Greetings! It’s been a minute.
Life got in a way of finishing the classifieds access plugin but now it is in a state that somewhat works… I can call it good enough…
Now that the site is finally ready and able to track a user’s acceptance of the policy and process it, I can share the initial Classifieds Policy for you to read through, information on how to gain access is located in that post, so please make sure you read it. This policy might change at a later date, if there is a major change to it’s content, you will be required to re-agree to the policy to regain access to Classifieds. Minor changes will not require you to redo the agreement but I encourage you to check it once in a while.
One thing of note, when you go through the steps of accepting the policy, it might take up to an hour for you to gain access as the processing of access control is done every hour on the hour, so allow some time for the plugin to do its thing. If you experience any issues please reach out to me, or better yet, make a post in #support!
I mentioned multiple categories before, first category to become available is the Misc. Classifieds category, it will be the testing ground to see how things go overall, before the Gun/Ammo Classifieds category becomes available at a later date if things go smoothly after a while.
Guidelines Overview, please review the actual guidelines once you have access to the categories
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Make sure you are not posting your or someone else personal information on the forum, posts such as addresses, names, phone numbers etc. This is important!!
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PHOTOS OF ITEMS ABSOLUTELY NEED A TIMESTAMP WITH YOUR USERNAME ON IT! Buyers beware, I will not be moderating every photo on every post, the burden of checking this is on you!
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Please report any posts that do not have a timestamp/username and I will take appropriate action
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If something seems too good to be true, it usually is! Tread lightly!
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Deal only in cash, avoid checks, gift cards, money order.
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Keep things local to CT, do not offer to ship items, especially to another state. These are CT ONLY classifieds.
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Meet in person at a safe and predetermined place. If its a firearm (it shouldn’t be, since its Misc. Classifieds for now, just wanted to put this out there to keep in mind later) , it must be done in person, at an FFL, the FFL should be notified in advance and you should have prior permission for the FFL to facilitate the transfer.*
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It’s on both the buyer and seller to make sure they are both following all federal, state and local laws when completing transactions. You are solely responsible for the transaction from start to finish,
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CTGuns Forum Owners, Admins and Moderators offer absolutely no guarantees or warrantees on transactions that have been set up on this forum. There are no Buyer/Seller Guarantees here!
Other Forum updates
Now that I don’t have to worry about the plugin (fingers crossed), I will start focusing on the main design and layout of the forum in general. I’ve been experimenting with new themes and various components which have become quite messy and will now need to be cleaned up.
Means of Support
In the short term I will be working on making a Supporter membership available for those who wish to help keep the lights on and get some extra.
Current benefits of the Supporter Membership:
- Ad-free experience.
- Supporter flair and title.
- Access to members-only areas of the forum.
Planned Near-term Membership Benefits, these are the benefits that are currently work in progress:
- Classifieds posts highlighted - your posts in Classifieds categories will be highlighted for better visibility and labeled.
At the moment those are the initial benefits which have been planned, I am always looking for suggestion and ideas on how which way to take this. No doubt the Supporter Membership Benefits will expand with time.
There will be an announcement made when Supporter Membership becomes available.