As our community grows and Stellenbosch Seconds becomes busier and busier, it has become necessary for us to manage certain types of content on Stellenbosch Seconds ,to ensure both a safe and enjoyable experience for the majority of our members and to stay true to our mission statement and vision.

As always, the three fundamental rules on Stellenbosch Seconds are:

• The product or service being advertised has to be local,
• Members may only post one business related post per week (once every 7 days)
• and that members are accountable for their posts.

We very kindly ask, that members post directly onto Stellenbosch Seconds and not share from other groups or pages, as permissions issues result in the majority of the other members only seeing “Attachment Unavailable”, as a result it is absolutely non negotiable that we ask members to please add their posts to Stellenbosch Seconds and not share from personal profiles and other groups or pages. This is the only way that we can manage this.

Commercial marketers will no longer be permitted to promote their clients businesses on Stellenbosch Seconds without prior arrangement. We would love to work with you, so please get hold of us to make arrangements.

The following is a summary of our group policies.

• Sell my private second hand goods. Unlimited
• Sell my brand new goods. One post every 7 days
• Promote my local business: One business ad every 7 days
• Ask questions, advice and chat
• Advertise a legitimate event: Self Posted
• Share my Story: Within our group policies
• Ask for referrals or advice
• Admins may use discretion in moderating content
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• Spam or any illegal content
• Post links to unapproved group and pages
• Ask members to “like my page” or “Vote for me”
• Post links to unapproved directories, websites or online stores
• Self Post Competitions or Surveys
• Promote unapproved financial or medical products
• Unapproved multi-level-marketing offers
• Complaints unless within our guidelines
• Religious, Political or Incendiary Topics
• No backyard breeders, puppy mills or similar

Please see our FAQ for answers to commonly asked questions