someone is posting here they are automatically a good guy or that you can trust them. The only protection you have here is that from your own research and input from the community. I don't want anyone misled to believe that onlinehumidor endorses anyone posting in the TSBC.
Some of the folks over at Cigar Family maintain something they call a Scumbags List [url=http://www.vitolas.net/wiki/doku.php] >Link<[/url]. I’d suggest that you look it over. Take the time to look for references, here or on other sites. Almost anyone selling something of high value here will probably have a profile and a reputation on one or more of the other forums out there. The point of all of this is to be cautious, there are scammers in the world, do what you can not to be a mark. Remember the old adage that if something looks too good to be real it probably isn't.
Donations... :smiley-cool:
[b][font=Verdana]
[size=9pt]I’d really like to see the folks selling over $1000 a month here in any month to donate around 4%. Obviously any other donations will be accepted. Look for the spinning quarters. These are the folks that are supporting the site
[img]http://www.onlinehumidor.com/forum/Themes/leviathan_11final_tp/images/quarter.gif[/img].
Thanks
Wade[/size]
[i]PS: One other thing about donations. The fact that someone has donated to the site means little to nothing about his honesty. If people didn't know that before they should after the TL episode.[/i]
[b]1. All "for sale" posts must have a price. List what you have for sale and how much you want for it, that means NO AUCTIONS or "best offer" posts
2. ISO (In Search Of) posts are ok.
3. For trade posts are fine. Be specific as to what you have, and give a good idea as to what you want.
4. How do you want to be contacted? Private message here (PM) or E-mail
5. In order to post you must be registered.
5.a. If I discover that someone is using multiple accts they will be banned.
6. Don't post parody posts or jokes in this "room". There are plenty of other places to have fun, keep it business in here.
7. [s][color=red]DO NOT POST NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT OTHER PEOPLES POSTS! I'm not kidding, this portion of the site is not a discussion forum.[/color] If someone wants to post the unreleased "sooper-dooper-one of a kind rolled on Selma Hayek's thigh" that you gave him because he told you he loved you do not complain about it here. It destroys the flow of the board and makes people search through crap to find things that they want. Take it to the [url=http://www.onlinehumidor.com/forum/index.php?board=5.0]Battle Zone[/url]I want to be crystal clear on this, posting negative comments on peoples threads in the TSBC will get you suspended. :cop:
[color=red]First offense is a week off, that is for those who didn't read the rules.
Second offense is permanent suspension from this site.[/color][/s]
Rule 7 is no longer relevant. In the wake of the Triple Ligero mess I've changed the permissions in the TSBC so there there will be no comments to for sale threads except by the person who started the thread.
8. [b]Due Diligence[/b], it is your responsibility as a participant in an online trade to protect yourself as either the buyer or the seller. I make no representation as to the honesty or veracity of anything posted here by others. Before you part with your currency or items you should have done your own research to know that the other end of the trade is coming through.
The responsibility of regulating the community falls to the members here, even if site admin had the time to monitor the site 24/7 there is no way that it can know what is happening in private transactions. You have to police it yourself. I concede that to an extent the rules in the TSBC forum do protect sellers, and that is why many of them come here. On the other hand, this is a community and I provide the [b]Battlezone[/b] forum for people to discuss the relative merits and flaws of anything and anyone. There is a forum for [b]Traders Comments [/b]with a sticky thread at the top of the page for posting Bad Traders. This site provides the tools for discussion and documentation, but as a group the users of this site have to work to protect the community.
Do not believe for a minute that if someone is posting here they are automatically a good guy or that you can trust them. The only protection you have here is that from your own research and input from the community. I don't want anyone misled to believe that onlinehumidor endorses anyone posting in the TSBC.
Some of the folks over at Cigar Family maintain something they call a Scumbags List [url=http://www.vitolas.net/wiki/doku.php] >Link<[/url]. I’d suggest that you look it over. Take the time to look for references, here or on other sites. Almost anyone selling something of high value here will probably have a profile and a reputation on one or more of the other forums out there. The point of all of this is to be cautious, there are scammers in the world, do what you can not to be a mark. Remember the old adage that if something looks too good to be real it probably isn't.
Donations... :smiley-cool:
[b][font=Verdana]
[size=9pt]I’d really like to see the folks selling over $1000 a month here in any month to donate around 4%. Obviously any other donations will be accepted. Look for the spinning quarters. These are the folks that are supporting the site
[img]http://www.onlinehumidor.com/forum/Themes/leviathan_11final_tp/images/quarter.gif[/img].
Thanks
Wade[/size]
[i]PS: One other thing about donations. The fact that someone has donated to the site means little to nothing about his honesty. If people didn't know that before they should after the TL episode.[/i]