*** READ ME FIRST - Bead Barter Guidelines ***
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Welcome to Beading Daily’s Bead Barter Forum
The Bead Barter forum is provided to our members for Artist-to-Artist Transactions Only.
You must follow the Posting Rules and the Posting Procedure noted below. Any posts that do not will be removed without notice.
The Bead Barter is for selling or bartering items that you no longer need and would like to get rid of. It is for artist-to-artist transactions and one-time deals. If selling items is a regular source of income, do not post your items here.
You may sell/seek/trade the following items between individual Artists:
Used/new beads, tools, books or supplies that are no longer needed.
You may NOT post the following for sale or swap:
Commercial sales. If selling items is a regular or occasional source of income, do not post your items here. If you are a business, do not post your items here.
Bulk buys. You may not give volume discounts.
Auction items.
Repeat sale items.
Web sales announcements. You may not announce sales here. You may not post URLs.
Original art or any other items you have made, including beads you have made yourself
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Posting Rules:
Do NOT post web site addresses. No eBay or website links of any kind will be permitted in the Forum. Specific items for sale may not be offered on eBay or other websites, at the same time as they are offered on the Swap Shop.
Items must be available for immediate purchase.
Individuals who post must be at least 18 years of age or older.
No commercial ventures are allowed to be advertised on the Bead Barter forum.
Any transactions resulting from a post placed in the Bead Barter forum are between you, the purchaser, and the person that placed the post, the seller. When making a purchase, use caution when giving out any personal information over the Internet or by phone. To help protect yourself, try always get a receipt for your purchases and get everything in writing, such as claims or warranties, ensuring that such documents are signed.
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Posting Procedures:
1. One (1) thread per day, per person if selling or trading an item;
2. Please limit your thread to no more than eight (8) items for sale or swap per single thread.
EXAMPLE:
An "item" is a particular thing sold at a single price. For example, a hank of seed beads - price $1, is a single item. In a daily thread, (8) individual hanks at a single price each would be allowed. An "item" could also be a box of seed bead hanks but sold at a single price.
3. A proper post should include:
(a.) All information describing the item you are selling or seeking to trade;
(b.) Price of Item or what Item you are willing to swap. (The Bead Barter forum is NOT for the taking of Bids or for taking orders on items.)
(c.) Photo of the item (if applicable); no links please.
(d.) Contact information.4. All posts expire and will be removed within 2 weeks.
5. Please refrain from posting your needs in someone else's thread. Start a new thread for yourself. The Bead Barter forum is NOT a chat or technical forum!
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By participating in the Bead Barter forum, participants agree to indemnify and release Interweave LLC., its subsidiaries, affiliates, and related companies and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents from any and all liability, any civil or criminal action, or loss or damage of any kind arising out of or in connection with participation in the Bead Barter forum. In addition, Interweave LLC is in no way responsible for the content, value, price, delivery, claims, and/or any other aspects relating any and all Swap Shop posts or transactions.
Our moderators do try to remove posts that are in violation but do not catch all of them. If you see any post that you feel is in violation of Beading Daily's User Agreement or the Bead Barter forum guidelines, please report it. (”Report abuse” link in lower right corner of each post).
In all cases the Beading Daily user agreement applies. These guidelines are provided to you on the honor system trusting that all will use the Bead Barter forum for the in-house service it is meant to provide. Repeat violators may risk Beading Daily account suspension or at the least be asked not to use this service again.
The Bead Barter forum is for Individual Artist transactions. If you are a Commercial Vendor, are working as a business or an artist needing to advertise commercially, see the advertising website.