CanadianGunNutz.com FAQ

Terms and Condition of Team Membership Program

The following terms and conditions apply to all members of www.Canadiangunnutz.com (“CGN”) who participate in the Team Membership Program (“Team Membership”), in addition to ”Terms of Use” and any other guidelines, polices and rules of the website www.canadiangunnutz.com

Wherever there are conflicts or contradictions between “Terms and Conditions of Team Membership Program”, and the general “Terms of Use” and any other guidelines, polices and rules, the later shall take precedence.

By applying for Team Membership, you agree to these terms and conditions:

1. www.Canadiangunnutz.com (“CGN”) reserves the right to accept and deny application by members to participate in the Team Membership Program at the sole discretion of CGN. All decisions are final.


2. Each prospective team member shall make a set financial contribution. For each set amount of financial contribution, a set of corresponding privileges may be made available to that particular team member’s account for a period of 12 months. Each member can only have one beneficiary account per contribution. The beneficiary account is not transferrable.


3. If CGN rejects an application by a member to participate in the Team Membership Program, CGN should direct and induce a refund of contribution to the member in the full amount within 30 days of the later of the following two dates: (1)date of payment of contribution made; (2)date of rejection to the application by CGN.


4. Team membership may be terminated at any time by the team member or CGN at its sole discretion. No refund of contribution will be provided.


5. Solicitation, advertising and commercial activities are not permitted in forums, groups or any other areas that are made available to team members only.


6. CGN may automatically reject application for team membership from members who have had received 4th strike infraction at any point of time during their membership history .


7. CGN may alter, update and change the privileges made available to team members without notice from time to time.


8. CGN may alter, update and change these “Terms and Conditions” without notice from time to time.

The "Beaver" Canadiangunnutz logo is copyrighted. Use of the logo is restricted to those who have received the explicit permission of the site owner and creator of www.canadiangunnutz.com. The site owner possesses the right to the name "Canadiangunnutz". Use without permission is strictly prohibited.

The following rules will be strictly enforced. Violation may lead to temporary or permanent suspension from the site.

1. Any discussion and/or promotion of illegal activities. Moderators and site admin will use their best judgement in situations of legal ambiguity, or situations that may lead to legal risk exposure for www.canadiangunnutz.com. If you have any doubt, please use the "Legalese" forum. All decisions are final and must be complied with.


2. Using anonymizer proxy to access CGN is not allowed. Account could be suspended immediately if the user uses anonymizer proxy to access CGN.


3. Incitement of violence against the legal government of Canada, its employees and representatives.


4. Soliciting and collecting information for news outlet, including but not limited to solicitation made by journalists, without explicit approval from the administrator of the forums


5. Personal insults are not permitted. Do not say anything on CGN that you would not say in person.


6. Any physical threats, whether the threat is targeted at a particular person or general in nature.


7. Racist remarks and symbols/pictograms that are commonly accepted as related to racist groups, Nazism, or outlawed organizations are not permitted. Nazi symbols are only exempted where they are displayed and discussed in historical context.


8. Derogatory, negative stereotyping and sweeping generalization, based on profession(such as Law Enforcement), religion, race, sex, etc, are not allowed.


9. Respect members from different provinces. Do not insult members from other provinces as a group.


10. Disrupting behaviours which are detrimental to discussions in the forum and the general reputation of www.canadiangunnutz.com are not allowed.


11. Members are not allowed to organize auction, draws/raffles or any gambling activities using CGN resources.


12. Members are not allowed to promote their own forums, blogs or any other websites using CGN resources.


13. Private messages should not be posted in the public forums, and copied to a 3rd party by any means, unless they are explicitly authorized by the orignators.


14. Trade related disputes originated from Equipment Exchange forums shall not be discussed in the forums. All disputes and feedbacks should be confined to trader rating feedback system and private messaging.


15. Solicitation of donation or group buys must receive prior approval from CGN admin.


16. No one shall disclose any personal information of any members without formal written consent of the member in question, unless the information is officially published in the public domain already with the consent of the member. Personal information include but not limited to first name, last name, place of employment and family information, or any information that may lead to the these information.


17. Absolutely no nudity or pornographic materials, or links to same, are permitted.


18. Multiple accounts or identities are not allowed. Suspected violations could result in supension of access.


19. Every request to change username will be assessed a $25 administration fee, if there is a good reason for the change. At registration, there is already an advice against the use of real name as registration name. Contact "CGN Admin" by private messaging if you have to change name. We will not accept applicaton for name change for accounts equal to or over 3 years old, or at the discretion of the CGN admin.


