Sample message: Reselling

These are sample messages you can use to send to a member of your community you suspect of re-selling items.

Dear $memberid,

Can I check whether you're planning to sell on or make a profit from this item?

We don't mind resellers in our community, but we do ask that they make it known, so members can make an informed decision about whether to pass on items they may have.

Kind regards,

$myname
$groupname Volunteer
$owneremail

$membermail

Or a much more severe one for really exceptional circumstances:

Dear Member

The volunteers of this community have evidence that you're obtaining items from members and reselling them. While there's no rule against reselling items, you must tell the person you got the item(s) from of your intention to do so.

If you're found to be selling items without informing the member, you're at risk of prosecution by the police for offences under the Fraud Act 2006.

The volunteer team will cooperate with requests for information from the police in connection with any offences you may have committed. This information could include, but isn't limited to, management logs, message archives and emails.

Please also note that if you're unemployed and reselling items obtained through Freegle for profit, without informing the DWP, you could potentially be prosecuted for benefit fraud. HMRC can also prosecute for tax evasion if you fail to pay tax on earnings from the sale of any items.

Please consider this your first warning. If this continues, the volunteers will remove you from the community, and your details may be passed on to the relevant authorities. Any official request to disclose a member's details will be complied with.

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