Expedition Portal Forum Rules
ALL EXPEDITION PORTAL PARTICIPANTS
The providers ("we", "us", "our") of the service provided by this website ("Service") are not responsible for any user-generated content and accounts. Content submitted expresses the views of their author only.
This Service is only available to users who are at least 13 years old. If you are younger than this, please do not register for this Service. If you register for this Service, you represent that you are this age or older.
All content you submit, upload, or otherwise make available to the Service ("Content") may be reviewed by staff members. All Content you submit or upload may be sent to third-party verification services (including, but not limited to, spam prevention services). Do not submit any Content that you consider to be private or confidential.
You agree to not use the Service to submit or link to any Content which is defamatory, abusive, hateful, threatening, spam or spam-like, likely to offend, contains adult or objectionable content, contains personal information of others, risks copyright infringement, encourages unlawful activity, or otherwise violates any laws. You are entirely responsible for the content of, and any harm resulting from, that Content or your conduct.
We may remove or modify any Content submitted at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice. Requests for Content to be removed or modified will be undertaken only at our discretion. We may terminate your access to all or any part of the Service at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice.
You are granting us a non-exclusive, permanent, irrevocable, unlimited license to use, publish, or re-publish your Content in connection with the Service. You retain copyright over the Content.
These terms may be changed at any time without notice.
If you do not agree with these terms, please do not register or use the Service. Use of the Service constitutes acceptance of these terms. If you wish to close your account, please contact us.
The No Arguing, No Trolling, No Baiting, No Harassing, No Wasting Moderators' Time, and No Being A General Nuisance Rule!
Expedition Portal is a pretty cool place! It was created as an online community of like-minded folks to hang out on the Web and share their stories, knowledge, ideas, and experiences related to vehicles, travel, exploration, and outdoor adventures. For the most part, everyone does a good job of playing nicely with one another and being respectful, tolerant, and courteous. However, there are times when we all get tired of adulting, making good choices, following common sense, employing good judgment, and just being nice. If it happens once or twice we understand. If it happens enough to be a problem, well, please note the following:
- If you participate in an ongoing lengthy argument with another member, not an educated debate, an argument
- If you purposefully antagonize, bait, or troll with the intent of creating an argument
- If you harass another member or member of the moderator team
- If you repeatedly send unjustified notifications to the moderator team
- If you act as a general nuisance
- If you do not conduct your behavior in accordance with the intended nature of our online community
You will be banned from participation!
The first ban will last 7 days. The next ban will be indefinite.
Decisions to ban are at the sole collective discretion of the moderation team.
Decisions to ban will not be taken lightly, nor will the valuable time of our generous volunteer moderators.
BUSINESSES
All businesses must be registered as an Approved Vendor to participate on the Expedition Portal. Participating as a business includes any marketing, advertising, promoting, selling, surveying, or communicating with the Expedition Portal audience. Any such activities are considered to be promotional toward the betterment of a business. Contact brian@overlandinternational.com to become an Approved Vendor. These rules apply to all for-profit and non-profit organizations.
Approved Vendors are encouraged to participate in the Expedition Portal forum however, activity by non-approved vendor businesses will be removed.
The general member participants of Expedition Portal are encouraged to report any non-approved vendor business activity.
CONSUMER MEMBERS
Classified Postings
Rules and Conditions of the Expedition Portal Classified For Sale and Wanted Section:
The Classified section is for forum members to sell individual items they already own.
Any other promotion, advertising, marketing, business research, or product and service sales, in the Classifieds sections, or anywhere else in the Forum, may only be done by Approved Vendors.
1) Classified listings are for general consumers only. If you are a business, any kind of business selling a vehicle you must first be an Approved Vendor.
2) You are required to include a price.
3) You are required to include a location
4) You must include a description and images - NOT just a link to a Craigslist or other for-sale site.
5) Members may NOT make derogatory comments on another member's thread. Doing so can result in a ban.
