The following are common examples of violations that may result in immediate post removal, warning, board sanction and/or suspension from the site:

• Including another individual's contact information and/or email address in a post.

• Including profanity, vulgarity, hate speech, disruptive, or hostile comments, interpersonal disputes, or threats of violence in a post.

• Including material (graphic or text) that is obscene, pornographic or adult in nature.

• Using JavaScript or active code; making repetitive or disruptive posts; or otherwise taking actions that interfere with site operations.

• Attempting to impersonate eBay staff or other eBay members.

• Encouraging others to violate eBay policies or the eBay User Agreement.

• Advertising merchandise, auctions, services or commercial Web sites, including offers to trade, "wanted" posts, or charitable solicitations.

• Refusing to follow eBay staff instructions.

• Posting email content from private parties.

• Posting material that in any way violates the eBay User Agreement or Community Values.

• Posting Web addresses (URLs), item numbers or Web sites in the title of a threaded discussion.

• Inappropriate threads started on Community Discussion Boards..

• Posting listing reports or member violations. To report suspected violations, please review site policies under the Rules and Policies page or use the Contact Us form.

• Discussing or reposting deleted posts or warning letters, or discussion of sanctioned or no longer registered members.

• Misusing the violation reporting function to maliciously or frivolously report content as not in compliance with eBay policy.

• Messages posted to eBay's public Discussion Boards, Chat Boards or Answer Center by eBay Community members are solely the opinion and responsibility of the person posting the message.

• eBay reserves the right to remove any post for any reason without warning or notice.

• User IDs with feedback scores that are less than 10 are limited to 10 posts per day in the Discussion and Chat Boards.

• A sanction (being banned from the boards) or suspension of one User ID will apply to all of that member’s User IDs and may apply to members of the same household.

• The use of false registration information or creation of multiple accounts for use on eBay's Discussion Boards for the purpose of disruption or to avoid detection may result in permanent sanction or suspension of all associated registrations.

• Only persons aged 18 or over may post to the boards, without regard to whether an adult actually owns the registration or an underage person has some type of parental/guardian permission.

• Reporters, researchers, and third party representatives need permission prior to posting or emailing members in their official capacity.

• Posting copyrighted content without the permission of the copyright owner is not permitted.

eBay has its Discussion Board Usage policy to encourage a safe and enjoyable environment in the Community Forums where there can be open and honest communication among all members.