20. No "hotlinking" email/website info or posting of phone numbers and/or contact information for businesses who do not support the operation of CGN.


21. Only one sigline picture is allowed, and the height of the picture must be no more than 100 pixels. One member may not quote another member in their respective sigline without the permission of the other member. Any sigline images or text deemed to be inappropriate, including but not limited to, images of women in suggesting positon, may be removed without warning and infraction points could possibly be issued.


22. Advertising of and/or hotlinking to internet blogs, forums, auctions or any other publications is not allowed in the sigline or anywhere else in the profile. Advertising of and/or hotlinking to sale, offer to buy or any kind of solicitation is not allowed in the sigline or anywhere else in the profile.


23. Interrupting a business member's selling or marketing thread with business or non-business solicitations


24. Making reference to, such as by listing the URL, of a solicitation that is located outside of the www.canadiangunnutz.com forums is disallowed. For example, linking or posting the URL of an advertisement in Ebay or Kijiji;


25. General disrupting activities, including “trolling” and any activities that dilute the content quality of CGN will not be tolerated


26. The followings are not permitted: any general Insults against the general members of CGN; Any insults or abuse languages against the moderators and administrator of CGN in public or private; Any statements with the intention to create harm/damages/negative goodwill to CGN .

The following topics will not be tolerated. Violation will result in immediate and permanent suspension. Some quasi legal/ grey/downright illegal examples that are specifically not tolerated are:

1. Shipping and driving items to Canada from the US that require US export permit.


2. Discharging firearms in places where firearms are not allowed to be discharged.


3. Manufacture or use of flammable and explosive substances or “tracer” projectiles.


4. Unblocking 5 rd magazines to regular capacity.


5. Swapping non-restricted barrel for restricted barrel at gun range.


6. Home made firearms with illegal or misleading markings. For example, marking a chunk of metal with "Valmet 78".


7. Solicitation of unregistered firearms or magazine kits.


8. No postings of any materials that could be likely considered as investment advices. Investments include financial instruements, real estates and anything deemed to be reasonable by the operator of CGN.

These rules are here to ensure that CGN will be the premium firearms site for law abiding Canadian gun owners.

Policy for Harassment Using CGN Resources

Harassment using CGN resources is strictly prohibited. Harassment is defined as offensive, threatening, persistent or disturbing language and/or remark with the aim to target, insult, bully, humiliate, damage, cause loss and/or intimidate the recipient of the intended message through either private messaging or posting in the forums. This includes, and not limited to, the use of threats, swearing, slurs, slangs and/or any specific information of an individual.

Harassment of administrators and moderators of CGN will not be tolerated. CGN reserves the right to impose temporary or permanent suspension of members who harass administrators and moderators when they are carrying out their duties.

1. Business or Profit Seeking activities of the nature with the intention of generating/seeking profit fall under the Dealermembership Program. Business or Profit Seeking activities are not permitted at www.Canadiangunnutz.com, except for members with current "Business Membership". Profit generating ventures include but not limited to dealers, websites, service providers, manufacturers, high volume sellers/traders, auctions and private collections inherited from business inventory, etc. To obtain information on "Dealer Membership", please send private message (PM) to "CGN Admin". Please note that it is CGN policy, based on our strong belief against on-line auction, we will not accept any websites with auction elements.


2. Business activities include but not limited to hotlinking, posting contact information, general marketing and research(including "gauging interest"), posting pictures of products, direct PM marketing, spamming, promoting new producrs, etc


3. All financial interests and non-arms length relationships, including but not limited to paid/un-paid beta testing, consulting services and financial investment, must be disclosed for products, services or ventured being "reviewed", "advertised" or "flopped" at www.canadiangunnutz.com;


4. The use of the Equipment Exchange Forums is covered by the relevant "Equipment Exchange forums guidelines", in conjunction with the "Business or Profit Seeking Activities Policy guidelines".

1. CFC is allowing registration of homemade firearms. Although it does not necessarily translate to legality, but such transactions appear to be COMMON and performed as a ROUTINE. In the absence of other ACTUAL and FACTUAL contradictory actions by other agencies, it can be REASONABLY accepted that at least part of the governent accept these homemade firearms built by individuals. Since CFC, in this case, is the immediate agency dealing with public firearms registration, we will accept its action as our guidance.


