However ALL Sales on Basics MUST be authorised by a member of the Administration Team prior to any sales appearing on the Basics platform. It is simply courtesy to seek prior authorisation by a member of the Administration Team. 

However any Donations towards the running costs of Pigeon Basics would be very much appreciated. 

We feel as an Admin Team that it is time to review how such sales are held, in particular Auction Sales, where BIDS are required.

Also taking into account Basics members comments and opinions regarding Auction Sales on Basics, we have introduced the following Rule; for  Auction Sales  being held on the Basics Platform;

Sales by auction on Pigeon Basics the following rule;

All sales by Auction on Pigeon Basics, whether it be run by an individual member, a club/federation or other organisation representative. That all such sales by auction abide by the following rule;

All sales by auction must be authorised by a member of Pigeon Basics Administration Team prior to any sales being posted up on Pigeon Basics

Sales by Auction on Pigeon Basics must end on Pigeon Basics, Sales by Auction operating under various methods of bidding, such as Online bids, phone bids, and any other form of bidding, must end the sale by auction by only accepting bids on line on the Pigeon Basics Platform for the final 30 minutes of the sale by auction. ( plus any 5 minute rule)

This rule must be made clear at the beginning of any sales by auction on Pigeon Basics, and must be adhered to by all sales by auction organisers.

The integrity of Pigeon Basics must be foremost at all times and all such sales by auction, must be as transparent as possible.

Once permission has been granted sales by auction can be posted on the relevant Site Board, Dates must be notified in advance, individual/s running the Auction must take full responsibility for the running and conduct of the Auction.

This will include the dealing with money and the buyers/bidders etc

Any disputes must be resolved by the person/persons running the sale.

No Auction must last longer than 10 days.

Only one sale will be permitted to run at any given time on the Basics Platform. 

Pigeon Basics will not take responsibility for such Auction Sales, but Admin and Moderators will have the Authority to intervene if it is deemed necessary.

These rules will start as from 1st May 2021 but will be continuously under review by the Admin team.

Thank You

Update 12/12/17

Breeder Buyer sale can advertise names

UPDATED 10/03/16

Pigeonbasics will now operate with a Gold Membership for people wishing to sell on the site.

Selling Options

1/. A one off payment of £20.00 for One year's gold membership to the site - This allows the gold member unlimited sales of his own Birds/items (14 days each sale) on site in that period. contact FIFER for details

2/., For those wishing to just sell the odd item (members one off sale) the cost is £20 per advert no additions can be put on once a sale has been posted,and to last no more than 10 days contact FIFER for details ,

3/. Miscellaneous items up to £30 per sale. FREE (no Birds)to run no more than 10 days, those items can be posted on the (free misc items for sale board) http://forum.pigeonb...for-sale-board/

OTHER MEMBER SALES £40,

4/. FREE club/Fed funds sales. once permission has been granted you can start your sale on the Club Fed funds board. dates to be notified in advance, clubs/Feds responsible for conduct of sales etc, and for money and dealing with sponsors and buyers, the site is not responsible for these sales, auctions/sales will last for 10 days, organisations to nominate ,member/ members to run sale

5/. All OFF SITE sales advertised on site( amended 31/1/18) showing venue and lists of birds FREE (this is club/fed venues,not charities and not other sites or groups no links or sales to other sites or facebook allowed, ) to be put on the Off site sales board,after being approved, by admin,

6/ Members wishing to sell for others (must first get permission from ADMIN) £40

7/ fund raising events, charity sales and on-line competitions, Bereavement Sales etc to be approved by ADMIN The Fifer , these include bird swaps breeder buyers one lofts / in some cases a fee may be charged.

All post / threads containing links of outside sites that are posted and deemed as advertising or selling will be removed without warning ,

Members holding ,charity or other sales,it will be the responsibility of those holding the sale and buyers for those sales, the site will not be responsible ,

ADVERTISERS, once passed by admin, your details will be posted, your site details will be allowed but no links to other sites or facebook will be allowed,

PAYMENTS

payments can be made by the following methods -(contact FIFER)

Pay pal,to forum@pigeonbasics.com (Choose send money to friends or family to avoid incurring a charge )

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- Cheque made payable to Pigeonbasics.com - Please contact Fifer for postal address.

Selling Rules and conditions

- Gold members/one off sellers are not permitted to sell Items on behalf of another member (or non member)

- Items placed for sale on the boards by anyone other than gold members or one off sellers will be removed without notice.

- Any thread the Admin or Moderators deem to be advertising will be removed without notice - This includes third party ads.

- We expect you to conduct yourself with honesty and integrity at all times, and with every interaction with other members that you make.

- After posting items for sale you are expected to check your topic and/or PMs regularly to deal with enquiries, if you suspect you will be offline list a telephone number for your items.

