\\== Buying & Selling Guide + Rules Updated 26/03/08 ==//

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The Vauxhall Owners Network (formally known as CavWeb-Forums) or any of it's Admin/moderators take no responsibility for any problems that arise from any item/s that are bought sold or traded in this forum.

Also please be aware:

If you place an item forsale on this site and agree to sell to a member of this site you are legally binded to see that sale through unless their are acceptional reasons.

Items bought and sold on this forum are still covered by the sales of goods act and must be AS described and fit for the intended use. The onus in a private sale is really on the buyer as he/she must ask for the exact condition AND how he/she wishes to use that item.

Having your PC out of action or not being able to get near a Pc terminal with an internet connection is no excuse for a slow or non existant delivery. If you start a transation you must see it through and I take a very very dim view of people going on holiday without posting an item out first.

If you do fail to send an item and make no reasonable attempt to contact the other party involved you may have a dispute placed against you in the trading disputes forum located here:

http://www.vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=65

If you fail to respond to a dispute in an allotted time (specified on the dispute thread) without a good reason you will be set to Temp Banned Trading Dispute and will only be allowed access to the disputes forum until things are mutually resolved.

By selling, buying or trading an item on the VxON forums you agree that If you do not respond to a dispute without a good reason you maybe banned and all the details we have on you maybe passed onto the mods/admins of other sites that have signed up to the Bad Seller Discussion forum. Don't come crying or threatening us with legal action if you fail to respond to a dispute and find your details posted in the Ripper Database Forum:
http://www.vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=108
because by selling/buying here you agree that if you are involved in an unresolved dispute your details may end up on this forum.

Lastly just because a user on here has alot of posts it doesn't mean he is going to be a reliable buyer/seller so do your homework and make sure you have as much personal information on them as possible. Home Address, mobile/home/work telephone numbers & ISP Email Address (Not Hotmail/Yahoo) are basic details to get especially if sending a payment out to someone thats using PayPal.

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====Addition 19/06/06====

Although we have set a minimum post requirement to stem the flow of scammers/rippers a few may still slip through so be careful.

Be weary of anyone with a low post count advertising high priced items and if you are tempted ask if the items can be collected as scammers/rippers won't allow pickups.

Check a sellers previous posts if they are selling an item as if its faulty they may have posted up a topic asking for help with it ;) Also in the case of low post count sellers you may be able to find out if a seller has added irrelelevant replies to posts topics just to get their post count above the minimum post requirement.

Keep an eye on the Trading Disputes forums here:

http://www.vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=65

as you might find that an item you are interested in is being sold by someone with outstanding disputes.

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Infraction points

If you reply to an advert with an unnecessary comment when you are not interested in the item for sale then you will be first be Pmd a warning. If you do it again you will be given 2 points that expire in 3 Months. Unnecessary comments are posts that do not directly relate to your purchase of an item and a few of examples are:

It is not worth it
I can buy it cheaper elsewhere
Love it but can't afford it.
Shame you so far away.
That's nice.
Free Bump.

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Please try and make as much correspondence with a potential buyer or seller on the the thread that it is advertised on. If you have to start a dispute because an item has been described wrongly, damaged, lost or hasn't even turned up then anyone dealing with the dispute will need as much public information as possible.

This also helps in disputes over postage amounts or confirming that a package has been sent by an agreed service.

Remember if you agree on a price, postage ETC in a PM, anyone dealing with a subsequent dispute cannot read these PMs. This applies to Emails too as we cannot view the source so the information contained cannot be used.

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No bumping a post unless it has dropped off the first page and no bumping of a post unless you are the seller.

No placing of more than 5 separate adverts at any one time for parts that have come off the same vehicle! We have seen up to 15 separate adverts posted for items taken off the same vehicle and have had many complaints about this practise.

If you are breaking a Vehicle then use that as the title and list all your parts in the subject box. It is now 'not' exceptable to break down and list every part separately and if you do you adverts 'maybe' deleted!