2. Therefore, as long as the firearm being discussed is not prohibited and the acquistion of parts complies to US and Canada export and import regulations, they will be allowed.


3. Intentional circumvention of the OIC prohibiting orders will be forbidden as it constitutes falsification of verification and registration documents. For example, advocation of using an AK receiver to build a Valmet M78 will not be allowed as its registration requires falsifiing the required document. A Valment M78 is a finnish made SAW based on the RPK design with certain proprietary features. What makes it a Valment is the fact that it is made in Finnland by Valmet.The fact that it is made in Soumi cannot be replicated. The same rationale will be applied to any future disucssion. Any decision by admin and mod will be final on such issues.


4. At the Exchange forum, sales of homemade weapon will be forbidden. Applying general so called "smell test", such offer or solicitation of purchase, risks the appearance of an "illegal weapon" hook up market. This same rationale was applied in the "mag kit" ban.


5. based on the same rationale, no individual in the equipment exchange forum, except for dealers in the Dealers Forum, can offer or solicite the purchase of, any incomplete receivers, including the so called "80% completed receivers". This is consistent with the "mag kit" ban which exempts dealers from the prohibitiion.

The business forums are the private forums of the paid business members. When you enter into their forums, you should see yourself as entering into their virtual store fronts. Therefore, it is a reasonable to behave in the same manner and observe the same etiquette as if you are meeting the store staff and owners in person. If you are rude or attempt to disrupt their business in their own forums or storefronts, they have the right to remove your postings and presence, and ask you not to post in their forums(or enter their storefronts) again. If you don’t cease and desist after you have been asked to stop by the store owner, that will be consider as harassment. If you do not agree with their prices, move along. The business forum is NOT the place you will use the prices of other businesses to attempt to obtain price match, or to advertise prices and availability of businesses other than the owner of that particular business forum.

Furthermore, if you have an issue with a business member, it is a common practice to make an attempt to resolve the issue with the business member privately. ( A reasonable person will not enter a store and scream at the top of him lung to gather everyone's attention and make a scene, will he?) If you have not been able to resolve this issue and made a posting in the forum, the issue could only be posted once. If a member has a particular issue with a business member and the issue is being purposely and repeatedly posted in the business member's forum, the business member can ask you to stop. If it continues, it will be treated as harassment and the moderator may step in and apply forum rules.

This policy is part of the forum rules. All forum rules will be enforced.

The Equipment Exchange (“EE”) forums are "use at your own risk" classifieds". CGN is not responsible for any losses and disputes related to transactions that are associated with these classifieds.

The EE forums are intended for the listing of personal items that are non profit seeking - profit seeking activities are only allowed for paid business members [ie. Dealers]; Linking in any forms to other firearms sites, such as on-line classified and on-line auction sites, is not allowed. If you have posted your item in an auction site, you will not be allowed to post the same item in this forum.

Trade related disputes originating from the Equipment Exchange forums or with CGN business members [ie. Dealers] shall not be discussed in the forums. All disputes and feedbacks should be confined to the trader rating feedback system and private messaging. See FAQ “Guidelines for using CGN feedback system”

BASIC POSTING RULES

1. Each entry to the EE must have an appropriate prefix: WTS [want to sell], WTT [want to trade] or WTB [want to buy] prefix;


2. Each member is allowed 2 threads of WTS, 2 threads of WTB and 2 threads of WTT in each of the Equipment Exchange forums. When a thread is no longer valid, it is member’s own responsibility to edit the prefix to “Pls Remove”[To do this you go “edit” then “go advanced”, from there the member can edit the ad prefix, title and text]. To remove an old thread from the limit count, you must change the pre-fix to “Pls Remove”;


3. An item can only be posted once in one EE forum for which the item in your current posession belongs" [ie. If you wish to buy [WTB] a handgun, wish to sell [WTS] a handgun, or wish to trade [WTT] a handgun for a shotgun, it must be posted in the Exchange of Pistols & Revolvers];


4. If an item is offered for sale or trade, it should be posted as a WTS. A WTT entry cannot contain offer to sell;


• All items listed for sale [WTS] must include a basic asking price. This is not an auction/bidding site. No links to off-site auctions are permitted. "Make an offer" type ads with no listed base price are not acceptable, and may be deleted without notice;


• Want to trade [WTT] ads must not offer cash sale. The entry must list the specific item(s) being sought for trade. Entry will be removed without notification if it is not in compliance to the guideline;


5. Only the originator of a thread can reply to his/her own thread. Members should contact each other using private messaging Members may edit prefix,title & text as required by using the “edit” and “go advanced” [advanced edit] features available to them. Moderators may edit entry as seen fit;


6. All items posted must belong to the posting member. There will be no “posting, listing, selling or trading for a friend”. Members selling or trading on the EE are fully responsible for the entries made under their accounts, including but not limited to advertised condition, transfer & shipping arrangements, as the case may be. All items offered for sale or trade must be in the possession of the member posting the ad or the ad must clearly state the circumstances otherwise.


