We have established the following
terms and condition to ensure the quality of NorthShoreClassifieds
and the services we offer to you, our users. Please
remember that ads are posted by users, not by NorthShoreClassifieds.
Users are responsible for all aspects of the transactions
in which they choose to participate as buyers and/or
sellers. All transactions conducted on NorthShoreClassifieds
must be consistent with any applicable legal rules
and with NorthShoreClassifieds terms and conditions
of service. NorthShoreClassifieds reserves the right
to reject or remove any ad that is not consistent
with NorthShoreClassifieds terms and conditions,
and the law. Please review the terms and conditions
in this agreement and make sure any transactions
you conduct comply fully.
GENERAL INFORMATION
NorthShoreClassifieds is a platform for users to
connect with one another. NorthShoreClassifieds
does not participate in, nor is it a party to, any
classifieds transactions. NorthShoreClassifieds
does not screen or control users who may sell, buy,
or trade using NorthShoreClassifieds, nor does NorthShoreClassifieds
review, endorse, guarantee or authenticate all listings
offered for sale or trade. Therefore, users of this
service should be aware that:
* Sellers and buyers are completely responsible
for working out the sale and exchange of goods or
services
* Sellers and buyers are responsible in resolving
any disputes that may arise from classifieds transactions.
It is important to use care throughout your dealings
with other users in NorthShoreClassifieds. NorthShoreClassifieds
cannot and does not confirm each and every user-purported
identity.
* Sellers and buyers are responsible for researching
and complying with any applicable laws, regulations
or restrictions on items, services, or manner of
sale or exchange that may pertain to transactions
in which they participate.
* Upon the completion of a sale, sellers and buyers
are responsible for their own payment, shipping
costs, applicable taxes and any other costs incurred
by participating in NorthShoreClassifieds classifieds.
ACCESSIBILITY
NorthShoreClassifieds is a classified ads website
for Hawaii’s North Shore of Oahu. Ads posted
on NorthShoreClassifieds must be in English, however
translation on ads are permitted.
NorthShoreClassifieds services are available to
all of our users who can perform legally binding
contracts under applicable law. By using or registering
with NorthShoreClassifieds, you agree to provide
true and accurate information about yourself; including
your current residency in the United States.
Additionally, we reserve the right to refuse access
of our service to anyone at our sole discretion.
ACCOUNT AND PASSWORD
You are solely responsible for all
activities within your account under your password.
Password should be treated with care and should
not be disclosed to anyone. You cannot use your
password or anyone else's password for any unauthorized
purpose. You indemnify NorthShoreClassifieds and
its staff from all claims and liabilities made by
a third party resulting from all activities incurred
within your account. Additionally, your account
may not be transferred, assigned or sold to a third
party.
WEB LINKING
Web Linking may be used to direct
users of NorthShoreClassifieds to an external website.
Web Linking may not be used to direct users of NorthShoreClassifieds
to a porn, explicit adult content, hate, or a questionable
content website (as determined by NorthShoreClassifieds).
As well, directing users to an external website
for the purpose of soliciting information, scam
or fraud is strictly prohibited. Violation of the
afore-mentioned rules will result in the ad(s) being
discarded or modified and the member being banned
from NorthShoreClassifieds at the discretion of
NorthShoreClassifieds.
MEMBER
Verification of a member is only an indication
of likelihood that a member's identity is correct.
As user verification on the Internet is difficult,
NorthShoreClassifieds cannot and does not guarantee
any member's identity. Attempt by any member to
state or imply that NorthShoreClassifieds has endorsed
their products or integrity may result in immediate
termination of the member's status and may include
permanent suspension of access to NorthShoreClassifieds.
False claims or statements that NorthShoreClassifieds
provides some form of guarantee is deceptive and
should be reported immediately as abuse.
NorthShoreClassifieds will not be held liable in
any manner for any losses incurred by a Buyer or
Seller regardless of their status. In the case of
illegal or otherwise deceptive activities, NorthShoreClassifieds’s
responsibility will be limited to investigation
and barring of such access as quickly as possible
and to the best of our abilities.
SERVICE FEE
NorthShoreClassifieds’s classified
service is free, to both buyers and sellers.
INTERFERENCE
You are prohibited from using a secondary account
or a third party to interfere with the negotiation
process with another buyer or seller.
You are prohibited from spamming our system and/or
impose an unreasonably or disproportionately large
load on our system. You may not put any material
on NorthShoreClassifieds that contains any viruses,
trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, or
other computer programming routines that may damage,
interfere with, surreptitiously intercept, or expropriate
any system, data, or personal information. You may
not solicit NorthShoreClassifieds users to post
ads on other classifieds sites.
SELLING
All sellers must:
1. Comply with applicable laws. You may not offer
for sale, trade or adoption any items or services
to buyers in a jurisdiction where the item, service,
or terms of the sale violate applicable laws or
regulations. You also may not offer for sale, trade
or adoption any item or service that violates NorthShoreClassifieds’s
policies as described below in "Prohibited
Items and Services."
