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| = Fair Offer Policy =
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| | This is a sample Admin message you can use to send to your community. |
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| Hello,
| | Some members prefer to wait at least 24 hours to see who responds to an offer. |
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| Unless it is urgent to get rid of any items, please try to take at least 24
| | *The first to reply is not always the most reliable. |
| hours to see the majority of responses before deciding who to give item(s) to.
| | *The delay gives a fair chance to people who receive notifications in What’s New summaries, or who don't have continual access to the Internet. |
| | *It may give a choice of potential recipients, and careful selection could avoid 'No Shows'. |
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| This gives those members on Daily Digest, or those who don't have
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| continual access to the Internet a fair chance to reply.
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| It also means you have a better selection of potential recipients from which to
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| choose - careful selection from several interested parties has been shown to
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| reduce the likelihood of 'No Shows'.
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| With warmest wishes,
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| [GROUP NAME] Mod Team
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| Please send any responses to: [GROUP_NAME]-owner@yahoogroups.com
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| Have you ever wondered how you could persuade members who are offering
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| stuff to hold back a little before making their decision? Do you get
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| daily digests littered with 'Offer' then 'Taken' before you even knew?
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| That's what the fair offer policy is all about.
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| Any member who subscribes to the fair offer policy agrees to wait a
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| reasonable time before making a decision as to the recipient of their
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| offer. A reasonable time would normally mean around 24 hours. That
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| gives those with limited Internet access, and those who only receive
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| digests, a fair chance to respond, but is not so long that the 3-day
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| rule for cross posting is compromised.
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| Amongst other things, that will mean that the first person to respond
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| does NOT automatically get the item. Experience across Freegle
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| groups shows that it's rarely those who reply rapidly who are the most
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| deserving recipients (and there's an increased chance of no-shows).
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| If in doubt, look at the respondents posting history by using the
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| search function in 'Messages'. Even that doesn't always give an
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| accurate picture, as some members rarely offer, but frequently respond
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| to wanted posts. A better guide would be based on what sort of items
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| are requested or offered. Ultimately, it's your property that you're
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| gifting. It's entirely your choice, and no-one (including yourself!)
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| has the right to make you feel guilty over your choice.
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| To let other members know that you are using this policy, just put
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| 'Fair Offer Policy applies' at the end of the offer. You can even
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| shorten this to 'FOP', but that might be a little cryptic.
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| If you've stuck with us until now, thanks for reading this!!
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| [MODERATOR NAMES]
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| Your [GROUP NAME] moderators.
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| Got questions or need help? e-mail [GROUP_NAME]-owner@yahoogroups.com
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| -----
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| Hi everyone,
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| We know that a lot of you like to use the group in a fair way, and you
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| do so by offering your item to the first person to reply to you. This
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| is far from being the fairest way, and here are some reasons why:
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| 1) We don't vet members, they can be anyone. Maybe traders sitting by
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| the pc all day, waiting for the next post of something they know they
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| can make some money out of when they sell it. They have an email
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| already written, they just have to paste and send.
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| (They won't always tell you they intend to sell, which is against our
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| rules - people MUST declare ANY intention to sell items up front - if
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| you're worried, ASK them. If you find someone sells your stuff
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| without having declared it to you, get in touch with the moderators
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| right away.)
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| 2) Some people are so enamoured with the idea of getting things for
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| free they sit waiting by the pc and respond without thinking too
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| carefully whether they really want or need the item you're offering.
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| These people are most likely to not show up to collect as they'll get
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| to the time and realise they don't really want it after all.
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| 3) There are a lot of deserving people on the group who can't always
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| get to a pc to see the messages right away, but who need the item more
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| than the first person to respond. Some people are in a situation
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| where they only have access at the library or a friends house. By
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| picking the first person to respond you're excluding these people from
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| even having the chance at an item, as often you've sent in the Taken
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| message before they see the Offer.
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| You're entitled to ask reasonable questions to satisfy yourself that
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| the person you've picked is telling the truth. You're giving away
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| your items and you have a right to choose who they go to and whether
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| they are used by that person or if you're happy for them to take to
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| sell on.
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| The best way to choose a recipient is to wait 24 hours, (known as the
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| "Fair Offer Policy") read all the replies, then choose one any other
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| way. You could say anyone who has a 'z' in their email
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| address....someone who says please and thank you....the 5th person to
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| respond....someone in your town, or your grannies, or whatever! If
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| you want to be a bit more scientific about it, think about who can
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| pick it up with the least environmental impact, or look at the
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| person's posting history - there's a search utility on the messages
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| page, though that's not necessarily accurate, as some reply to wanteds
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| off list, and others delete their old posts.
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| So remember, picking the first person is usually the worst way, be
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| inventive and choose someone for other reasons! And if you don't like
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| our suggestions, have fun inventing your own!
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| Your [GROUP NAME] moderators.
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| [MODERATOR NAMES]
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| Got questions or need help? e-mail [GROUP_NAME]-owner@yahoogroups.com
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| Dear Members,
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| You can offer your goods to whoever you wish. However it is not a good
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| idea to state that it will be on a first to reply basis.
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| This encourages members to jump in and ask for it immediately; instead of
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| taking time to consider if it will fit in, asking questions which may need
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| answers about size, colour etc. measuring the opening of the car boot to see
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| if they can get it home or arranging with a friend to pick it up.
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| It will result in no shows and members changing their minds after being offered
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| the item; or once they have had chance to discuss it with their partner.
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| I can see that some of you will be anxious to get an item removed over the weekend,
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| so by all means state that preference will be given to those who can promise a
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| definite early collection.
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| Your [GROUP NAME] moderators.
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| [MODERATOR NAMES]
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| Got questions or need help? e-mail [GROUP_NAME]-owner@yahoogroups.com
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