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Terms & Conditions
OFFICIAL DISCLAIMER
HorseOptions.com is NOT an agent, broker, or dealer in horses or used tack.
HorseOptions.com offers the service of ONLINE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING for horses, tack and equipment for sale as well as services geared toward equines.
RELEASE:
HorseOptions.com acts as a venue for listing horses and other items for sale. We are not involved in the actual transaction between buyers and sellers. In the event you have a dispute with one or more users, you release HorseOptions.com and its owners, agents, subsidiaries and employees from claims, demands and damages (actual or consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected or unsuspected, disclosed or undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes.
NO GUARANTEE:
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HorseOptions.com does not guarantee the sale of your horse, tack or quality of the services advertised.
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HorseOptions.com does not guarantee the owner/seller's services, representations, or any horse's performance or fitness for a particular purpose.
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HorseOptions.com does not guarantee or warrant the performance of any person or entity advertising on its site.
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HorseOptions.com does not control the content posted on the site and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such content.
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HorseOptions.com does NOT have any sort of program to insure receipt of your purchases from third parties. We recommend that you place insurance and tracking on all items.
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Owners are responsible to proofread ads and confirm that correct photos are appearing on ads.
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Owners are responsible for early deletion of ads or marking horses as sold.
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Service interruptions are possible. HorseOptions.com cannot guarantee uninterrupted service due to circumstances beyond our control.
RIGHT TO REFUSE SERVICE:
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All advertisement listings are subject to reasonable editorial changes or deletion.
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Slanderous, malicious, warning, or ANY KIND OF DEROGATORY ads are not permitted on HorseOptions.com.
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Ads for horses with any ownership dispute, as well as profanity and harassment are not allowed on HorseOptions.com. If found, these ads will be immediately deleted and the user's further access to their account will be suspended or terminated. If you have a complaint about a seller on our system, please contact us with the details.
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If we suspect that a seller is participating in any sort of questionable or fraudulent activity via our site, engaging in any sort of false or misleading advertising, etc., we will disable that seller's account without notice at our own discretion.
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Solicitation or spamming of other HorseOptions.com users through our site or ads is not allowed. If you send any type of unsolicited email (spam) to other users of our site advertising your own services, your account will be disabled and your ads will be deleted, your email will be blocked from further ad responses, and you will be marked on our site as a spammer. If you see a slanderous or malicious ad on our site or receive unsolicited email (spam) from another user such as someone trying to sell you their own services via our ad response forms, please forward that email to us.
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If you see a possible stolen or missing horse listed on our site for sale, please contact us and it will be removed as soon as possible.
OTHER INFORMATION:
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If you provide personal contact information, HorseOptions.com is not responsible for any misuse of this information.
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HorseOptions.com does not and will never sell or release your email address.
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HorseOptions.com is not responsible for typos or accidental errors appearing on advertisements.
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Our photo ads have a per-image fee, which is subject to change. Photo(s) will remain on the ad until the horse is SOLD, removed by the owner, requested to be removed by the BUYER, or purchased time period days has passed--whichever comes first.
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All fees paid are non-refundable.
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We reserve the right to delete ads for sold horses without notice to seller upon the request of the buyer.
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In an effort to reduce spam, the administrator of HorseOptions.com will receive a copy of all initial emails sent using the "Contact The Owner" form located on each ad. If the administrator believes an email to be spam, the IP address & email of the sender will be restricted from contacting the owners of other ads listed on HorseOptions.com.
COPYRIGHTED IMAGES/INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:
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HorseOptions.com cannot be held responsible for violations created by its users and/or customers. These violations include, but are not limited to: copyright violation, trademark violations, trade names or patents, or other content which is in violation of any local, state or federal laws.
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Our customers are solely responsible for obtaining express permission from professional photographers, subjects, etc. to display images on our site.
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We will not accept any images labeled "PROOF" for use on our web site. If there is a visible photographer's signature or label on the face of a photo, we will not remove this information from the digital image that we display.
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If we are informed of copyright violations created by our customers, we will remove disputed images from the site without refund or prior notice to the offender.
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HorseOptions.com may, in appropriate circumstances and at its own discretion, disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who have infringed on the copyrights of others.
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If you are a photographer, please be sure to contact your customer directly about their inappropriate use of your photo.
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If you believe that your intellectual property has been infringed on our site, please provide HorseOptions.com with the following information: A description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed; the Horse ID or Item ID or other location where this property is being displayed; your name, business name, address, telephone number, and email address; a statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner's behalf; and the signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright. This notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be sent to: HorseOptions.com, 541 W. 98th St. #356, Bloomington, MN 55420.
By using this service, all users, sellers, and buyers agree to the above terms entirely.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
While HorseOptions.com cannot give legal advice, we do have some general recommendations for buying and selling horses:
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HorseOptions.com strongly recommends that a vet check or pre-purchase exam be performed on any horse being considered for purchase by the buyer's equine veterinarian of choice.
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Always be sure to specifically ask the seller if the horse has any soundness issues, vices, or other problems.
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You should never complete a transaction without first writing down the terms of the deal and have each party sign it. If you can't afford a lawyer to draft up a contract, you still should write down the terms of the deal in plain English and get it signed. Any buyer or seller that is hesitant or resists is usually a sure sign of a potential problem.
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Always PRINT and KEEP a copy of any ad used to buy or sell a horse on our site. WE DO NOT KEEP ANY KIND OF ARCHIVE OF DELETED OR EXPIRED ADS.
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Avoid scams by dealing locally with people you can meet in person.
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Avoid wiring money, cross-border deals and work-at-home schemes.
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Beware of cashier checks, money orders, shipping and escrow services.
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Never give out financial information.
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