Posting Guidelines

Ads in violation of our guidelines are subject to immediately removal without notice and may result in permanent ban.

You will post only items for sale, trade or in search of plucked, strummed or bowed string family instruments including mandolin, guitar, banjo, violin family, ukulele, resonator guitar, and general musical accessories (amps, tuners, mics, etc.). Examples of items not allowed: pianos, saxophones, the family washing machine, your 79 Chevy, etc. If in doubt about what is allowed, contact the site owner.
Items appearing simultaneously here and on eBay or Craig's List for sale or auction or at other auction sites, or referencing future eBay or Craig's Lists sales are not allowed.
Unless your product is successfully sold or traded, you should allow the ad to auto-expire at the end of 21 days (the minimum ad length) or more before resubmitting. The practice of "bumping" an ad to the top by deleting and resubmitting it is not permitted.
Refrain from adding links within ads pointing to the Cafe's message board where pictures of your items you are selling appear. Leave the message board for discussions, and the classifieds for selling and buying.
Dealers are permitted to post ads and should clearly identify themselves as dealers.
Multiple ads for one instrument/product are not permitted
Trades in either direction involving non-stringed musical products are not allowed.
Posting large groups of ads--five or more in a row--is not an appropriate use of this site, and no single individual or organization should ever have more than five ads posted at any one time. If you have many items to post, please include them in one single ad.
Solicitating donations is not allowed. Exceptions may be made but *must* be clear with the site owner first.
We do not accept ads requesting sale or trade of bootleg tapes.
HTML is not allowed inside an Ad description and is removed by the program software.
The practice of "baiting", ie., advertising one price and then increasing the price upon inquiry will not be tolerated.
We do not accept posts dealing in the sale or transfer of tortoise-shell products protected by the 1973 Endangered Species act. This includes picks made from antique shells.
Ads posted looking for musicians to play in bands or for performances should be posted on the message board.
Use of the classifieds ad posting or Reply feature to make "statements" (excessive overpricing with intent to mock, slander, expression of political and religious views, inappropriate sexual references, stalking, etc.) and other like minded ads or related replies will not be tolerated.
No ad promoting activities that would be illegal under the laws of this State or Province, this Country, or of the state or country of domicile of the person posting the ad shall be allowed.
The Mandolin Cafe reserves the ultimate discretion as to when ads are in violation of these guidelines.

Thank you. We hope that these guidelines will make the Mandolin Cafe Classifieds more enjoyable for everyone.

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