[Admin]

WHO CAN SELL, BUY AND TRADE

(1) This is for personal trading/selling only. NO businesses or bulk sales. No linking to an external business/eBay store/Amazon store.

(2) NB: This forums definition of TRADE is: an exchange of items between members, usually without payment of money.

Please Note: Under 18's are able to use any forum and including the For Sale forum. Please bear this in mind when trading, as we are unable to confirm or take responsibility for the age of any user. We also suggest that you collect as much information and as many details as possible before starting to trade with anyone.

LISTING A TRADE, SALE OR REQUEST

(3) All sales must be listed and completed fully on the HUKD FS/FT forum. NO eBay, auction, classified or external links to an item listed elsewhere. You must not list your items for sale or trade here if they're listed elsewhere online and this also applies where you have more than one of the same item being offered.

(4) It should go without saying but no prohibited, classified or otherwise illegal items. (This includes fake/counterfeit goods of any kind)

(5) Please post images of the actual items for sale. This helps your sale or trade by showing the condition and also that you have the product in your possession. This is not a necessity but will go a long way to helping your sale and establishing validity.If you post an eBay image, we may pull the listing immediately to request further information.
* Selling items on behalf of a third party is not permitted, the item[s] must belong to you and be in your possession.

(6) You must specify an asking price in your listing. Every item you list should have a legitimate asking price.

(7) If advertising a ticket sale it should be at cost price and not an inflated price. (Note: you cannot resell train tickets)

(8) Please update your thread once the item has been sold, trade completed or request fulfilled. If necessary, use the “report” button in the first post to notify a moderator of changes. This includes and is your responsibility to make sure we know you have closed or expired your thread.

(9) If listing a request a price is not needed, however sellers responding to the request are required to state a price.

(10) You must not list items for sale at higher than the recommended retail price. The marker of RRP will be determined by cross indexing with Amazon or other well known retailer for example.


FULFILLING YOUR TRADE OBLIGATIONS

(11) Offer and acceptance of trade or sale must be posted in relevant thread. You must NOT deal by PM only.

(12) Once an offer has been made and accepted the trade should be considered final. Sellers who accept an offer and subsequently accept a higher offer from another member may be banned from trading. On the flip side members who submit an offer and subsequently cannot fulfill it due to lack of funds will be banned from trading.

(13) Goods remain the responsibility of the seller until the buyer takes possession and affirms they are okay. For this reason be honest in your descriptions and include original photos so the buyer knows what they are getting! Also, use a form of insured and signed for delivery to ensure any shipping/delivery mishaps will be covered.


THREAD COMMENTS, SPOILING & PRICE COMPARISON

(14) Please only post in a thread if you are interested in engaging in the sale/trade listed. Anything else will be considered thread spoiling and will be deleted. Thread spoilers face a ban from the FS/FT forum. If a member continually posts questions in multiple threads and then withdraws from the sale this will be considered thread spoiling. Low ball offers will also be considered thread spoiling and will be deleted. It is up to the original poster to use the “report” button to notify moderators of any thread spoiling.

(15) The only exception to this is if you see the EXACT item priced higher than available new elsewhere. In this case a third-party can make a post but ONLY in the following format: LINK TO MERCHANT - PRICE. No comments, just the facts. This must be the final price (after VAT/shipping) for a new product and from a reputable merchant. Price comparison to auction sites, classifieds or other personal sales are not allowed. Members who do not follow these posting rules face a ban from the FS/FT forum.

(16) If you believe a poster is dodgy please use the “report” button stating your evidence. ONLY post suspicions in the thread if you are 100% positive the poster is a troll.

(17) Continuous 'bumping' of threads to promote your sale without good reason, may result in deleted posts or threads. Maximum of two bumps in total.

(18) Editing of original posts could cause your thread to be closed or deleted, at the discretion of Admin or Moderators.

(19) If a thread is closed or removed from the FS forum at any time, the same items or thread will not be allowed back until at least a period of one week has passed from the date of closure. Those same items also cannot be listed or offered in other active threads.


HUKD TRADING FEEDBACK

Please make sure you leave trading feedback for any trade you are involved in. This helps good traders build a reputation and warn others about bad ones. Please read details posted here: HUKD FS/FT feedback



NOTE PENALTIES FOR BREACHING THESE RULES

The following is a rough guide, but it is within the moderators’ power to make decisions based on individual circumstances. Some offences may result in an immediate suspension, including, but not limited to, the following:

1. Trading by Private Message only
2. Offering or requesting pirated/copyright material
3. Posting links to the same item being sold elsewhere (E.g. on eBay)
4. Ignoring moderators requests for information
5. Persistent bumping after warning from a moderator
6. Repeatedly creating new threads for the same items
7. Relisting before one week has passed from the date a thread for the same items is closed

Such offences can lead to the following site-wide suspensions:

1. 1st offence: Warning (Yellow card)
2. 2nd offence:1 day suspension
3. 3rd offence: 3 day suspension
4. 4th offence: 5 day suspension
5. 5th offence: 2 week suspension
6. 6th offence: 1 month suspension

Following on from that, moderators also have the power to impose a total ban from the For Sale forum, or a site-wide permanent ban, depending on the seriousness of the offence.

Notes on statuses:

You can see a member's status either in their profile, or under their username to the left of the page. If it is "suspended", this indicates a temporary removal of their posting privileges on the forums. If you wish to know why, have a look back through their latest threads, and you will more than likely see a note from a moderator. If their status is "banned", this means they are permanently banned from HotUKDeals, and will not be returning. (As we have only just started the system of "suspensions", there still may be a number of users carrying out their "ban" who will have "banned" under their name, but these will be rectified in the next few weeks.)