6) Must be expedition-related, or equipment used in support of an expedition or adventure (for example, the advertising on land for sale would not be appropriate, but a kayak would be; firearms, ammunition, or weapons are not permitted)
7) Must include any known defects or concerns on the items (this is a critical point, as you are selling an item to someone who will likely use it in a remote location, and their safety may depend on it)
8) Negotiations and personal information should be exchanged via email or PM, not in the thread
9) Please clearly mark the thread as "SOLD" in the title and/or the first post once the item(s) have sold
10) Want to Buy (aka WTB) ads are also acceptable
If any of these rules and conditions are not followed, the thread will be removed or members will be banned.
Here is an example:
FOR SALE: 1998 Isuzu Trooper S
You are considered to be a business if you:
1. Are trying to sell any products not in your immediate possession
2. Are trying to sell a single product that is NEW and in a quantity greater than 5 units
3. Are trying to sell a single product that is USED in a quantity greater than 5 units
4. Repeatedly sell similar items on a regular basis
5. Reference your own website external to your post for more information, products or services.
6. You manufacture, design, or resell products
7. You are conducting research or trying to gather data related to a business, idea for a business, or consumer opinion on a product design.
8. Have a post count of less than 50.
Note - The Expedition Portal Administration will ultimately decide if any questionable activity qualifies as business activity.
Group buy policy:
Member-coordinated group buys are not allowed on Expedition Portal unless approved by the administration. Approved Vendors are allowed to offer group buys. Administration may approve member-coordinated group buys on obscure or difficult-to-acquire items that our supporting sponsors do not offer, and that would be otherwise unavailable for purchase (for example, a widget for a Toyota LJ78 that has to be imported from Japan). When in doubt, please ask an admin in advance.
Banning of Members:
Although rare, members of the forum are banned from time to time. This is how the banning process works - think three strikes rule
1. First Communication- Violation of forum rule will result in a PM from a moderator requesting a change in action. This is a courtesy.
2. Second Communication- Violating forum rules a second time will result in a seven-day ban
3. Third Communication- Violating forum rules for a second time will result in a 30-day ban
4. Violating the forum rules again will result in a permanent ban.
- All Participants
- Businesses
- Consumer Members
ALL EXPEDITION PORTAL PARTICIPANTS
The providers ("we", "us", "our") of the service provided by this website ("Service") are not responsible for any user-generated content and accounts. Content submitted expresses the views of their author only.
This Service is only available to users who are at least 13 years old. If you are younger than this, please do not register for this Service. If you register for this Service, you represent that you are this age or older.
All content you submit, upload, or otherwise make available to the Service ("Content") may be reviewed by staff members. All Content you submit or upload may be sent to third-party verification services (including, but not limited to, spam prevention services). Do not submit any Content that you consider to be private or confidential.
You agree to not use the Service to submit or link to any Content which is defamatory, abusive, hateful, threatening, spam or spam-like, likely to offend, contains adult or objectionable content, contains personal information of others, risks copyright infringement, encourages unlawful activity, or otherwise violates any laws. You are entirely responsible for the content of, and any harm resulting from, that Content or your conduct.
We may remove or modify any Content submitted at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice. Requests for Content to be removed or modified will be undertaken only at our discretion. We may terminate your access to all or any part of the Service at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice.
You are granting us a non-exclusive, permanent, irrevocable, unlimited license to use, publish, or re-publish your Content in connection with the Service. You retain copyright over the Content.
These terms may be changed at any time without notice.
If you do not agree with these terms, please do not register or use the Service. Use of the Service constitutes acceptance of these terms. If you wish to close your account, please contact us.
The No Arguing, No Trolling, No Baiting, No Harassing, No Wasting Moderators' Time, and No Being A General Nuisance Rule!
Expedition Portal is a pretty cool place! It was created as an online community of like-minded folks to hang out on the Web and share their stories, knowledge, ideas, and experiences related to vehicles, travel, exploration, and outdoor adventures. For the most part, everyone does a good job of playing nicely with one another and being respectful, tolerant, and courteous. However, there are times when we all get tired of adulting, making good choices, following common sense, employing good judgment, and just being nice. If it happens once or twice we understand. If it happens enough to be a problem, well, please note the following:
- If you participate in an ongoing lengthy argument with another member, not an educated debate, an argument
- If you purposefully antagonize, bait, or troll with the intent of creating an argument
- If you harass another member or member of the moderator team
- If you repeatedly send unjustified notifications to the moderator team
- If you act as a general nuisance
- If you do not conduct your behavior in accordance with the intended nature of our online community
You will be banned from participation!
