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	It occasionally comes to light that a member has been reselling goods ~~that~~ they ~~have~~ obtained on Freegle. Claiming or asking for items in order to resell or redistribute them ~~does not~~ violate Freegle guidelines directly, but many members prefer to give their items to people who will ~~be using~~ them not ~~selling~~ them.		It occasionally comes to light that a member has been reselling goods they've obtained on Freegle. Claiming or asking for items in order to resell or redistribute them doesn't violate Freegle's guidelines directly, but many members prefer to give their items to people who will use them, not sell them.

	Resellers should disclose their intention to resell/redistribute ~~any~~ item when accepting an offer and when making ~~requests.~~		Resellers should disclose their intention to resell or redistribute an item when accepting an offer, and when making a wanted request.


	~~'''If you discover (or think) a member is failing to disclose this information when asked or when posting~~ a wanted~~, you may wish to:'''~~

			==If a member fails to disclose this==
			If you discover, or think, a member is failing to disclose this when asked, or when posting a wanted, you may wish to:
	*Keep the member on permanent moderation.		*Keep the member on permanent moderation.
			*Write to the member informing them of the guidelines, and warning them not to do it again.
			*Issue a strike - a warning for a serious misdemeanour; two strikes can lead to a member being unsubscribed, at the owner's discretion. (See banning vs moderation.)
			*Send an admin to the community reminding members of the reselling guidelines.

	*Write to the member informing them of the guidelines and warning them not to do ~~it again.~~		==What members can do==

	*Issue a strike: a strike is warning for a serious misdemeanour; two strikes can lead to a member being unsubscribed - at the owner's discretion. (link to banning vs moderation)

	*Send an admin to the group reminding them of the reselling guidelines.


	~~'''Members can:'''~~

	*Ask responders if they intend to resell an item before agreeing to gift it.		*Ask responders if they intend to resell an item before agreeing to gift it.
			*When marking a post as taken, select the member they believe has resold their item, and add a feedback comment for volunteers, so it can be noted for any further action.
			*A few communities do choose a policy of no reselling. It's worth bearing in mind that it's hard to prove a member has been reselling goods acquired via Freegle.

	*Select the member they believe has sold their item when marking the post as taken, and adding a feedback comment for volunteers, so it can noted for any further action.		'''Tip:''' watch out for posts including links to sites like eBay, Gumtree and Facebook.

	*A few groups do choose to have a policy of no reselling. It's worth bearing in mind that it is hard to prove that a member has been reselling goods that have been acquired via Freegle.

	'''Tip:''' watch out for posts including links to sites like ~~Ebay~~, Gumtree and Facebook.


	~~'''Trashnothing'''~~

	~~Here is an extract from Trashnothing help pages:~~

	~~''Is reselling allowed?''~~

	''Resellers are members who receive free items and then sell them outside of trash nothing. Buying and selling on trash nothing is not allowed but reselling free items is a valid way to reuse items and keep them out of the landfill as long as resellers follow the rule below.''

	''People who resell items must say in their posts and messages that they plan to resell items they receive. This gives the people giving away items the chance to decide whether they want their item to be resold or not.''

	~~''To help them, there is a setting which can be ticked which puts the sentence you are asking about on to the member's posts.''~~

	~~''If you have a question about your local groups' rules, please contact the moderators. If a post~~ is ~~breaking this rule, please report the post. If another member has broken this rule, please report the member.'~~'		==Trash Nothing==
			Here is an extract from Trash Nothing's help pages:

			''"Is reselling allowed? Resellers are members who receive free items and then sell them outside of Trash Nothing. Buying and selling on Trash Nothing is not allowed, but reselling free items is a valid way to reuse items and keep them out of the landfill, as long as resellers follow the rule below. People who resell items must say in their posts and messages that they plan to resell items they receive. This gives the people giving away items the chance to decide whether they want their item to be resold or not. To help with this, there's a setting which can be ticked which puts this sentence onto the member's posts. If you have a question about your local community's rules, please contact the moderators. If a post is breaking this rule, please report the post. If another member has broken this rule, please report the member."''

	==See also==		==See also==
	* [[Sample message: Reselling]] (sample messages to send to individual members)		*[[Sample message: Reselling]] - sample messages to send to individual members
	* [[Sample Admin: Reselling]] (sample messages to send to the community)		*[[Sample Admin: Reselling]] - sample messages to send to the community
	* [[Scrap Metal]] (guidance on Freegle position on reselling metals)		*[[Scrap Metal]] - guidance on Freegle's position on reselling metals

	Back to [[Specific Problems]] or [[How To Deal With]]		Back to [[Specific Problems]] or [[How To Deal With]]

	[[~~category~~:~~Specific~~ Problems]]		[[Category:Difficult Situations & Problems]]

Neville Reid: /* See also */ bypass redirects

2025-10-05T20:53:25Z

Neville Reid: Neville Reid moved page Re-selling to Reselling: unhyphenated form is much more common, see https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=re-selling%2Creselling&year_start=1800&year_end=2022&corpus=en&smoothing=3

2025-10-05T20:45:56Z

Neville Reid moved page Re-selling to Reselling: unhyphenated form is much more common, see https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=re-selling%2Creselling&year_start=1800&year_end=2022&corpus=en&smoothing=3

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	''To help them, there is a setting which can be ticked which puts the sentence you are asking about on to the member's posts.''		''To help them, there is a setting which can be ticked which puts the sentence you are asking about on to the member's posts.''

			''If you have a question about your local groups' rules, please contact the moderators. If a post is breaking this rule, please report the post. If another member has broken this rule, please report the member.''


