1.
Approval to sell is required. You must send a request for approval to sell to
FORVM and we must approve you.
2.
Active members only. Only active
members of the
discussion board are permitted to sell. You must be a
Legionary member or higher. You must have been a member for at least three months. Please do not send a request for approval to sell if you have not been a
Legionary member or higher for at least three months.
3.
No anonymous selling. You must be registered in My
Forum with your REAL NAME, a
valid email address, mailing address, and phone number. If you have not purchased from
FORVM, we require a one-time $1.00 payment by PayPal to verify your identity, address, etc.
4.
Only residents of countries listed may sell. You must reside in one of the countries permitted to participate in the
Members'
Auction.
5.
Comply with all laws. You must legally own the items you list, and you must be legally permitted to sell end export the items from your country.
6.
All auctions start at $5.00 and will be at least 15 days long. 7.
Sellers MUST accept PayPal. We recommend buyers use PayPal to ensure they will be refunded if there is a problem. Buyers please DO NOT send payment by Western Union or other services that offer no
hope for a refund if there is a problem.
8.
Unsold items may NOT be re-listed. If your coin does not sell for $5.00 then it was too junky to list the first time. We don't want to see it again. Or put it in a
bulk lot.
9.
No fakes or replicas. If the
Forum staff questions the authenticity of a listed item, the
auction will be deleted.
10.
No junk. Auctions for very worn, corroded, low value coins may be deleted if the
Forum staff believes the listing is detrimental to the reputation of the
Members'
Auction.
Auctions for low value modern coins, tokens or anything other than ancient or
medieval coins may be deleted.
11.
Photographs required.
Photographs showing both sides of the coin must be included in the listing.
Auctions with
poor photos may be deleted. Do not photograph coins inside cardboard holders or
flips. Do not photograph them through plastic other than
NGC or
PCGS holders (slabs).
12.
Always complete the sale. Sellers must
honor auction results, contact the high bidder after the
auction ends, and ship after payment is received.
13.
Sellers MUST guarantee delivery and refund for non-receipt. 14.
Keep buyers happy. If a buyer contacts
Forum for
help with problems contacting a seller, failure of a seller to
complete a sale, or other service issues, the seller may be banned from listing additional
auctions.
15.
No shill bidding. If you bid on your own
auction, or arrange for someone else to bid on your
auction, with the intent to artificially increase the
price or desirability of an item, you will be banned.
16.
No selling outside of the auction. If you offer bidders coins for sale outside of the
Members'
Auction you will be banned.
17.
Coins only. If you desire to sell anything other than
ancient coins (including
antiquities, books,
supplies, or modern coins), obtain permission from
Forum Ancient Coins first.
18.
Any problems and your approval will be revoked.. All
members are encouraged to report suspected
fakes, inappropriate listings, suspected shill bidding, and attempts to make sales outside of the
Members'
Auction. This is a free service provided for the benefit of our
members. We will have zero tolerance for a problem seller and there is no appeal.
19.
Requesting approval. Send your request to sell on the
Members'
Auction by email to
Forum Ancient Coins customer service. You must be an active member of the Classical
Numismatics Discussion to be approved. If you are not an active member, join the discussion and actively participate for at least three months before requesting approval to sell. Include your real name, username, email address, PayPal email address if different, phone number, and physical address. If you have an online
shop, provide the URL. If you sell on
eBay, provide your
eBay user ID. If you have never purchased from
FORVM we will require you to send us a $1 PayPal payment to verify your identity.