2. Provide accurate and up-to-date information.
You must accurately describe the item you are selling,
trading or offering for adoption. You may not include
any language in your ad, which may mislead potential
buyers or cause your ad to be included in search
results to which it is not responsive.
3. Avoid inappropriate ad content. You may not
link to, post, or include advertisements for goods
or other materials that: (a) describe items or services
that you are not selling in NorthShoreClassifieds,
or (b) you do not have right to link to or include.
You also may not include any content or images in
your ad that are obscene, offensive, harmful to
minors, invasive of anyone's privacy, or otherwise
inappropriate.
4. Have the rights to and possession of item. You
may not offer any item for sale, trade or adoption
that is not in your possession, you do not have
the right to sell or trade items that does not exist
at the time of the ad.
5. Place item in the appropriate category. You
must list your item in the MOST appropriate category.
NorthShoreClassifieds reserves the right to relocate
an ad that is deemed to be in an inappropriate category.
6. Provide an honest representation of your item
for sale and indicating if your item is used, refurbished
or a replica of the original.
BUYING
Buyers are free to browse through
the classified ads on our site and need not register
with us to buy or contact sellers.
NorthShoreClassifieds does not associate itself
with the negotiation process between buyers and
sellers
Certain ads listed on NorthShoreClassifieds may
contain a web link where buyers are free to navigate
to the linked website. Be advised, NorthShoreClassifieds
is not affiliated or responsible for the content
of the linked website. Any action or activity by
the buyer on the linked website is at his/her sole
responsibility.
FRAUD
You may not use or manipulate this
service for any fraudulent activity or purpose,
including but not limited to collecting payment
from buyers and not providing the item or service
purchased.
If you are a victim of fraud or know information
of fraud, contact your local secret service field
office at http://www.secretservice.gov/field_offices.shtml
or call the FTC toll-free at 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357)
or file a complaint form at http://www.ftc.gov/
The Internet Fraud Complaint Center is another good
site where you can file a complaint: http://www1.ifccfbi.gov/cf1.asp
PROHIBITED ITEMS AND SERVICES
It is the responsibility of both the seller and
the buyer to ensure that the items or services listed
for sale, trade or adoption are appropriate for
sale, trade or adoption under all applicable laws
and regulations. You may not sell, trade or adopt
the following items or services under any circumstances:
1. Any item or service that is harmful to minors,
obscene, or otherwise objectionable.
2. Any item that infringes the rights of a third
party, including items that violate copyrights,
trademarks, publicity, or privacy rights of third
parties.
3. Any item that is counterfeit or stolen, including,
but not limited to, counterfeit currency, coins,
stamps, and equipment used to produce them.
4. Any animal items that are subject to regulations
or laws for the protection of live animals, including
endangered species and domesticated animals, as
well as any products made from or including any
parts of an animal protected by law or regulation.
5. Any item that has been the subject of a product
recall by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission,
other government agency, or product manufacturer
including items containing hazardous substances
without a warning label.
6. Individual contracts, services, and any item
that is non-transferable.
7. Non-packaged food items and other food or beverage
items sold in a manner inconsistent with federal,
state/province, or legal regulations.
8. Any used goods not appropriate for resale for
safety, health, or other reasons.
9. Any items that can be used to inflict bodily
harm on others, such as firearms, bombs, ammunition,
firearm parts, switchblade knives, fireworks, or
any kind of weaponry.
10. Bulk email lists containing names, addresses,
or other personal information.
11. Gaming items such as, slot machines, lottery
tickets, raffle tickets, and sweepstakes entries.
12. Alcohol or tobacco products, prescription drugs,
medical devices and non-prescription drugs that
make treatment claims that require FDA approval.
13. Items or services related to identification
such as, citizenship documents, birth certificates,
police or other government insignia.
14. Human or animal parts, including blood, organs
and bodily fluids.
15. Any other item or service that violates any
applicable federal, state, or local law or regulation
or which NorthShoreClassifieds determines, in its
sole discretion, is inappropriate for sale, trade
or adoption through the services provided by NorthShoreClassifieds.
SPAM
NorthShoreClassifieds encourages you to post ads
in NorthShoreClassifieds as long as they are not
duplicates or other forms of spam, or otherwise
inconsistent with the NorthShoreClassifieds terms
and conditions. NorthShoreClassifieds may take action
to delete classified ads and/or NorthShoreClassifieds
user accounts that we believe are misusing this
service. Prohibited spam or otherwise impermissible
marketing activities in NorthShoreClassifieds may
include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. Posting identical, near duplicate, or otherwise,
variant listings for the same item/service
2. Posting identical ads in the same category and
location.
3. Posting an ad with inappropriate links, titles,
descriptions, or unauthorized use of content to
which the person posting does not have rights.
4. Posting an ad for the sole purpose of collecting
user information or raising money.
5. Posting an ad that contains unsolicited or unauthorized
advertising or promotional materials. This may include
an ad that instruct the user(s) to contact the person/company
posting the ad for more information and then require
the user to pay a fee for that information.
