CONTENT POLICIES
Cosmo Classifieds Inc., (Cosmo) is committed to helping people safely buy, sell and trade with one another in accordance with applicable laws, policies and regulations. If you find suspicious or questionable content on the site, please use our 'report fraud or abuse' links to inform us about any problems. We may take technical and legal steps to remove the content and/or keep offending users off Cosmo.
1. PROHIBITED BEHAVIOR
Specific behavior that is prohibited on the Marketplace is described below. Also refer to our Terms of Service for our spam and user conduct policies.
Keyword Stuffing. You may not include lists of keywords in your listing for the purpose of matching against unrelated search queries.
Affiliate Linking. You may not post listings where the primary objective is driving users to a website monetized by affiliate programs.
Over Posting. You may not post multiple listings where the content is substantially similar to existing listings. This includes posting the same ad to multiple regions.
2. PROHIBITED CONTENT
Items that are specifically prohibited on Cosmo:
-Alcoholic beverages and tobacco.
-Animals, plants and insects that are regulated or prohibited for sale under applicable laws.
-Blood, bodily fluids and body parts.
-Embargoed goods.
-Fireworks.
-Items designed to be used to commit a crime including not without limitation burglary tools, false –identification and items used to manufacture illegal explosives or controlled substances.
-Items containing hazardous substances or pesticides.
-Items that restrict transfer (such as tickets or coupons) and items you are not authorized to sell.
-Items that promote multilevel marketing schemes.
-Items used to solicit e-mail addresses for use in spammy or unrelated marketing programs.
-Material that infringes copyrights, trademarks or other third party rights.
-Misrepresentations and counterfeit or fraudulent items.
-Material that contains obscene material, child pornography or is harmful to minors.
-Non-prescription drugs that make false or misleading claims that might require FDA approval.
-Prescription drugs, medical devices, controlled substances, illegal drugs, or drug paraphernalia.
-Services or merchandise that promote hatred and violence against specific groups of people.
-Services or merchandise that promote Penny Auctions.
-Services that are illegal including without limitation prostitution.
-Stocks and other securities.
-Stolen goods or property with serial number removed or altered.
-Traditional drop-side rail cribs described here.
-Weapons (including but not limited to firearms, martial arts weapons, silencers, ammunition, disguised or switchblade knives, BB guns, stun guns, paintball guns, or tear gas) and weapons parts.
Content that can intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law, or any regulations having the force of law, including the Civil Rights Act of 1866, the Fair Housing Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act.
3. PAID POSTINGS
We may charge a fee to post Content in some areas of the Service. The fee is an access fee permitting Content to be posted in a designated area. Each party posting Content to the Service is responsible for said Content and compliance with the TERMS OF USE. All fees paid will be non-refundable in the event that Content is removed from the Service for violating the TERMS OF USE.
4. POSTING AGENTS
A “Posting Agent” is a third-party agent, service, or intermediary that offers to post Content to the Service on behalf of others. To moderate demands on Cosmo’s resources, you may not use a Posting Agent to post Content to the Service without express permission or license from Cosmo. Correspondingly, Posting Agents are not permitted to post Content on behalf of others, to cause Content to be so posted, or otherwise access the Service to facilitate posting Content on behalf of others, except with express permission or license from Cosmo.