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Sports Card Forum - A Sports Card Community FAQ

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Section 1.01 Members cannot trade/sell any of the following:

(a) Incoming Cards – All items must be in your possession before you can post them in the Trade Manager. This includes any pending trades as well as all auction wins.
(b) Weapons – No weapons or weapons components of any kind are permitted to be traded or sold on the site. This includes slings, grips, optics, magazines, knives, blades, nunchukus, brass knuckles, black jacks, batons, sling shots, paint ball guns, air soft guns, BB guns, ammunition, etc.
(c) Grab Bags – These are the lots that will contain a possible chance of certain cards. The exception to this is team lots (lots that only contain usually commons of a particular team) and they can only be sold to cover the cost of shipping.
(d) Custom Cards/Reprints – Anything using a company’s design work, logo, etc., cannot be traded or sold. Likewise, any sort of facsimile of a person’s autograph without their consent cannot be traded or sold.
(e) Live Animals of any kind are prohibited from being traded or sold on SCF.
(f) Pepsi & Coke Rewards Codes, or any reward codes where it's against their contest rules to buy, sell, trade, or barter to get them.
(g) Virtual cards of any kind. (h) Single packs of cards

Section 1.02 Group Breaks and Auctions:

(a) Auctions – No cards can be traded or sold in an auction style or format. This includes time-restricted trades/sales, guaranteed or not.
(b) SCF Staff Group Breaks - Only permitted to be conducted by staff. All must get permission from the General Manager.
(c) SCF Sponsor Group Breaks - Only permitted to be conducted by an advertiser, with SCF Management approval, after meeting the following criteria:

1. Must have a business license.
or
1a. Must have a Federal Tax ID and a State Sales Tax ID.

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2. Must have a ".com" site, not some free ecrator type site that anyone can get. The ".com" site should have the following:
  • Checkout Cart
  • Sports Related product. Should have but not limited to wax, singles, supplies, memorabilia, etc.

3. Must have a banner ad on the site (not text link), at least 3 months paid for.

The GM should be contacted once to verify the above. The Ad Package purchased must be a banner AD (no text links) and should be at least 3 month package. Please PM the GM to get an AD brochure with current site statistics, features and current AD prices.

Section 1.03 Buying/Selling in transactions that involve a buy/sell for cash, paypal, etc.:

(a) Buyer is expected to send payment first. In the event the Seller has less than 20 feedback or is a permanent MSF member, refer to Section 2.01 and 2.05
(b) Seller sends upon receipt of payment (unless agreed upon otherwise). Seller must send within 3 days in accordance with Section 5.07
(c) Any agreements outside of this protocol should be documented in the Trade Manager

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    SCF maintains tools that will allow collectors to manage their collections online, information about what is happening with the hobby, as well as providing robust data to send out for Autographs through the mail.

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