Terms of Use for SFT Members Only

The SFT Classifieds are hosted by South Flint Tabernacle and maintained by church members Jim and Eric Shutes of Michigan Tech Group.

The benefits of having Classifieds on the SFT website are many. For example... if I wanted to sell/give away an Item, I could post these items in the SFT Classifieds, allowing someone in the church that may need the item to express their interest directly to me. If I needed a service performed, such as painting, landscaping, computer help, etc., I could first look in the SFT Classifieds to see if these services are offered by anyone in the church. This would allow the members of SFT to network their skills amongst the member; and a person in the church may feel more comfortable hiring someone else in the church (someone they know and trust) over someone they just found in the phone book.

Following are the rules by which the approval process is governed for posting SFT Classified Ads.

• The person placing the ad must be a member of South Flint Tabernacle.
  
  
• The ad must be for the member directly, and not for a friend or relative who is not a member.
  
  
• All requested ads must be emailed to rbrown@southflint.org for approval and posting.
  
  
• All ads must be requested to be removed via email once the item is sold, etc, or it will be automatically removed after 2 weeks. The request must be sent to the above emails. This must be done to avoid confusion on the availability of an item. SFT may contact you via email to make sure that your ad is still relevant. However, to keep the workload to a minimum, please contact Rebekah Brown via the above email first, to cancel any ads that have expired.
  
  
• Ads that pertain to services that are always offered should be requested to be removed should the service ever stop being offered by the member, via above emails. This would pertain to the Business Directory, which is always posted, and never expires. However, if you no longer offer the posted service, please contact us so we can remove the listing.
  
  
• There will be NO ads offering multi-level marketing business opportunities.
  
  
• As the SFT Classified posting requests come in, categories will be added to help sort the ads. You may request a new category with your email request, or your ad may be added to an existing or more appropriate category. All categories and placement will be subject to SFT discretion.
  
  
• Your ad is not guaranteed to be posted. The types of ads and the ads themselves that are emailed will be posted (or not) at the discretion of SFT.
  
  
• All ads will be spell-checked and may be slightly modified by SFT, at the discretion of SFT.
  
  
• Your ad CANNOT advertise another advertisement, such as a link to an item on eBay or an item on Craigslist. You may, however, advertise your website or email address. No other links will be accepted.
  
  
• No HTML code will be accepted, just a straight ad (not including a web or email address).
  
  
• No profanity, edgy slang, or other questionable language will be accepted. SFT reserves the right to reject or change the copy in order to maintain a certain level of etiquette on the SFT Classifieds.
  
  
• The maximum amount of characters that can be in the ad cannot exceed 300 characters, including spaces.
  
  
• You may NOT use ALL CAPS throughout the ad, but you can use them sparingly. Just type the ad as you would like to see it displayed, with CAPS where indicated (again, use sparingly).
  
  
• You may NOT use all bold throughout the ad, but you can use it sparingly. Just type the ad as you would like to see it displayed, with bold where indicated (again, use sparingly).
  
  
• You may NOT use a bunch of special characters, trying to get extra attention to your ad. The occasional exclamation point, etc. is allowed. However, please do not request something like the following…  >>>>>>>>1999 BUICK CENTURY<<<<<<< ====:::... DON’T MISS THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The special characters, all bold, and ALL CAPS will be stripped from the ad. SFT will attempt to keep all of the ads with a certain “look” and format, such as the name of the product or service in bold and the body in standard text. However, you may use bullet points to list items in the ad, if you wish.

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