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CrowdFinder is an initiative of Björn Bal to offer the possibility to set up group buys or retail offers in a user-friendly way.

Here you can create a group buy or retail offers where participants can join in order to obtain a significant advantage over the purchase price elsewhere.

A. OPERATION

  1. The possible registrations and/or add-ons must be described clear with separated costs of the product and shipping
  2. The payment instructions need to be mentioned clearly in the group buy or retail offer
  3. There must be always at least one pick-up point
  4. The moderator will provide feedback if the configuration is not correct, the initiator needs to correct that
  5. The group buy or retail offer will be put live after approval of a moderator
  6. The initiator of the group buy or retail offer will be also able to manage the group buy or retail offer fully to his needs, however with supervision of a moderator
  7. The initiator of the group buy or retail offer is expected to be transparent about the group buy or retail offer
  8. The group buy or retail offer will only go on once the minimum number of participants has been reached. If that is not the case, the initiator needs to notify the participants about that via e-mail
  9. If a better deal comes from another initiator of the group buy or retail offer during the already set up group buy or retail offer, a solution must be proposed so that this is equated with the other group buy or retail offer. If this fails, the original group buy or retail offer will be transferred to the other group buy or retail offer if possible. Both initiators of the group buys or retail offers are responsible for all administration related to this

B. PAYMENTS

  1. The initiator of the group buy or retail offer determines the payment conditions and instructions
  2. The initiator of the group buy or retail offer must handle the payments on a correct way and register them
  3. The amount tied to the group buy or retail offer is not definitive in the first instance, this is a target price
  4. A profit may not be made by the initiator of the group buy or retail offer if this is done on a voluntary basis, in other words if the initiator of the group buy or retail offer is not a retailer
  5. If no shipping costs are charged because the initiator of the group buy or retail offer has to pick it up, the initiator of the group buy or retail offer may charge the fuel costs at an acceptable price to the participants taking into account that no profits are made
  6. If the initiator of the group buy or retail offer receives a free product because of the organization, the initiator of the group buy or retail offer may decide for himself whether the product obtained is further divided in price in the form of a price decrease among the participants
  7. If the final price gives a considerable difference due to exchange costs, for example due to incorrect estimates in advance, then the initiator of the group buy or retail offer must clearly communicate this and arrange a refund
  8. The initiator has the right to cancel the purchase of a participant and keep it or possibly resell it if the participant have not yet paid after 28 days of the close date of the group buy or retail offer
  9. It is possible that the publisher or store may charge extra costs as a result of the group buy or retail offer, the initiator may charge this to the participants
  10. You do not have to pay any costs for the services of CrowdFinder, you are always free to make a donation to cover the hosting and maintenance costs
  11. The participants might decide to pay a contribution to support CrowdFinder and all payments go to you, afterwards you will get an invoice to transfer that paid sum to CrowdFinder after closing the group buy or retail offer

C. DELIVERY

  1. The initiator of the group buy or retail offer will set up possible pickup points. Shipping can be done by the initiator if this is possible at extra cost. On each page of the group buy or retail offer, the initiator will state the conditions for pickups and shipping
  2. When the group buy or retail offer is delivered, the initiator will contact the participants about the delivery. If there is no response from a participant within 90 days and the initiator has contacted the participant several times, the initiator may consider the purchase of this participant as a gift and keep it or resell it

D. LIABILITY

  1. CrowdFinder is in no way liable or responsible for fraud or abuse
  2. The initiator of the group buy or retail offer or CrowdFinder are not liable or responsible if the publisher or store does not comply with their agreements regarding the pricing or delivery of the group buy or retail offer
  3. The initiator of the group buy or retail offer is responsible for delivery and further handling of the products to the participants

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Latest update at 01/10/2019