This is the Baseball Card echo. The purpose of this conference is to provide communications among people who collect Baseball Cards. Discussions may cover any topic relating to the hobby, including ads for cards wanted or for sale or trade.
Rules
There will be a few common sense guidelins.
1) The use of aliases or handles is not accepted. Please use your real name. If your BBS uses aliases or handles you must put your real name at the end of your message.
2) Teasing is ok as long as there are no FLAMES. Short dialogs not relating to the declared topic of this echo are allowed; however, it must be kept to a minimum. If it gets out of hand, the moderator reserves the right to cut these threads off.
3) All messages are PUBLIC - no private or "privileged" messages are allowed. If you need to leave a private message, use E-Mail or Net-Mail.
4) Use of profanity or vulgarity is NOT accepted.
5) This echo is open to collectors of all ages. Trading of so
called "ADULT ORIENTED" cards is strictly PROHIBITED.
6) The use of extended ASCII characters (128 - 255) is not allowed. While most of our systems are IBM compatible, many are not and will have serious problems handling these characters. The use of "low" ASCII (0-31) is PROHIBITED.
7) While the echo is devoted to baseball cards and baseball
memorabilia, discussion of other sports cards/memorabilia and
non-sports cards is allowed, but must be kept to a minimum. If
it gets out of hand, these topics will be banned.
8) TRADES/DEALS
Trade and/or sale of cards is, of course, one of the main purposes of this echo. To eleminate any misunderstandings, please be sure that you understand this section before you make a deal.
First, you trade at your own risk. As with any type of mail order, you may or may not know anything about the person with whom you are dealing. If you have any doubts, solicit references in the echo.
You are responsible for whatever you send out. If your package gets lost in the mail, YOU are responsible for tracking it down, or making an agreement with the other party.
You should never send any cards without insurance, or certified. This will give you a paper trail to go to if there is a problem. NEVER send cash in the mail. If you are paying for something you should always send check or money order.
As a courtesy, when you receive a package or money, you should let the sender know as soon as possible in the echo. Also, it is a good idea to notify anyone whenever you send anything out so that the receiver can be on the lookout.
If there is a serious dispute, please use net mail to resolve it. As a last resort, disputes will be arbitrated by the moderator, or co-moderator. The decision of the moderator shall be final and binding. There is, of course, no way to legally enforce
In the seven years this echo has been established, we have had very few problems of this sort, but the rules must be in place to protect all concerned.
This conference is moderated by Carole Johnson (1:280/19.5)
If yuou have any comments or suggestions concerning this conference, please feel free to post them here, or leave me E-Mail, (cjohnson@sound.net) or Net- Mail at the HamShack BBS.
