1) No profanity. Keep is professional and neutral. I don't care if you think the poster is a scum-sucking, ripoff artist. You're not here to call names.

2) No personal information. This means your personal information, or the personal information of another user. The only exception to this rule is in the "Scammer and Fraud Alerts" category. (If you must post personal information in that category, it must be restricted to info that clearly identifies the perpetrator - such as an email address or the like.) Otherwise, in identifying yourself or someone else in the forum, please stick to Auction Arms Nicknames. No phone numbers, real names, addresses, email addresses, etc. The reason we have this rule is because there are unscrupulous types out there that monitor forums for the purpose of trying to steal people's identities.

3) No spamming or illegal activity. Don't post identical or extremely similar posts. No advertising other websites. You may point out an auction for an item of interest, or as a response to a request on the Wish List. But if it looks like you're advertising, we'll call you on it. If you engage in illegal activity that in our view, jeopardizes Auction Arms' reputation or viability, we'll disable your account. We reserve the right to make that call. Be aware that this is a public forum.

4) The original Thread Author is also the Thread Admin. If you start a thread, you manage it. That means making sure that posters behave themselves, and follow our rules. Thread Admins that don't do their job in policing their thread will have that thread closed. If you have a problem with someone, bring it up to the Thread Admin IN THAT THREAD. Do not attempt to contact Auction Arms management, as we will make fun of your email and promptly forget about you.

5) Threads without any active posts for more than a year will be archived off the Forum. If you want to keep a thread active, people must continue to use it. No sense in keeping stuff around that isn't being used.

6) Be prepared to see your feedback next to your post. We think it's a good idea for folks to see how much feedback you've got, when you voice your opinion. We tend to lend more weight to folks with better feedback, than with someone who has a lot of Negatives. The feedback that gets posted is whatever feedback you have at the time of it's posting, and it's NOT updated as your feedback changes. NO, we don't update your feedback in your posts - there's just too much overhead in trying to maintain that.

7) No Auction Arms bashing. We're receptive to constructive criticism, and the Discussion Forum is another method we use to improve our service by being in touch with our users. But if you start bashing our site for the sake of making us look bad, or in an attempt to drive our customers away, we'll shut you down. Again, we reserve the right to make that distinction.