- Non Gold Members known to be selling via the Private Message function will have their PM facility removed.

Gold members must have sales on site,

Additional Information we require from you

We require further information to process your application to become a gold member on Pigeon basics - This information is -

•Your Full Name

•Flying/Member Name

•Full Address

•Email address

All information will be stored in accordance with the Data Protection Act - we reserve the right to release the information in exceptional circumstances to the relevant authorities or to a buyer in the case of an unresolved dispute.

Buyers and Sellers are responsible for there own selling and buying on Pigeonbasics.com - We do however reserve the right to withdraw gold membership for poor selling conduct.

• Members should post in a way that is respectful of other individuals. Flaming, abusing or discriminating against individuals in any way will not be tolerated
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• Members are asked to respect the copyright and bandwidth of other individuals, groups or organisations and should not:
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  [*] not permitted under any circumstances

  [*]Members should not post links to their own/ club, Fed sites unless . relevant in discussion. This can be construed as self-promotion and therefore spam However, linking in a members signature or avatar of their own personal site is permitted with the exception of sales, forum`s, chat sites,face book, llinks to other sites and auction/sale's sites.

  members found to be offering items for sale or asking members to go to other sites through their pm system will have their pm facility withdrawn.[*]Members should not act as "back seat moderators." If members note an issue which contravenes something in this policy document they are welcome to bring it to the attention of a member of forum staff by using the "report to webmaster" function[*]Each forum and thread has a specific topic area and users should not make off-topic posts[*]Members should post in a way which is consistent with "normal writing." That is users should not:

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User Disputes

You are solely responsible for your interactions with other Pigeonbasics.com Message Forum Users.(or others outwith the site) We reserve the right, but have no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other Users. or organisations in or outwith the site.

• First Warning. The member will receive a personal message regarding their conduct.
  
• Second Warning. The member will be notified once again, and the following text added to their profile (displayed next to every post); "User Warning".
  
• The member will be banned from posting any reply or topic to the site (will be able to login, PM, and view topics only), and the following text added to their profile (displayed next to every post); "Banned User".
  

Bans will only be issued by administrators.

Bans are generally made against a specific username, but may be made against IP addresses or e-mail addresses.

Bans may be for, 1 week, 1 month, permanent; and will be set at the discretion of the administrators where any extreme factors will be considered.

Any attempt to circumvent a temporary ban may lead to that ban being made permanent. Circumvention includes re-registering under a non-banned username, changing IP addresses to evade an IP ban, registering a new email account of evade an email ban.

You may also have noticed the reorganisation of some of the boards.

Racing Pigeons became a Category with the subsections;

- General (this is where the posts from the old one were moved to)

- Race Day (this is for all liberations, weather, etc)

- Old Birds (topics about racing old birds)

- Young Birds (topic about racing young birds)

- Ideas & Theories (moved board from the front page)

The following top level boards have been added also; Breeding, and Introductions.

The 'Notice Board' will now serve the purpose it was implemented for;

- if you are unsure on which board to post, you can post to the Notice Board - however be aware that a moderator may move the topic to the relevant board on their first or subsequent visit (a redirect link will be left).

- all topics posted to the Notice Board will be assessed if they would be better categorised under another heading, and may be moved, but we will leave a redirect link on the Notice Board

The final change to report for now is that Chit-Chat is back.

However it is only accessible by 'Subscribing' to it. That means if you have not subscribed you will not see any of the boards or topics on the Portal or anywhere else on the site. If you have subscribed topics will be shown in the Portal and you will have full access to the boards.

You can unsubscribe at any time, and rejoin at any time (the required links are under 'Members Only').

As of now; all non-pigeon related topics posted to Notice Board (or anywhere else) will be removed from the forum. If you wish to partake in Chit-Chat, please subscribe and post such topics only to that board.

The forum Code of Conduct and other rules, are wholly applicable to the Chit-Chat section.

• The forum rules, code of conduct, and moderation documents have been rewritten or reworded. It has been done to aid clarity; and these documents have been moved and given top priority in the forum hierarchy.
  These forums are for the discussion of pigeon and pigeon related topics only.
  
• Topics are required to stay on topic, and any superfluous posts will be removed with no additional warning. (If you wish to continue with 'banter' please use CHIT CHAT or download an instant messenger client such as MSN messenger and continue there).
  
• The General Pigeon Board has been renamed the 'Notice Board' and as such its use will be redefined. It may be posted to with items such as events, something of importance to fanciers, and any other postings made will be moved to a board fitting their subject matter, with links being left.
  

More changes are in the pipeline...

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User Disputes

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• Before creating a new topic thread, search to see if a similar topic already exists.
  
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• Stay on-topic.
  
• Avoid double posting.
  
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