GunBroker.com User Agreement

Placing a bid constitutes entering into a binding legal agreement with the seller to purchase the item(s) at the winning bid price and in accordance with the terms stated in the item listing and the rules of this site. You must resolve any questions about the item by contacting the seller of the item prior to placing a bid. Do not place a bid until you are sure that you understand what you are bidding on and, if necessary, have received a response from the seller of the item regarding any questions you may have.

Once a bid is placed it may not be cancelled or retracted without the permission of the seller. The seller is not obligated to grant permission to retract or cancel a bid, and it is not the duty of this auction site to request permission from the seller for a bid retraction or cancellation. Any bid cancellation must be worked out between buyer and seller without assistance from the auction site.

Bidding is subject to bid increments and items may be subject to a minimum bid.

By bidding on an item, you authorize us to release your contact information, including name, address, email, and telephone number, to the seller who listed the item.

Auctions will not be extended due to technical difficulties. Do not wait until the last minute to bid!

Listing an item constitutes entering a binding legal agreement to sell the item to the highest bidder as determined by the rules of the auction. Items listed on this auction site may not be concurrently offered for sale on any other online auction site. Once an item is listed and has received a winning bid, the item may not be withdrawn from sale. Please consider carefully whether you want to place an item for auction.

When listing items, ensure that the items listed for auction do not infringe upon the copyright, trademark or other rights of those third parties. By listing items for sale on this site you represent to us that your items do not infringe on the intellectual property of any third party and that you have a legal right to sell the items you list.

Your description of the item must be truthful and accurate. Adding additional unrelated keywords to your listing to make it show up through our Search facilities is prohibited. Item Titles may not be in ALL CAPS.

The sale of your item(s) on this auction site: (a) shall not be fraudulent or involve the sale of counterfeit or stolen items; (b) shall not infringe any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy; (c) shall not violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including without limitation those governing export control, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising); (d) shall not be defamatory, trade libelous, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing; (e) shall not be obscene or contain child pornography; and (f) shall not contain any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots or other computer programming routines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information.

You may not post on our site or sell through our site any: (a) item that, by paying to us the listing fee or the final value fee, could cause us to violate any applicable law, statute, ordinance or regulation, or (b) live animals, human beings or body parts (relics, skulls, human remains or other parts), bulk email lists, illegal weapons, instructions/kits/plans/parts designed to illegally convert firearms to full-auto fire, instructions/kits/plans/parts designed to illegally build silencers, or instructions on how to build bombs or explosives.

In the event of a conflict, the rules of the auction as specified by this document supercede the terms stated in the seller's auction listing. A seller may not alter the rules of the auction by the language of his listing.

By listing an item, you authorize us to release your contact information, including name, address, email, and telephone number, to the bidders who place bids on this item.

We do not allow the posting of excessive numbers of listings for the same item. Excessive duplicate listings will be removed without notice.

• Buyer pre-pays in US funds by personal or business check, bank check, money order, or Escrow.
• Personal or business checks will be held until they clear (7 business days).
• Buyer pays estimated/actual cost of shipping and insurance.
• Payment must be received within 10 days of initial contact by seller
• Item is guaranteed to be working and as described when delivered; no other warranty (express or implied) is offered by seller.
• Firearms must be shipped only to an FFL Holder. Buyer must mail a copy of his (or his transfer dealer's) license, signed in blue or red ink, to the seller before the item can be shipped. Buyer must make arrangements with a Transfer Dealer before placing a bid.
• Other items such as ammunition or knives may require proof of age before they can be shipped.

The seller can hold personal checks or money orders until payment clears for a maximum of seven (7) business days. Items must be shipped promptly upon clearance of funds. In general, no transaction should take over 30 days from the close of auction until the buyer receives the item. Seller (or seller's common carrier) is responsible for the item until the item is received by the buyer or the buyer's transfer dealer. We strongly recommend insuring all shipments and using delivery confirmation wherever possible.

If a bid does not meet or exceed the reserve price (if any) on the item, then the bid is not a winning bid and the non-winning bidder is not obligated to buy the item. Sellers are prohibited from soliciting side deals with non-winning bidders during or after the auction. Non-winning bidders are prohibited from contacting sellers and requesting a side deal during or after the auction. Soliciting side deals may result in suspension or or termination of your account.

If an item is sold to a US buyer by a non-US seller, the item must be legally imported into the US by an FFL Holder who must file a form with US Customs. Failure to file the proper paperwork before shipping the item will result in the firearm being confiscated by Customs. Please review our Import / Export page to get more information on importing and exporting firearms.

If you were the winning bidder in an auction transaction, sent payment, and either did not receive your item or received an item substantially different than what was advertised, we provide Buyer's Protection that may cover your your transaction. Our Fraud Claim Process Overview page explains the fraud claim process and helps you understand if your purchase qualifies.

For disputes between a buyer and seller other than fraud claims as described above, we provide a feedback system where buyers and sellers can post their experiences with the other party for all to see. Although buyer/seller disputes are rare, GunBroker.com is not a court and cannot arbitrate disputes or arguments between users. As per the Feedback section of this document we will not arbitrate disputes over feedback.

Without limiting any other remedies, this auction site may terminate your account if you are found (by conviction, settlement, insurance or escrow investigation, or otherwise) to have engaged in fraudulent activity in connection with our site.

You agree to be liable for and to pay for any costs incurred by this site for your misuse of the site or for your violation of any of the site's rules, including but not limited to Final Value Fees incurred for any items you win but fail to pay for, Final Value Fees for any items on which you place bogus bids, and the cost of our time spent in resolving deliberate rules violations.

