Terms & Conditions
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StampWants may change these terms and conditions from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. Your use of StampWants constitutes your consent to these terms and conditions. These terms and conditions are effective from May 5, 2008.
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General Terms and Conditions
StampWants is intended to be a friendly, enjoyable and useful experience, but as with anything concerning any kind of transactions there are risks involved and we strongly advise you to understand all of these terms before joining. If you spot a listing that you feel is violating the general terms and conditions of this website as stated below, please let us know by contacting us.
This site acts as the window for sellers to create listings and for buyers to bid or purchase those listings. We are not involved in the actual transaction between buyers and sellers. As a result, we have no control over the quality, safety or legality of the items listed, the truth or accuracy of the listings, the ability of sellers to sell items or the ability of buyers to buy items. We cannot and do not control whether or not sellers will complete the sale of items they offer or buyers will complete the purchases of items they have bid on. In addition, note that there are risks of dealing with foreign nationals or people acting under false pretense. This Website shall not be responsible for any items sold, for any damage to items during transit or during the inspection period, nor for misrepresentations and/or breaches of contract by either buyer and/or seller. This website shall not be responsible for the cost of procurement of substitute goods or any losses resulting form any goods purchased or obtained. This website assumes no liability for the content of the listings. Sellers are solely responsible for their listings. However, if you fall victim to a fraudulent transaction we will assist you as much as we can. If a Buyer fails to pay you for an item that you have sold them, please notify us. We will most likely be able to return to you any fees which you incurred from us by selling your item on this website.
Rights To Suspend or Terminate
You agree that this web-site, in its own discretion, may terminate any auction or use of the service immediately and without notice if
- We believe that you are not abiding by the general rules of this website.
- You have repeatedly broken a certain term.
- You have listed a suspicious item.
- You have included in your listing an offer to purchase the item listed, or other merchandise outside of StampWants. At the discretion of StampWants a user may also be in violation of this term by including contact information within a listing; all pre-sale contact between buyers and sellers is to take place through the Ask Seller A Question / My Messages system. These same rules apply to any activity on StampWants.com, including posts and other forms of communication whether public or private, including but not limited to the StampWants Forums and StampWants My Community areas.
- We believe you to be a non-paying bidder.
- We believe you have been involved with Shill Bidding (when a seller bids on his/her own items, or has another member bid on his/her items).
In most cases when we suspect foul play we will suspend your account/listing whilst we investigate further. If our investigation is conclusive then your account with us will be terminated. At this time your account balance with us (if you are a seller, and have an open account balance) is due in full.
Your Conduct
You are solely responsible for the contents of your actions through this website. You must ensure that your participation in the selling or buying of items does not violate any applicable laws or regulations. By this we mean that you must check that you entitled to sell or buy the relevant item and that you are not prohibited from doing so by any law or regulation. You must not transmit through the service any unlawful, harassing, libelous, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene or otherwise objectionable material. You must also not transmit any material that encourages conduct that could constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable law or regulation.
Membership
Membership to this website is only available to those you can form a legally binding contract. This website does not permit minors (under 18) to register. If any member fails to sign-up with their correct age, the account will be terminated immediately.
Listing Policies
StampWants is intended to be a friendly and enjoyable site. To prevent any action being taken against your listings or your accounts, please follow the following policies:
- Your listing cannot include links to outside websites where you can purchase items anywhere besides StampWants.
- You are not allowed to circumvent selling fees in any way.
- Shipping and Handling charges are required to be specified using either the per item settings, or the table rate settings available in the Account Details section of the My StampWants area.
- Shipping and Handling charges must be realistic, and are not allowed to be excessive. The amount you are looking to receive for an item must be reflected in the price of the item, and cannot be in the shipping and handling of the item. This same policy applies towards multiple items won by a single buyer, in regards to combined shipping and handling. The definition of excessive is at our discretion, but can usually be obtained using good judgment.
- All information contained within a listing must be accurate, not misleading and relevant to the listing.
- Numerical Grades (Stamps), and prices based on Numerical Grades (such as SMQ Values) can only be displayed if the item comes with a Graded Certificate from a recognized Philatelic Grading Organization. The only exception to this rule is if an opinion is stated in the listing description only, and that opinion comes with a money back guarantee. This means that if the item is sent for a Graded Certificate, it must grade at or higher than the opinion stated.
- Numerical Grades/Certification (Coins), and prices based on Numerical Grades can only be displayed if the item is certified by either ANACS, ICG, NCS, NGC or PCGS. Furthermore, the abbreviation of the certification company must be displayed in the item title. Grades from other Grading/Certification companies can be mentioned in the item description (not title, and no prices based on that grade), but an automatic note on the quality and reputation of Numismatic Grading/Certification companies will be displayed along with your listing.
Any listing which does not conform to the above policies may be ended at any time. Listing fees will not be refunded on any listing which is ended due to listing policy violations.
Feedback
The feedback system on StampWants is meant to be a guideline to a buyer's and seller's reputation on StampWants. You should always use good judgment when leaving feedback for others, as it is permanent, and generally cannot be changed once left. However, there are a few conditions which all users of StampWants must adhere to:
- You cannot threaten to leave negative or neutral feedback in an attempt to extort further goods or services from a person, other than those indicated in the original listing.
- If negative or neutral feedback is left for you, because of failure to pay for an item, or provide an item paid for, or for another legitimate reason, you cannot "retaliate" by leaving unjustified negative feedback against that user. Any such feedback will be removed.
- Having multiple accounts on StampWants is not permitted. As such, using multiple accounts, or working with other users to artificially change your feedback is not permitted.
- If you make a mistake when leaving feedback (such as you meant to leave positive feedback, but accidentally checked off negative), please contact us immediately after doing so to correct the error.
- The StampWants Admin holds the right to remove any feedback if it is determined to be inaccurate or artificial.
- If StampWants withdraws feedback for any reason, no new feedback can be left for the affected transaction.
Laws
These Terms of Service shall be governed by and constructed in accordance with the laws of the United States of America and any disputes will be decided only by the Courts of the United States of America.