7. All items listed for sale [WTS] or trade [WTT] must include an accurate description of the item at the time it is listed for sale or trade. Members may consider the NRA grading system for “condition” when describing items for sale or trade in the EE.


8. If you are including pictures in your ad the maximum image/picture size allowable is 1024x768 pixels. Entries with pictures in excess of the allowable picture size will be removed moderators without notification;

EDITING, BUMPING AND REMOVING POSTINGS

1. Members may "bump" or bring their thread "back-to-the-top" [aka BTT] of the EE forum page where seven (7) days have elapsed since the last posting made to the thread, by simply making a posting to the existing thread. The EE has a built in default that will not allow an existing thread to be BTT’d within 7 days of the last posting made to the thread.


2. Whereas a member can edit his/her own EE ad to change the ad prefix, title or text a member cannot “move” an existing EE posting from one EE forum to another. This can only be done by a moderator. If you want an EE ad “moved” send a PM [personal message] to an EE moderator. Then wait for your ad to be moved. It will be the moderator’s discretion as to whether an ad move is appropriate. Do not edit your ad to “delete” [ie. Pls Remove] then repost a “new” ad in another EE forum to “move” it.


3. If your item has been sold/found or a deal is pending, you may edit your thread title to “SPF” [sold pending funds] or “deal pending” etc if you do not wish to remove the thread yet.
4. To remove a thread that is no longer needed, change prefix to [Pls Remove] by clicking [Advanced Edit]. A thread is counted towards the maximum allowed limit ( 2 WTS, 2WTB and 2 WTT] until its prefix is changed to [Pls Remove]

DISALLOWED ITEMS IN EQUIPMENT EXCHANGE

1. Any imitation or "knock-offs" with infringement of copyrighted wordings or markings in any forms are disallowed. Imitations, commonly known as knock-offs, cannot be advertised with reference to the wordings, trade names or model names of the real items they are imitating. Pictures of real items are not allowed to be displayed in the sale advertisements of any imitations or "knock-offs
2. Illegal or questionable items are disallowed. Questionable items include, but are not limited to:
   • Homemade firearms;
   • Magazine Kits;
   • 80%" or partially completed receivers or receiver stampings;
3. Stolen government properties and items of questionable origin are disallowed. These include any DND equipment items, which have not been released to the general public for sale. It is the responsibility of the posters to prove the legitimacy of the items. Sale of stolen goods will result in a permanent ban from CGN without warning. CGN has discretion of not allowing items that it deems to be risky at moderators’ or Administrator’s discretion;


4. Fully assembled, non-commercially produced ammunition (including “home reloads”) is disallowed.


5. Tobacco and alcohol are disallowed;


6. Airsoft guns are disallowed. Please conduct your airsoft guns related trading on the Airsoft Canada. This policy is to discourage the selling and buying airsoft item to minors. All airsoft guns related ads will be removed without warning.


7. Making reference to, such as by listing the URL, of a solicitation that is located outside of the www.canadiangunnutz.com forums. For example, linking or posting the URL of an advertisement in Ebay or Kijiji;


8. Estate sales are disallowed without written declaration, unless it is performed for wife, husband, sons, daughter, grandfather, grandmother, grandsons and granddaughter. For all others, CGN must receive written declaration from the executor or whoever that is authorized to dispose of the estate, that the seller is authorized to dispose of the estates on the behalf of those who are in charge of the estate. The declaration must also clearly indicate that the seller is not to be profiting or charging "management fee". Paid business members are exempted from this requirement. Any estate disposition with profit will be classified as business activity that falls under "Policy for Advertising at www.Canadiangunnutz.com"

ENFORCEMENT

1. Any attempt to induce an early [sub 7 day] BTT of your item by posting it in a new ad in that or any other EE forum and remove the earlier ad [by editing the ad prefix, title or text in attempt to obscure it] either before or after posting the new ad, you may be cited, at the discretion of a moderator, with a “cheating BTT” infraction. This comes with 5 infraction points and a minimum of 60 days suspension from the EE.


