All Vendors please read.

[Chrissie]

Prospective Vendors, Vendor Employees & Vendor Associates

Please contact a Forum Moderator, Perpetua , snow or myself,(with a link to your website) to request Vendor status/Vendor Employee/Associate, BEFORE first posting. Any vendor/employee/associate that ignores this rule & posts a link to their website or promotes their business or products in anyway without requesting & receiving vendor status, risks being instantly banned. Please note that vendor/vendor employee/associate status will not be automatically granted. All requests are discussed by all of the forum staff in the Staff Room.

Prior to vendors/vendor employees/associates being granted the relevant status, they will be placed in the Unregistered Vendor group. Any member of that group will be unable to post anywhere on the forum.

Members of the vendor groups are very welcome to join the community, on the Vaping and Social Boards, answering queries about their products and helping members in general. But, any advertising and promotional links to your business or products are strictly limited to the Vendors Board.

allaboute-cigarettes.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=suppliers

However, a clickable signature link to your website is permitted and encouraged, to aid Members locate you and your products.



Registered Vendors, Vendor Employees/Associates


AAE-C UK operates a two thread per Vendor rule, for every Vendor. For example, one for stock updates and one for special Vendor offers. This rule has a dual purpose, multiple threads from the same Vendor tend to unfairly bump everyone else off the first page.
It is hoped that this rule levels the playing field for all Vendors whilst also making it simpler for Members to navigate the Vendors forum for their requirements.


Either of these two threads can be locked and moved to the Vendors Archived Threads Board, by request and with a Moderators agreement, therefore enabling a new thread to be started.


To request a thread to be moved, simply ' report ' the thread in question, by clicking on the report option in the drop down list next to the gear icon top right of any post in the thread and it will be dealt with when one of the moderators are next online.


This rule will be actively monitored and enforced.


Wholesalers: Please note the purpose of this forum is to try to assist end users find the best product at the best price. There is no place here for wholesalers looking to sell to retailers.

Drop Shippers: Will not be given Vendor status on AAE-C UK and therefore are not allowed to promote their websites anywhere on the forum.

Exaggerated Claims - Any vendor making exaggerated claims about how many real cigarettes their cartomisers or a bottle of juice is the equivalent to, will not be given vendor status.

[Chrissie]

A further update.

All Online vendors must comply with Distance Selling Regulations & Ecommerce Directives. For instance, they must show a full address, email address & phone number in their "Contact" link. Also, all Vendors must have a compliant returns policy.

For any, already registered vendors, that aren't complying with DSR's, we will give you until Friday 11th January 2012, before your status is revoked.

Any new prospective vendors will not be granted vendor status if their websites do not comply.

[Chrissie]

Due to a few vendors abusing their privileges, vendors can no longer post in the New Members board.

[Chrissie]

Updated info on requesting threads to be moved to archive -

To request a thread to be moved, simply ' report ' the thread in question, by clicking on the report option in the drop down list next to the gear icon on the thread and it will be dealt with when one of the moderators are next online.

[Chrissie]

Further update - all vendors must add their location to their profiles. Any vendor not showing their location will have their vendor status revoked & all threads removed.