You are solely responsible for any information you post our use on this site, and we act as a passive conduit for your online distribution and publication of this information. If you post information that is slanderous, violates any international, federal, state, or local law, or violates the intellectual property of another party you will be solely liable for the consequences. We may take any action with respect to such information we deem necessary or appropriate in our sole discretion if we believe it may create liability for us or may cause us to lose (in whole or in part) the services of our ISPs or other suppliers.

Complaints of copyright violations or infringement of any other type of intellectual property are covered in this document under the section labeled Intellectual Property.

GunBroker.com is not responsible for the information posted by a user in the feedback system. It is not our responsibility to determine the 'truthfulness' of posted feedback, and we do not arbitrate disputes over feedback. We reserve the right to remove any piece of user-posted feedback at any time for any reason.

All complaints about a buyer or seller in an auction must be posted through the feedback system and/or through the 'Resolving Problems...' pages in For Sellers or For Buyers. We do not accept these complaints via email, fax, or telephone.

It is a violation of Federal law to make bids in a false name or with an invalid credit card, even if our software initially accepts such a bid. Please be aware that even if you do not give us your real name your web browser transmits a unique Internet address to us which can be used by law enforcement officials to identify you. Do not test our auctions with false bids. This puts you at substantial personal legal risk. Fraudulent bidders will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Currently, both the FBI and the US Secret Service are responsible for investigating Internet fraud cases.

Fees for using GunBroker.com are detailed on our Fees page. The Fees page is incorporated into this document by reference.

Returned checks are subject to a $25.00 returned check fee. Writing bad checks is a criminal offense; don't do it because we will prosecute.

By placing a credit card on file with us you expressly authorize us to charge your card for any fees you accrue as a result of using (or misusing) this site. You authorize us to consolidate balances from any duplicate accounts you may have created on our site and bill them to your credit card. You may revoke your authorization by sending a written request to GunBroker.com, LLC, PO Box 2511, Kennesaw, GA 30156. We reserve the right to continue to bill your card for any services rendered prior to receipt of your written request, or for any fees accrued for any action taken prior to the receipt of your written request (such as any active item listings posted prior to receipt).

By using a credit card to pay us you agree to unconditionally waive any and all 'chargeback' rights. If you have a question about a charge on your credit card you agree to contact us as described via our Customer Support. If you deliberately or inadvertently issue a 'chargeback' to your credit card, your account will be terminated and you agree to pay a $50 processing and collection fee to cover our costs for processing the chargeback for each and every chargeback initiated. Failure to pay these fees will result in your account being turned over to a collection agency and we will pursue civil and criminal legal actions to the fullest extent of the law.

Past due accounts will be terminated and the seller's auctions may be voided at our discretion. Promotional offers, including free or discounted listings, will be void if your account is more than 30 days past due. Accounts that are or have been past due will have their credit limit reduced to zero. Past due balances will be subject to a finance charge of 1.5% per month or the highest amount permitted by applicable law; whichever is lower. If your account is past due you agree to pay any and all collection costs including but not limited to court costs, attorney's fees, collection agency fees, and administrative costs.

Unless otherwise stated, all fees are quoted in U.S. Dollars. You are responsible for paying all applicable taxes and for all hardware, software, service and other costs you incur to bid, buy, procure a listing from us or access our servers. We may in our sole discretion add, delete or change some or all of our services at any time.

Bidders: We do not accept payment in any form for any item(s) that you bid on. You must remit payment directly to the seller for any item you bid on or win. If you pay us for an item you won we reserve the right to deduct any fees or costs we incur as a result of receiving your payment or refunding your money, including check fees and/or credit card transaction fees.

Sellers: as per Section 2 above you are obligated to complete the transaction with the winning bidder if the auction closes with a winning bidder. If the item has a winning bidder and you refuse to sell the item or the item has been sold elsewhere you will not get a credit for any fees you incurred. We do not issue credits for sales in which you (the seller) fail to complete the transaction. We do not issue credits for listings/sales which violate our posted rules and policies, including illegal/improper/invalid listings and listings that incur fees due to 'shill' bidding.

• Using contact information obtained from GunBroker.com or using any GunBroker.com feature to offer to sell merchandise outside of GunBroker.com.
• Canceling a listing to sell the item to anyone who contacted the seller through GunBroker.com or became aware of the item through GunBroker.com.
• Ending an auction listing early to sell the item at a higher price to the winning bidder. It is permissible to end the auction to sell the item at the winning bid price.
• Using contact information obtained from GunBroker.com or using any GunBroker.com feature to offer to sell an item outside of GunBroker.com to a bidder who placed a bid but did not meet the Reserve Price.
• Using contact information obtained from GunBroker.com or using any GunBroker.com feature to sell duplicate or additional merchandise outside of GunBroker.com to non-winning bidders.
• Offering in a listing the opportunity to purchase the item or other merchandise outside of GunBroker.com.
• Linking to an item on another web site that is identical to the item offered at auction but is priced lower than the auction item's Reserve Price or Starting Bid.
• Listing an item with a low price but charging unreasonably high shipping or handling costs
• Listing a single item and offering additional identical items for sale in the item description. In this type of listing the seller instructs buyers to indicate the number of items they want and states that they can get the same price as the item in the listing.

Users agree to refrain from "spamming" (sending unsolicited commercial email to other users). A seller may not contact the bidder(s) on similar listed items and promote his own item or offer another item for sale. Users may not send spam through this auction site or through other mail servers for any purpose, including promoting this site to earn affiliate program rewards. Spamming will be reported to the applicable ISP(s) for further punitive action and may result in criminal or civil penalties under various laws.

Abuse of our mail system and/or sending spam is a serious offense and will result in closure of your account here.

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