2. Reposting the same item(s) included in a deleted thread within 7 days of the last posting date of the deleted thread will be considered cheating the rules intentionally. Loss of EE access could result.


3. Equipment Exchange moderators have the discretion to issue warnings or infraction points for EE rule violations as the case may be. Please be advised that it is the member’s responsibility to ensure that all postings placed are within the EE posting rules. Continued violations of the EE posting rules may lead to temporary or permanent suspension of EE posting privileges at the discretion of CGN Admin.


4. Each EE rule violation is worth 1 point and has a life span of 45 days. When 5 points are accumulated, an automatic suspension from the EE forums will be imposed by the system. For example, a user is given the first infraction that expires in 45 days. 5 days later this user is given another infraction. Since the user already had an infraction, this new infraction's expiration time is added to the end time of the previous infraction for a total of 95 days. The suspension will not expire until there are no longer 5 non-expired infraction points.


5. When a member has a number of infractions, both current and expired, more than or equal to 10, moderator has the discretion to issue a 5 point infraction that results in suspension from EE for 30 days. When the number of infraction, both current and expired, reaches 15, moderator has the discretion to issue a 5 point infraction that results in suspension from EE for 60 days.

BEFORE GOING ANY FURTHER, You must read Fraud and Bad Deals Awareness

After you have completed reading the above and thoroughly understand the guidelines:

1. Make a short introduction post here if you have not done so: (click the link)Greeting and Introduction Forum;
2. Make sure you take a second to fill in your profile;
3. Click here Group Membership;
4. Select Join Group for the group Equipment Exchange Users Group;
5. Click Send

By doing so, you are agreed to have a clear understanding to the above rules and condition; Please Note: Failure to comply with these rules may result in temporary or permanent suspension of a member's Equipment Exchange privleges. Thank you for your co-operation.

User feedback is a user self-service. Compilance with the followings consititute a social contract with other traders in the community. Canadiangunnutz administrators and moderators will not be responsible for moderating, adjudicating and editing comments in the trader rating system. Users bear full responsibilities of all ratings and comments made in the trader rating system. If you do not agree with the above, please do not use the trader rating system. Trade related disputes originated from Equipment Exchange forums shall not be discussed in the forums. All disputes and feedbacks should be confined to trader rating feedback system and private messaging.

1. Neutral feedback can be left by both the buyer or the Seller, when one party backs out of a verbal agreement where the timing of delivery of funds is specified at the time of the acceptance of the offer;
2. Only the Buyer can initiate Negative Feedback. A Seller can only respond with a neutral feedback after a negative feeback is left by the buyer. The Seller cannot initiate a negative feedback;
3. Negative feedback can only be left by the buyer in the following circumstances:
• There must be an agreed date of delivery before funds are accepted, and the delivery date is not met; It is the responsibility of the buyer to obtain a date of delivery before sending funds;
• Items delivered do not agree to the conditions posted;
4. All feedback must be left within 30 calendar days after the mutually agreed to date of delivery;
5. Fraud can be reported to the Fraud Reporting Forum, in accordance with the guidelines of fraud reporting;
6. All negative feedback must be accompanied by comments which detail the transactions and reasons for the feedback;

Mandatory for all CGN traders to use trade rating system:

• List accepted payment method clearly in your sale post to avoid confusion,
• Must clearly identify the latest delivery date of money and goods upon acceptance of an offer;
• Identify shipping method upon acceptance of an offer;

Suggestions to CGN traders:

• Ship item via method with tracking service with proper insurance
• Obtain name, address and phone number of the counterparty
• Keep PM, email exchanges until the deal is done; that is payment made and item arrived.

How to leave a feedback

• Navigate to the feedback page by clicking on the bracketed number next to "Trader Rating" on,


1. Your trade party's user info page, or
2. Any PM or forum post user header of your trade party.


• Click on the link "Submit feedback for..."
• Fill in all required field, double check, and click "Submit Reply"

Trader Rating is a self-service system. Administration will not adjudicate, investiage and correct any mistakes or feedback that is left either intentionally or unintentionally. Think and confirm before posting a trader rating or feedback. A member has 60 days to edit a trader rating left by him/her.