6. Posting a job ad that requires a monetary investment
by the user at any time.
7. Posting an ad that requires a user to register
before getting detailed information about the product
or position.
8. Posting an ad through unauthorized robots (crawling
software).
9. Soliciting a NorthShoreClassifieds user to post
an ad in another classifieds site.
NorthShoreClassifieds users do not appreciate spam.
Spamming gives you and your service a bad name and
decreases the effectiveness of your ads. NorthShoreClassifieds
may take corrective action, at our discretion, when
prohibited activities or other misuses of the service
become apparent.
JUNK ADS
At NorthShoreClassifieds, we offer free classified
listings. This does not mean that we accept spam
or junk ads that are not only unwanted, but are
also rarely viewed. Our classified ads have value;
hence, they are for serious buyers and sellers.
Your ad should genuinely reveal your item or service;
this creates trust on your part and it will only
assist you in the sale of your product.
NorthShoreClassifieds reserves the right to reject
an ad or even ban a member who does not adhere to
our user agreement in order to help safeguard our
community of buyers and sellers. Please see "prohibited
items/services" and "spam".
In addition, classified ads for, containing, or
linking to the following will not be accepted:
* Explicit adult products or services
* "Income Guarantees", "Get-Rich-Quick
Schemes", or unrealistic claims
* Chain marketing
* Stuffing envelopes, ad typing, or similar ventures
* Pyramids or binary schemes
INDEMNITY
You agree to defend, indemnify and
hold NorthShoreClassifieds and its officers, directors
and employees harmless from and against any and
all claims made by or liabilities to any third party
resulting from any activities conducted under your
membership or your use or misuse of our services.
This includes, but not limited to, posting content
on NorthShoreClassifieds, entering into transactions
with other members, contacting others pertaining
to their ad(s), infringing a third party's intellectual
property or other rights, failing to deliver goods
or payment after a sale agreement or otherwise arising
out of your breach of this Agreement.
COPYRIGHT
All content included on this web site,
including text, graphics, logos, buttons, icons,
and images, is the property of NorthShoreClassifieds,
its licensors or its content suppliers, and is protected
by U.S. and international copyright and trademark
laws. The compilation of all content on this web
site is the exclusive property of NorthShoreClassifieds
and is protected by U.S. and international copyright
laws. The content on this site may be used as a
shopping resource. You may not copy, publish, distribute,
create derivative works of, or commercially exploit
the content of this web site, or use this web site
for any other purpose.
TRADEMARKS
NorthShoreClassifieds, the NorthShoreClassifieds
logo and all trademarks, service-marks, and trade
names appearing on the site are the property of
NorthShoreClassifieds or their respective owners
that have granted NorthShoreClassifieds the right
to use such marks.
USE OF INFORMATION AND SERVICES
THE INFORMATION, SERVICES, PRODUCTS,
AND MATERIALS CONTAINED IN THIS WEB SITE ARE PROVIDED
ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITH NO WARRANTY.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW,
NorthShoreClassifieds DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT
TO SUCH INFORMATION, SERVICES, PRODUCTS, AND MATERIALS,
INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN ADDITION, NorthShoreClassifieds
DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE
VIA THIS WEB SITE IS CURRENT, COMPLETE, OR ERROR-FREE.
SOME STATES/PROVINCES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION
OR LIMITATION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES SO THE ABOVE
LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
IN NO EVENT WILL NorthShoreClassifieds BE LIABLE
FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, HOWEVER CAUSED AND UNDER ANY
THEORY OF LIABILITY (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), ARISING
FROM YOUR USE OF THIS SITE OR THE PROVISION OF THE
INFORMATION, SERVICES, PRODUCTS, AND MATERIALS CONTAINED
IN THIS SITE, EVEN IF NorthShoreClassifieds HAS
BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
BECAUSE SOME STATES/PROVINCES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION
OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES,
THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
NorthShoreClassifieds ‘s RIGHT TO
TERMINATE
NorthShoreClassifieds, in its sole discretion,
may terminate any classified listing or your NorthShoreClassifieds
user ID immediately and without notice if (a) NorthShoreClassifieds
believes that you have acted inconsistently with
the spirit or the letter of the NorthShoreClassifieds
terms and conditions of service, or (b) NorthShoreClassifieds
believes you have violated or tried to violate the
rights of others, or (c) NorthShoreClassifieds believes
you have conducted fraudulent activities on NorthShoreClassifieds.
From time to time, NorthShoreClassifieds may amend
its terms and conditions to enhance our services
with or without notices.
Your continue use of NorthShoreClassifieds services
will indicate your acceptance of the updated terms
and conditions of the agreement. It is recommended
that you review our terms and conditions periodically.
This agreement was last updated on March 5, 2006.
NorthShoreClassifieds reserve the right to change
or discontinue some or all of our services at any
time with or without notice.
Please help us keep NorthShoreClassifieds a safe
and enjoyable site. If you see a listing that violates
our rules, please notify us immediately.
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