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Please take note that the goal of this site is to provide a resource for assisting Porsche owners and enthusiasts. The goal of the site's members should always be to help each other and to help make the site a better place to be.
You may not be aware that many of your questions have already been answered.
So please take a few minutes to read our developing
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And if you find an answer but need more help, feel free to join that existing topic instead of starting a new one that duplicates it and makes future searching more difficult. You will also find links to similar or related topics at the bottom of each topic page.
Members are expected to post their topics in the correct forum. Topics which are posted in the wrong forum will be moved by an administrator or moderator into the correct forum and a link to the moved topic will be left in the incorrect forum for a period of not less than 24 hours to help members find the topic in its proper location. If you disagree with the topic move please notify the admin or moderator within 24 hours and we will explain the move and/or move the post back if warranted. If you do not object to a move we will assume that you agree with it. When a topic is moved the system will auto-generate a private message (PM) to the original thread author notifying them of the move.
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Exercise common sense and be considerate toward your fellow users. Diversity of opinion and intelligent civil discourse is encouraged; by the same token, insults and “flaming” are not tolerated. Disagreeing with an idea of another community member is different from attacking that individual.
Please keep posts free from Political, Religious and Sexual topics. These topics tend to bring out very personal opinions that can lead to "flaming" of other members and will not be tolerated. After all this is an automotive enthusiast forum and not the place for such discussions.
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NOT list items for sale in the Forums. We have a Classifieds site-section where items can and should be listed for sale. Any for sale ads in the forum will be summarily deleted. Classifieds can be found here:
http://www.planet-9.com/classifieds/index.php Any item listed in the Classifieds will automatically be displayed in our Classifieds sub-forum within the forum by the mean of an automated script that runs every two hours, so once again there is no reason to post a classfied ad in the forums, please do so only in our Classifieds section.
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Under no circumstances may you create alternate names, assume secondary identities or use someone else's name for your name.
"Trolling" or "Troll" messages are not allowed or any message designed to inflame or cause turmoil among our members.
We further reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to remove a user's privilege to post content in our discussion forums. While we do not make it a habit of editing or deleting a member's topic or replies, we do reserve the right to do so if that post violates site policies or in the discretion of the administrator or moderator warrants action. Suspended members who re-register with new accounts will have those accounts deactivated without notice.
The resources of this website are never to be used as a means to attack or harass any individual. This means that even private messages here are not to be used for profanity or to flame another member.
Please do not post the same topic in multiple forums, moderators will remove the duplicates if you do so. Sponsors are
no longer an exception to this rule they must also pick which forum is most appropriate for their topic, for example with a regional sale of products or services.
If a member has an incentive to promote products (either through direct financial compensation, discounted prices on products or other services) from a vendor than that must be disclosed in any posts by the member related to that vendor and/or the vendor's products/services.
This site we will not allow the posting of any items that directly compare products or services from one sponsor to another sponsor without the expression authorization of all parties involved. We have witnessed how such comparisons on other websites have caused those websites to degenerate into conflicts and "flame wars" from which there is no winner, everyone, including the website loses. Therefore, in order to avoid any such unpleasant
situations arising on our sites we are expressly forbidding the posting of such information.
Sponsors are free, however, to post comparisons to standard Porsche products, for example a dyno run showing Product X's improvement over a standard car that ships from Porsche. Sponsors are also free to post something to the effect of "see our website for more details" and sponsors are of course free to post whatever they deem in their best interests on their own websites.
ADDITIONAL RULES SPECIFIC TO SPONSORS
1) Sponsors are not allowed to comment in a topic started by another sponsor, unless the originating sponsor agrees, otherwise, please start your own separate topic.
2) Sponsors are not allowed to bad mouth another sponsor, praise is OK as long as any relationships between the sponsors are disclosed
3) No sponsor may compare their products to another sponsor's products without permission of all involved. Comparisons to a stock vehicle or the sponsors own prior baseline is fine.
4) News items have competitive exclusivity on the home page based on level of sponsorship, Platinum = 3 weeks, Gold = 2 weeks, Silver = 1 week. For example if a sponsor posts a news item about a set of wheels and is silver level, then for the next week no other news item will be about wheels, although other news items on other subjects may take place.
5) Group Buys must be run/directed/fostered/promoted by someone from the sponsor or a general member of the site that the sponsor designates to do so on their behalf, not anyone from the administrative team (No Admin, No Super Mods, No Coordinators - unless sponsor happens to also be a sub-forum coordinator)
6) While that group buy is being run no other sponsor can run a group buy or sale on the exact or nearly exact same item during the group buy process (see below for length).
7) Group buys can last up to the following periods of time based on sponsorship level:
Platinum - 6 weeks
Gold - 5 weeks
Silver - 4 weeks
(term can be shorter at sponsor's discretion)
8) All group buys must be submitted to the site administration at least 1 week before the desired start date of the group buy, and approved to run beginning and ending on the appropriate dates. The administration has the right to refuse any group buy that it deems not in the best interest of the site or its members.
9) No sponsor can run back to back group buys, at least 2 months must pass since the end of the prior group buy. (Unless a unique item that no other sponsor has, or all other sponsors do not object to another group buy being run sooner)
10) Group Buys shall be entitled to a 2 week post-group buy buffer whereby no other sponsor may run a group buy or sale on the same of very similar item within 2 weeks of the closing of the prior group buy. This is designed to protect both the sponsor running the group buy and any sponsor desiring to sell products after the group buy.
11) No shills, no guerilla marketing or any similar activities, whenever a sponsor provides products or discounts or anything of any tangible value in exchange for testimony or forum postings this fact must be disclosed.
12) Sponsors must back their products with the highest level of customer service.
13) Sponsors claims about their product, which our members rely on, must be true.
14) Sponsors will conduct themselves in a manner that does not harm the image and reputation of this site and its owner/team.
15) All sponsors agree to hold this website harmless in any transactions or dealings between the sponsor and members of the site. This site is not a party to any transaction and does not warranty, guarantee or represent the accuracy of the products or vendor.
The site administration appreciates your continued sponsorship of the site and willingness to abide by our rules of conduct designed to make our site a level and fair playing field for all sponsors.
Finally, if you have any questions, comments or concerns please contact the administrator or moderators of this site. We strive to respond as quickly as possible to all concerns!
Thanks and enjoy the forum."
