Damien / Mitch. ALL users on Aussie Pinball accept the "Terms and Conditions" as outlined below ;
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There is an "introduction" section and with in that, there are the site Etiquette and rules
http://aussiepinball.com/index.php?topic=2.0For your benefit, here's the post outlined below
Please use this as a guideline to acceptable behaviour on this forum. Feel free to discuss any of these with the forum moderators.
1. Members shall treat each other with mutual respect and politeness. Friendly and energetic discussion will be encouraged but not to the point of personal abuse or intimidation. If the moderators of the forum deem a member’s behavior to be of an abusive nature, penalties will apply. Deliberate trolling, baiting or antagonistic behavior towards member(s) of the site, or content therein, will attract any of the warnings, including a permanent ban at the Admins discretion.
Penalty for personal abuse
First time – Warning
Second time – 3 day ban
Third time – 1 month ban
Fourth time - permanent ban
2. While we understand that swearing is an accepted part of today’s society, constant unnecessary use will be frowned upon. Keep it clean if possible.
3. Members shall not share their logon information with the general public who may be either members or non-members.
Penalty
Permanent ban
4. Members shall not share information posted on Aussie Pinball with non-members. This information remains the property of Aussie Pinball and is for the exclusive use of members only.
Penalty
Permanent ban
5. Members shall not post pornographic images or links on the forum.
Penalty for pornographic links or images
Permanent ban
6. Racist slurs and comments will not be tolerated.
Penalty for racist comments
First time – Warning
Second time – 3 day ban
Third time – 1 month ban
Fourth time - permanent ban
7. Multiple accounts per member are not allowed.
Penalty for multiple accounts
Permanent ban8. Copyright and Other Intellectual Rights
Like many hobbies, much of what we have was manufactured by various businesses and may be the subject of copyright or other intellectual property rights. Usually these rights attach to reproduction items for games. Aussiepinball.com is committed to furthering the pinball hobby and assisting all members in their repair and restoration of their games, however aussiepinball.com does not allow the forum to be used by members to distribute whether by sale or otherwise any item that may be protected by intellectual property rights. Members must not through the forum offer to supply any item that may breach any person's intellectual property rights and we ask all members to not only observe this rule, but to actively bring any suspected breach of this rule to the attention of the administrators.
9. The Pinball Trader section will only be accessible to members that have made at least 20 posts. Any wanted/for sale ads placed in other sections by members that have made less than 20 posts will be removed, no exceptions.
10. The sale of Pinball Machines is encouraged on Aussie Pinball. Sponsors are permitted to list inventory with, or without pricing. Members (not sponsors) who wish to sell single machines, their collection, or bulk imports (containers) MUST list the pricing. It is stongly encouraged that members also list a condition report and provide pictures. Threads or posts that promote sales of machines without pricing will be removed.
11. Promotion or sales of machines OUTSIDE the membership of Aussie Pinball will be deleted without warning. This does not include eBay and similar sites.
12. Removing the contents of posts and replacing it with something like "." will be not be allowed. Please consult with the admins first rather than removing it.
Penalty for post removal
At the discretion of the admins
Regards
The Admin Team
I've highlighted the relevant section that Studley67 needs to be aware of at this point.
