We have come to realise that policing profiteering is a ambiguous task as there are many grey areas. Also, some users (although aware of profiteering) are still interested in buying the item for sale, so who are we to tell them not to?

We are however adamant in keeping the community ethos and protecting Adverts users by making them aware of either the RRP, or original price the item was bought for. We also believe that adding a comment on every profiteering ad will dissuade sellers in the long term.

With that in mind, we have decided to review our rules: Profiteering :Attempting to sell an item above the Recommended Retail Price (RRP) Adverts.ie is a community marketplace and does not encourage profiteering. In cases where an item is suspected of being sold above the RRP, registered Adverts.ie users reserve the right to report the listing to Adverts.ie Support for review. The claim is then reviewed by Adverts.ie Moderators and: 1. If the reported RRP claim is found to be incorrect, the reporting user will be notified, and your listing will not be affected. 2. If the RRP claim is upheld, an adverts moderator will post a comment on your thread linking to the RRP. We will not however remove the listing and we leave it up to the buyer to decide on whether to make an offer or not. Ticket sale is an exception. All ticket sales are at face value (plus booking fee and additional costs) or less.

Adverts.ie moderators reserve the right to remove any ad that is deemed excessive.

Our sellers’ house rules have now been updated.

Thanks!

Claire