	==See also==		==See also==

Jacky: /* See also */

2024-02-04T15:32:35Z

Neville Reid: /* See also / Reseller-admins (sample messages to send to the community)

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See also: * Reseller-admins (sample messages to send to the community)

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	==See also==		==See also==
	* [[Re-seller]] (sample messages)		* [[Re-seller]] (sample messages to send to individual members)
			* [[Reseller-admins]] (sample messages to send to the community)

	Back to [[Specific Problems]] or [[How To Deal With]]		Back to [[Specific Problems]] or [[How To Deal With]]

	[[category:Specific Problems]]		[[category:Specific Problems]]

Neville Reid: /* See also */ +2

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Neville Reid: ==See also== * Re-seller (sample message)

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==See also== * Re-seller (sample message)

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	''To help them, there is a setting which can be ticked which puts the sentence you are asking about on to the member's posts.''		''To help them, there is a setting which can be ticked which puts the sentence you are asking about on to the member's posts.''

			==See also==
			* [[Re-seller]] (sample message)

	Back to [[Specific Problems]] or [[How To Deal With]]		Back to [[Specific Problems]] or [[How To Deal With]]

	[[category:Specific Problems]]		[[category:Specific Problems]]

Jacky at 08:56, 14 September 2022

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	Resellers should disclose their intention to resell/redistribute any item when accepting an offer and when making requests.		Resellers should disclose their intention to resell/redistribute any item when accepting an offer and when making requests.


	'''If you discover (or think) a member is failing to disclose this information when asked or when posting a wanted, you may wish to:'''		'''If you discover (or think) a member is failing to disclose this information when asked or when posting a wanted, you may wish to:'''
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	*Send an admin to the group reminding them of the reselling guidelines.		*Send an admin to the group reminding them of the reselling guidelines.


	'''Members can:'''		'''Members can:'''
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	'''Tip:''' watch out for posts including links to sites like Ebay, Gumtree and Facebook.		'''Tip:''' watch out for posts including links to sites like Ebay, Gumtree and Facebook.


			'''Trashnothing'''

			Here is an extract from Trashnothing help pages:

			''Is reselling allowed?''

			''Resellers are members who receive free items and then sell them outside of trash nothing. Buying and selling on trash nothing is not allowed but reselling free items is a valid way to reuse items and keep them out of the landfill as long as resellers follow the rule below.''

			''People who resell items must say in their posts and messages that they plan to resell items they receive. This gives the people giving away items the chance to decide whether they want their item to be resold or not.''

			''To help them, there is a setting which can be ticked which puts the sentence you are asking about on to the member's posts.''

Jacky at 21:29, 23 November 2021

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	It occasionally comes to light that a member has been reselling goods that they have obtained on Freegle. Claiming or asking for items in order to resell or redistribute them does not violate Freegle guidelines directly, but many members prefer to give their items to people who will be using them not selling them.		It occasionally comes to light that a member has been reselling goods that they have obtained on Freegle. Claiming or asking for items in order to resell or redistribute them does not violate Freegle guidelines directly, but many members prefer to give their items to people who will be using them not selling them.

	Resellers should disclose their intention to resell/redistribute any item when accepting an offer and when making ~~wanted posts~~.		Resellers should disclose their intention to resell/redistribute any item when accepting an offer and when making requests.

	'''If you discover (or think) a member is failing to disclose this information when asked or when posting a wanted, you may wish to:'''		'''If you discover (or think) a member is failing to disclose this information when asked or when posting a wanted, you may wish to:'''
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	*Ask responders if they intend to resell an item before agreeing to gift it.		*Ask responders if they intend to resell an item before agreeing to gift it.

	*~~Mention the Yahoo ID of the person~~ the item ~~has been gifted to in~~ the ~~taken~~ post ~~(if lots of~~ taken ~~posts include this info~~, ~~then~~ it ~~will be apparent if a small group of members are hoovering up items offered on the list)~~.		*Select the member they believe has sold their item when marking the post as taken, and adding a feedback comment for volunteers, so it can noted for any further action.

	*A few groups do choose to have a policy of no reselling. It's worth bearing in mind that it is hard to prove that a member has been reselling goods that have been acquired via Freegle.		*A few groups do choose to have a policy of no reselling. It's worth bearing in mind that it is hard to prove that a member has been reselling goods that have been acquired via Freegle.

	'''Tip:''' watch out for posts including links to sites like Ebay and ~~Gumtree~~		'''Tip:''' watch out for posts including links to sites like Ebay, Gumtree and Facebook.

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	==See also==		==See also==
	* [[~~Re-seller~~]] (sample messages to send to individual members)		* [[Sample message: Reselling]] (sample messages to send to individual members)
	* [[~~Reseller-admins~~]] (sample messages to send to the community)		* [[Sample Admin: Reselling]] (sample messages to send to the community)
	* [[Scrap Metal]] (guidance on Freegle position on reselling metals)		* [[Scrap Metal]] (guidance on Freegle position on reselling metals)

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	* [[Re-seller]] (sample messages to send to individual members)		* [[Re-seller]] (sample messages to send to individual members)
	* [[Reseller-admins]] (sample messages to send to the community)		* [[Reseller-admins]] (sample messages to send to the community)
			* [[Scrap Metal]] (guidance on Freegle position on reselling metals)

	Back to [[Specific Problems]] or [[How To Deal With]]		Back to [[Specific Problems]] or [[How To Deal With]]

	[[category:Specific Problems]]		[[category:Specific Problems]]

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	==See also==		==See also==
	* [[Re-seller]] (sample ~~message~~)		* [[Re-seller]] (sample messages)

	Back to [[Specific Problems]] or [[How To Deal With]]		Back to [[Specific Problems]] or [[How To Deal With]]

	[[category:Specific Problems]]		[[category:Specific Problems]]