Phuket, Thailand: Friday, March 12, 2010

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. Pit Bull puppies in Bolivia);
• Those for CDs or DVDs of any description; recorded music; casino websites; or '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;
• Ads containing anything for sale at less than 1,000 baht;
• 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.