If you feel the need to appeal a decision, please use the “contact us” button at the bottom of the page, to email admin.



SUGGESTED GUIDELINES FOR BUYERS

(1) Check the traders HUKD trading feedback. Please read details posted here: HUKD FS/FT feedback

(2) Outside of this you can use the poster's eBay feedback to establish some kind of trust level. If you do so make sure you contact the user through eBay to make sure the account they state as theirs is indeed theirs.

(3) Use PayPal. We would recommend only buying from Verified PayPal Members. You can see this status on the second PayPal screen when you go to make a payment, you do not have to complete the payment to view this. PayPal is far from perfect but at least it gives you the chance of recourse if things go pear shaped.

(4) Receive and validate the following information:

1. Landline telephone number Make a CALL to check out the area code and number are correct too!
2. Name and address including postcode
3. Valid e-mail address.
4. Make a small payment to and from each other to validate the PayPal e-mail address.

(5) If possible, collect and pay for items in person.

Caveat Emptor. Do NOT proceed with a deal until you are completely satisfied with all details being correct. It's in your best interest to check out these details yourself. This forum is equivalent to a newspaper's classified section, HotUKDeals is not responsible for and does not vouch for any listings or sales/trades in this forum! Use your head, follow the guidelines, evaluate the risk and make your own decision.

[duckmagicuk2]

Please take note of the new rule added this evening, point number 5. ;)

[dinosteveus]

Thread '********', What??? :confused:

Come on guys sort yourselves out:-

crapping was found in the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary at the entries listed below.

• crap (EXCREMENT)
• crap on

crap (EXCREMENT) Show phonetics
noun [S or U] OFFENSIVE
excrement, or when an animal or person produces excrement:
I stepped in a pile of ****.
That dog's just UK had/US taken a **** on my lawn.

[duckmagicuk2]

Hehe, I didn't write it. ;)

[rayman]

Think yourself lucky it's not the English equivalent lol Which for some reason sounds worse

[dinosteveus]

duckmagicuk2:
Hehe, I didn't write it. ;)

I know, Paul used that same word a few days ago on another thread.
I reported the post as a 'Bad post'

[Admin]

I have changed it to spoiling. However, thread ******** is a common forum term and carries a lot of nuance with it that most people understand.

[dinosteveus]

Admin:
I have changed it to spoiling. However, thread ******** is a common forum term and carries a lot of nuance with it that most people understand.

Thank you.
I have NEVER seen that term used on any Forums I post on.
So is '****' okay and if so that means the 'other' word for **** must also be allowed.

[magic-man]

I find the low price idea a bit odd considering this site is meant to be used to find deals?

[rayman]

To find deals at the lowest prices is odd? Or not allowing eBay sellers who might offer something at a lower price?

[magic-man]

O sorry, didnt make that clear, the ebay one i semi understand, but if someone is advetising on here for more expensive I don't see why users cannot give their opnion on the price as after all HUD is supposed to be where all the bargins are, and it is after all only in their opnion

[markwills]

magic-man:
O sorry, didnt make that clear, the ebay one i semi understand, but if someone is advetising on here for more expensive I don't see why users cannot give their opnion on the price as after all HUD is supposed to be where all the bargins are, and it is after all only in their opnion

I agree. The whole point of this website is to share knowledge of the cheapest place to buy items. Surely users should be able to inform others if there is a cheaper place to buy the item than from this seller. This will also encourage the seller to reduce the item to a more reasonable price. This would be especially useful to new users of the site who haven't found their feet yet, and prevent them from being "ripped off".

However I do agree that hurling abuse at the seller is unacceptable. Even if you think their price is too high, there are pleasant ways of saying it! And even if they are trying to sell us stuff that can be obtained for free elsewhere on the site (such as SIM cards!!!).

[rayman]

Please be advised, all buyers and sellers should satisfy themselves that either party is genuine by providing the following via PM to each other, as well as to Admin or Moderator:

1] Landline telephone number Make a CALL to check out the area code and number are correct too!
2] Name and address including postcode
3] Valid e-mail address [no disposable addresses such as @gmail or @yahoo for example].
4] Using PayPal then check out eBay feedback if there is any and make a small payment to and from each other to validate the PayPal e-mail address.
5] If possible, collect and pay for items in person

Do NOT proceed with a deal until you are completely satisfied with all details being correct.

This message is being inserted in all For Sale or Trade forum threads.

NOTE: Call landline number detail above now added!

[f1d]

I think it is good that "thread ********" is not allowed... but however I do feel that if an item is new for a cheaper price elsewhere... the poster SHOULD be allowed to post the price WITH proof of this lower price so the poster can re consider. (I've used a forum like this and this rule has worked well).

So if someone is selling a DVD for £3.99... but play.com have it for £2.99... someone could say, "I'll offer this because its lower on play.com" and provide a link.

I also think making a small payment to and from each other is a bit silly... as is providing a telephone and address TO THE MODERATOR because surely it is ultimately down to the buyer etc to make sure the person is real... the mod/admin can't fight on behalf of this buyer just because they know their details (if you know what I mean ;)).

Valid email address I also think is a good idea... as is using paypal.

I'm thinking this forum will be good!

P.S. Long time lurker on hukd ;)