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On the first and third Wednesdays of each month the Internet Directory of Camera Collectors (the "IDCC") hosts a "swap day" for members to list antique and classic cameras and photographic equipment for sale or trade. Guidelines were created to provide a basic format and rules for participation. Members who are established camera dealers, whether "professional" or not, are especially advised to fully understand these guidelines before taking advantage of swap days. Listing an entire store's inventory is not allowed! These swap days are intended as pleasant social events, not opportunities to promote business by inundating the forum with commercial advertising! While it is acceptable to call attention to camera related business, discretion must be exercised in the presentation of such information. The swap day guidelines are provided below.

The IDCC is a moderated membership group with a singular broad area of interest: collecting, preserving, and using antique and classic cameras. If you wish to learn more about the IDCC, please visit the group's information page at...

http://www.photographyhistory.com/idccinfo.html


The IDCC Swap Day Guidelines


1. Swap days are specifically designated for the first and third Wednesdays of each month. These are the ONLY days members may post ads or make offers to buy, sell, and trade photographica within the IDCC e-mail forum. The only exception is when the first or third Wednesday falls on a major holiday, and then the moderator, at his own discretion if he feels it is in the best interest of the group, may designate the second and fourth Wednesdays of that particular month. Otherwise, NO EXCEPTIONS!

2. Please, no rambling lists of "junk"...use good judgement!

3. Ads are permitted for items "wanted" or for "trade", as well as for "sale".

4. If you have a large list of inexpensive items for sale, please ask the members to request your list privately rather than waste bandwidth for the entire group...once again, use good judgement.

5. Do not include images or attachments in your ads! If you have images of your sale items available, state so in your ads and send them privately to whomever requests them, or place them on web pages where members can review them at their leisure. Images and attachments are absolutely forbidden in the IDCC e-mail forum!

6. You may address your ads to idcc@kjsl.com on the designated days anytime starting at 12:01 AM and ending at midnight in your own time zone.

7. All ads must have as a common part of the subject heading: IDCC SWAP.

8. All items for sale in the ads should include a fair assessment of condition, the price, and clearly defined shipping terms.

9. All ads must include a personal e-mail reply address to avoid potential buyers or sellers automatically replying to the entire group. If your e-mail system accepts highlighted addresses, please use them. The ads are "public", but the transactions should remain "private"!

10. All items for sale must be made available to all other members of the IDCC regardless of race, creed, gender, philosophy, or location. Sales may not be restricted to a limited segment of the IDCC membership! Specific exceptions to this rule may be recognized by the moderator in cases where two or more members volunteer to abide by a mutually agreed exclusion among themselves, but these exclusions must be brought to the moderator's attention in advance.

11. Inclusion of eBay URL's (or other internet auctions, web sites, etc.) in swap day ads are permissible, provided the seller notes the connection in the subject heading, provides the complete auction name of each item being offered along with its proper URL in the body text, and abides by all applicable IDCC guidelines if the winning bidder is an IDCC member and the auction was advertised on an IDCC swap day. In situations where the seller has more than five (5) items available for auction, a single URL for their current auction list may be substituted for individual auction titles and URL's, as long as the seller accepts the IDCC guidelines for all the items on that list on that specific swap day. The IDCC moderator is not responsible to mediate any transaction in regard to external auctions unless IDCC guidelines were breached when those specific auctions were presented by the seller on swap day, and then mediation is restricted within these IDCC guidelines. The IDCC moderator is otherwise not authorized or empowered to enforce or mediate such auction services.

12. All members placing ads must UNCONDITIONALLY agree to a ten (10) day money back policy. No questions asked! To maintain the honesty and integrity of the group, the ten (10) day money back policy is mandatory.

13. All transactions are to be conducted privately between participants. Do not post to the group any responses to any ads. Respond privately to the buyer or seller using the personal e-mail addresses they have provided.

14. The buyer is responsible for asking all pertinent questions regarding issues of condition, price, and shipping, and the seller is obligated to answer such questions with as accurate information as possible. Good communication prior to a transaction will greatly improve the chances of a successful transaction.

15. Sellers will not withdraw an offered item without acceptible cause or unduly delay communications with a buyer in an effort to cancel a transaction. An offer to sell in the IDCC swap day is a contract. Buyers will not withdraw an offer to buy an item without acceptible cause or unduly delay communications with a seller in an effort to cancel a transaction. An offer to buy in the IDCC swap day is a contract. For the best interests of the IDCC, and to maintain the good integrity of the IDCC swap day, sellers and buyers are encouraged to honor their transaction obligations and maintain open honest communication with each other at all times.

16. All swap day transactions should be completed in a reasonable amount of time as defined here. Communications between buyer and seller to verify the conditions of a transaction should be posted within the first two (2) days, the buyer's payment should arrive within five (5) more business days, and the seller should deliver the item into the buyer's possession within five (5) business days after payment has been received. Failure of one party to honor a reasonable transaction schedule is acceptible cause for the second party to void the transaction.

17. No person perceived or designated as being a group leader (ie. moderator) can be held responsible for sales and trades transacted through participation in swap day. Any dispute must be handled privately between buyer and seller. The IDCC moderator will only intervene, and only as impartial arbitrator, in situations where disputes interfere with the day to day process of the IDCC forum.

18. All members will be on their honor to abide by these guidelines. Repeated or malicious abuse of the swap day guidelines may result in punitive measures by the IDCC moderator against the appropriate parties. Such measures may range from warnings regarding the abusive behavior to retraction of swap day privileges to removal altogether from the IDCC.

19. These guidelines are subject to change as needs arise.


When in doubt, ask the moderator before you act!


Please feel free to download these guidelines or print them for future reference. They will also be posted on the forum prior to most swap days for the benefit of new group members as they come aboard.


David Silver, the IDCC Moderator, can be contacted at silver@well.com for further information on the Internet Directory of Camera Collectors or the International Photographic Historical Organization.