The first ban will last 7 days. The next ban will be indefinite.
Decisions to ban are at the sole collective discretion of the moderation team.
Decisions to ban will not be taken lightly, nor will the valuable time of our generous volunteer moderators.
BUSINESSES
All businesses must be registered as an Approved Vendor to participate on the Expedition Portal. Participating as a business includes any marketing, advertising, promoting, selling, surveying, or communicating with the Expedition Portal audience. Any such activities are considered to be promotional toward the betterment of a business. Contact brian@overlandinternational.com to become an Approved Vendor. These rules apply to all for-profit and non-profit organizations.
Approved Vendors are encouraged to participate in the Expedition Portal forum however, activity by non-approved vendor businesses will be removed.
The general member participants of Expedition Portal are encouraged to report any non-approved vendor business activity.
CONSUMER MEMBERS
Classified Postings
Rules and Conditions of the Expedition Portal Classified For Sale and Wanted Section:
The Classified section is for forum members to sell individual items they already own.
Any other promotion, advertising, marketing, business research, or product and service sales, in the Classifieds sections, or anywhere else in the Forum, may only be done by Approved Vendors.
1) Classified listings are for general consumers only. If you are a business, any kind of business selling a vehicle you must first be an Approved Vendor.
2) You are required to include a price.
3) You are required to include a location
4) You must include a description and images - NOT just a link to a Craigslist or other for-sale site.
5) Members may NOT make derogatory comments on another member's thread. Doing so can result in a ban.
6) Must be expedition-related, or equipment used in support of an expedition or adventure (for example, the advertising on land for sale would not be appropriate, but a kayak would be; firearms, ammunition, or weapons are not permitted)
7) Must include any known defects or concerns on the items (this is a critical point, as you are selling an item to someone who will likely use it in a remote location, and their safety may depend on it)
8) Negotiations and personal information should be exchanged via email or PM, not in the thread
9) Please clearly mark the thread as "SOLD" in the title and/or the first post once the item(s) have sold
10) Want to Buy (aka WTB) ads are also acceptable
If any of these rules and conditions are not followed, the thread will be removed or members will be banned.
Here is an example:
FOR SALE: 1998 Isuzu Trooper S
- Location: Casa Grande, Arizona, USA
- Description: 4wd Trooper with G80 limited slip diff., Viair Compressor, 235/85 R16 tires, Hella Map light, dog barrier, load liners, all power options, automatic transmission.
- Price: $6,800
- Known Problems: Rear pinion seal leaks, rear trailing arm bent, all service performed but the vehicle was used off-highway frequently.
You are considered to be a business if you:
1. Are trying to sell any products not in your immediate possession
2. Are trying to sell a single product that is NEW and in a quantity greater than 5 units
3. Are trying to sell a single product that is USED in a quantity greater than 5 units
4. Repeatedly sell similar items on a regular basis
5. Reference your own website external to your post for more information, products or services.
6. You manufacture, design, or resell products
7. You are conducting research or trying to gather data related to a business, idea for a business, or consumer opinion on a product design.
8. Have a post count of less than 50.
Note - The Expedition Portal Administration will ultimately decide if any questionable activity qualifies as business activity.
Group buy policy:
Member-coordinated group buys are not allowed on Expedition Portal unless approved by the administration. Approved Vendors are allowed to offer group buys. Administration may approve member-coordinated group buys on obscure or difficult-to-acquire items that our supporting sponsors do not offer, and that would be otherwise unavailable for purchase (for example, a widget for a Toyota LJ78 that has to be imported from Japan). When in doubt, please ask an admin in advance.
Banning of Members:
Although rare, members of the forum are banned from time to time. This is how the banning process works - think three strikes rule
1. First Communication- Violation of forum rule will result in a PM from a moderator requesting a change in action. This is a courtesy.
2. Second Communication- Violating forum rules a second time will result in a seven-day ban
3. Third Communication- Violating forum rules for a second time will result in a 30-day ban
4. Violating the forum rules again will result in a permanent ban.