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The Trader Retreat Rules To Live By


Prior to making transactions and replying to posts on the TR network, please take a minute to read and understand the following rules listed below. Failure to follow these rules will result in suspensions or even complete removal from the site.

1. As a new rookie member of Trader Retreat, you will be required to send first on your first 10 transactions (trades, sales or buys). Once you have completed 10 successful transactions and received 10 positive feedbacks, you will then be upgraded to regular TR member status where you will no longer have to send first.

2. Document all agreed upon trades in the TR Trader Agreement forum. We do this so both parties can see and verify the agreement and then keep it on record . Failure to do this will void the TR reimbursment policy offered to all its members.

3. Always send cards out in a timely fashion, the only exception being if you are trading with a TR rookie member (where they have to send first) or if its agreed by both parties that sending at a later date is acceptable. Otherwise all cards or funds should be sent out within 48hrs of transaction agreement.

4. Treat all Trader Retreat guests, members, mods, staff and sponsors with kindness and respect. We will not tolerate any abusive language, racial slurs, or cursing on our boards. We will also not tolerate any pornographic material or links to such material on the TR forums or your TR profiles.

5. ABSOLUTELY NO promoting or spamming of other sites on Trader Retreat. NO EXCEPTIONS to this rule. Spamming of other sites on Trader Retreat will result in being banned. If you have a site you would like to share with the TR members, please contact a TR mod and ask if its acceptable. If approved we will do all we can to help promote.

6. If you have a trade problem that you have tried without success to resolve, please go to the TR Trade Dispute Forum and post your problem. One of our outstanding mods will assist you and help to resolve your problem. Please do not make posts or complain anywhere else but in this one area. We do have a reimbursement policy but understand we will do our best to help recover and attempt to file charges against the person that stole from you before we resort to reimbursement.

7. Once a transaction is complete and you have received your end of the agreement. Please post feedback for that person.

8. Do not post sales posts or Ebay links in any of the "trade forums". Please post them in the "sales forums" only.

9. If you have been a member of a another site where your feedback has been documented and on record, we will be glad (one time only) to transfer your feedback to our Trader Retreat site. We will only do this once, and we will not update it ever again. You must be able to provide a link so we can verify feedback otherwise we can not make the transfer. Despite the amount of feedback you have from a previous site, you will only be upgraded to "MEMBER STATUS" on Trader Retreat. The rest of the levels you will have to work for just like all the other TR members. So for example if you have 100 feedbacks from a previous site, you will NOT be upgraded to Gold member- just member. This is effective as of March 3rd 2005.

10. Trades agreed upon outside of the TR network or on other sites CAN NOT BE documented as a trade in the TR trade agreement forum.

11. If suspended or banned from Trader Retreat, you are NOT permited to sign up under a different username and re enter the site. If you are caught doing this we will ban your ISP permenantly from the site and may look into taking legal actions against you.

12. No one is to share or allow anyone else to use your Trader Retreat account. Do NOT trade, sell or make any transactions for a non member of TR.

13. If a member on probation wether it says "Must Send First" under their avatar or has a banner in their sig that says they must send first tells you otherwise when you request they send first, please alert a mod or staff member asap.


I hope everyone takes a minute to check out the rules. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact any staff member.

Trade on,

The TR Team