Cross link group buys and XN

drbandkgb

Titan Swapped / SAS'd
Founding Member
Ok everyone..

I have had a policy since XN started to not allow cross site group buys on XterraNation.org Why is this? When I was a mod on a different 2 letter forum we had a issue with someone offering up a group buy on some Gen 1 winch plates. These things were very RAD.. but to build one at a time was very very expensive to do.
So the cat that made these offered a discounted rate for more than five.. I think 6 or 7 people jumped in on this.. And let me tell you.. these looked great.
So after 6 or 8 weeks many people started to wonder where these plates are. No one could get the guy on the forum nor on his web site. A few of these members paid for these plates in full.. 500.00 I think it was.. Well long story short the last I had heard no one got a penny back from this builder and that was that.
(I know Im leaving out some things but that is pretty close)

Anyways..
When me and Johann started up XN we knew issues like this could pop up and kill a new site. So we decided no cross site group buys.
We needed to allow XN to grow a little before one.. People hound you for all your money.. (Damn mod bug) and two.. The site needed to grow.

Now to 8 months later..
We have had cool members from other sites pop up and want to post some group buys into XN. Since many are new to XN they are mostly unaware of the current policies. Well we have removed a few of these GB's with out much issue, but every once in a while it will stir up some hurt feelings. Most think its XN trying to not be open to the group buy's because of its "The other sites VS XN" Hardly.. Its based on the 2 reasons I gave up above. The Nations is a group of members that float all over the web and in the end we do want what is best for everyone.


After trying to figure out the best way to protect you all and our sponsors we have come up with a cross site group buy policy that I hope works for everyone here and the other sites that would like XN to join up.






1. All cross site Group buys need to be approved by the Admins / Moderators before they can be posted.
(This will help protect the Nation as well as our awesome sponsors) Please send a mod or Admin a PM about the product before posting it up.
Failure to follow the rules will result in a 2 week temporary ban. 2nd offence is a 1 year ban from XN.

2. Once the GB is allowed please post up all the information available from said company. Any Phone numbers or email addresses.

3. Add all discounted rates to the thread.

4. Have a sensible cut off date in mind for these. anything over 2 months is a commitment.. Just put a ring on it ;)

5. Do not add members from other sites to these GB's. Keep the list here on XN to the members of XN.



I will be adding a few more rules to this as we go along..
drb

Updated 7-17-2012 (drb)
 
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