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Objectives:
To provide advertisers with
an effective medium to reach a large and active audience of readers
worldwide. (Click here for readership statistics.)
To provide readers with an
extensive, diverse and spam-free portfolio of classifieds which
are genuine and placed in good faith.
Policies:
All ads in the Island Trader
Online (and in the hard-copy Phuket Gazette) are reviewed and edited
where necessary for clarity, brevity, and, in the case of free ads,
eligibility.
The following types of ads
are automatically deleted:
- Those offering or seeking products or
services which are, or may be construed to be, illegal;
- Those containing offensive, objectionable,
or otherwise inappropriate material;
- Those containing complaints against shops,
employers, employees, business partners, husbands, wives, lovers,
government officers or anyone else.
- Those likely to be of little interest
to Gazette readers, (e.g. piano lessons in Venezuela);
- Those for CDs or DVDs of any description;
casino websites; and 'get rich quick' schemes;
- Those placed by advertisers who spam or
otherwise abuse the Island Trader Online service; and
- Those for credit or money lending (other
than offers from commercial banks or government-approved finance
companies).
The following are not published
online without payment:
- Ads offering new, as opposed to second-hand,
items;
- Ads offering (or seeking) multiple quantities
of anything, e.g. 7 used diving regulators, 4 dive tanks, 6 motorbikes,
"several" modems, "wide selection" of Persian
carpets, etc;
- Ads which offer (or seek) the same item
or service more than once in a 30-day period;
- More than 3 free ads from the same advertiser in any 3-month period, or more than 10 in any 12-month period;
- Ads from parties whose registration ("Gazetteer")
details with the Gazette Online are incomplete or incorrect;
- Ads from parties who have registered with
the Gazette Online under more than one name or identity;
- Ads placed in the wrong category, e.g.,
a Recruitment ad placed under Employment Wanted, etc.
- Any ad which in the sole discretion of
our editors is or might be, or might by readers be construed to
be, of a commercial nature.
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