Content Guidelines - Prohibited and Restricted Items
- Understand the rules
- Prohibited and restricted items
- Reporting policy violations
Before listing your item, make sure it's allowed on Perfect Horse Auctions and find out if there are specific rules and conditions on how it should be listed. See the list of prohibited and restricted items below and click the product category for information about the policies. Sellers also need to make sure that the sale of their item complies with all laws.
Make sure your listing follows these guidelines. If it doesn't, it may be removed, and you may be subject to a range of other actions, including restrictions of your buying and selling privileges and suspension of your account.
1. Understand the rules
Here are some basic things to keep in mind when listing your items on Perfect Horse Auctions:
Our policies are often based on country and state laws, although in some cases, they may also be based on input from our members and our own discretion, especially for dangerous or sensitive items. For example, see our offensive material policy.
Be sure to read our policies before listing items. Follow our guidelines and review our examples so you know beforehand what you can and can't sell on Perfect Horse Auctions (note that examples are not an exhaustive list).
When selling internationally, be sure to read our guidelines on international trading and import restrictions. Although certain items may be legal to sell in your country, they might be illegal elsewhere.
The list of prohibited and restricted items below covers things that can be listed under certain conditions and things that can't be listed at all. In our medical drugs and devices policy, for example, while many items aren't allowed (like contact lenses), others are allowed under certain conditions (including certain types of medical instruments).
Be sure to also read our rules for listings and our rules about intellectual property to check if your item has other guidelines that would affect your listing.
2. Prohibited and restricted items
- Adult Only category
- alcohol (preapproved wine allowed)
- animals and wildlife products - examples include live animals, mounted specimens, and ivory
- artifacts, grave-related items, and Native American arts and crafts
- catalytic converters and test pipes
- cell phone (wireless) service contracts
- charity or fundraising listings
- contracts
- cosmetics, used
- counterfeit currency and stamps
- credit cards
- currency, selling
- drugs and drug paraphernalia
- drugs, describing drugs or drug-like substances
- electronics equipment - examples include cable TV de-scramblers, radar scanners, and traffic signal
- control devices
- electronic surveillance equipment - examples include wiretapping devices and telephone bugging
- devices
- embargoed goods and prohibited countries - examples include items from Cuba
- event tickets
- firearms, weapons, and knives - examples include pepper spray, replicas, and stun guns (see also
- military items)
- food and healthcare items
- gift cards
- government documents, IDs, and licenses
- government, transit, and shipping-related items - examples include airplane operations manuals,
- subway employee uniforms, and U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mailbags
- hazardous materials - examples include batteries, fireworks, and refrigerants
- importation of goods into the United States - examples include CDs that were intended only for
- distribution in a certain country
- items encouraging illegal activity - examples include an eBook describing how to create
- methamphetamine
- lottery tickets
- mailing lists and personal information
- manufacturers' coupons
- medical devices
- military items (see also firearms, weapons, and knives)
- multi-level marketing, pyramid, and matrix programs
- offensive material - examples include ethnically or racially offensive material and Nazi memorabilia
- pesticides
- plants and seeds
- police-related items
- political memorabilia (reproduction)
- prescription drugs
- prohibited services
- real estate
- recalled items
- stolen property and property with removed serial numbers
- surveillance equipment
- travel - only licensed travel agent, or an individual seller listing your own lodging allowed
Violations of this policy may result in a range of actions, including:
- Listing cancellation
- Limits on account privileges
- Account suspension
- Loss of Right to Sell
3. Reporting policy violations
If you see a listing that violates Perfect Horse Auctions policies, please report it by sending an email by clicking Contact Us button located on most of our pages. When a policy violation occurs, we email the seller and the bidders or the buyer to let them know that the listing has been removed from Perfect Horse Auctions.
