Our Policy
Prohibited & Restricted Items Policy
Before listing your products, make sure we allow it on archiveshoppingbahamas.com, and find out if we have specific rules and conditions on how you should list it. Check the list of prohibited and restricted items below.
You also need to make sure that the sale of your item complies with all laws and any additional restrictions applicable to payment services offered on archiveshoppingbahamas.com such as credit card association or network rules.
Make sure your listings and products follow these guidelines. If they don’t, they may be removed, and you may be subject to a range of other actions, including restrictions of your buying and selling privileges and suspension of your account.
Understand our rules
Our policies are often based on our country laws, although in some cases, we may also base our policies on input from our members and our own discretion, especially for dangerous, poisonous or sensitive products.
Read and understand our policies before listing products.
Follow our guidelines and review our examples so you know beforehand what you can and can’t sell on archiveshoppingbahamas.com.
The list of prohibited and restricted items below covers items you can list under certain conditions, and items that we don’t allow at all. we do allow other items under certain conditions.
Activity that doesn’t follow archiveshoppingbahamas.com policy could result in a range of actions including for example:
Administratively ending or canceling items, demoting all items from search results, buying or selling restrictions, and account suspension.
Our Policy for Prohibited & Restricted Items
For this reason, and to comply with local legal restrictions, some categories of products are restricted, or completely banned from being listed.If you’re not sure if an item you’re intending to list is allowed or not, choose the relevant category from the list below to find out more.
If you’re not sure whether your item can be listed on archiveshoppingbahamas.com, check our list of prohibited and restricted items below.
What to do if you see an item that isn’t allowed
If you see an item that violates one of our policies, report it by clicking Contact us.
We generally don’t allow the sale of alcohol until pre-approved by archiveshoppingbahamas.com and can list wine on archiveshoppingbahamas.com, providing they follow our rules.
- Sellers must be approved by archiveshoppingbahamas.com before listing wine
- Approved sellers must abide by our Terms & Conditions when listing wine and include all required information in their description
- All other types of alcohol are not allowed, including wine from non-archive approved sellers
To become a licensed seller of wine on archiveshoppingbahamas.com, start the registration process by uploading a copy of your alcohol license to sell wine here.
You also need to enter your archiveshoppingbahamas.com username in the comments section of the document upload page.
If you’re an approved wine seller, you’ll need to include the following in each of your listings:
- A link to our alcohol policy page:
- Alcohol policy
- The buyer’s age requirement
- Language which lets buyers know that the seller has been pre-approved by archiveshoppingbahamas.com prior to listing wine
Terms & Conditions for Sellers and Buyers of Wine
Both buyer and seller expressly acknowledge and agree that archiveshoppingbahamas.com shall not be liable for any special, incidental or consequential damages or lost profits (however arising, including negligence) resulting from or in connection with the sale of property on the archiveshoppingbahamas.com site.
- Each seller represents and warrants that:
- The seller of the wine has the right, power, and authority to sell the wine
- The owner of the wine owns all necessary and required licenses to lawfully carry out wine-related transactions on our site, and deliver the item to its purchaser
- The recipient (and buyer if different from the recipient) has proven he or she is 18 years of age or older prior to delivery
- The transaction will comply with all country commerce laws, including all laws around delivery and fulfillment
- Each buyer represents and warrants that:
- The buyer of the wine is at least 18 years old
- The recipient of the wine is at least 18 years old
- The transaction will comply with all government laws
The seller is solely responsible for compliance with all laws associated with the sale of wine. The seller indemnifies archiveshoppingbahamas.com of all responsibility associated with this sale. It is therefore the seller’s sole discretion of the completion of the transaction based on its ability to assure that the transaction is in compliance with all laws associated with the sale of alcohol.
Wine delivered by sellers requires the recipient to be in possession of photo identification confirming they are 18 years of age or older. The buyer, if different from the recipient, must also show proof of age.
Our Food Policy
Certain food products are not allowed on archiveshoppingbahamas.com. Listings for food and beverages that are allowed must follow our policy.
We take the health and safety of our members very seriously, so when listing allowed food and beverages, make sure to follow our policy.
The following and similar food and beverages are not allowed:
- Unpasteurized dairy products (except cheese that follows government guidelines)
- Unpasteurized fruit or vegetable juice
- Wild mushroom (except for morel and shitake mushrooms)
- Ackee fruit or seeds
- Expired food
- Government assistance benefits that can be used for food
When listing food and beverages that are allowed, sellers must:
- Ensure food and beverages are properly packaged and stored safely
- Clearly state the expiration date in the beverage description
- State how perishable (food) will be delivered, and ensure they are delivered to the buyer before the expiration.
Activity that doesn’t follow archiveshoppingbahamas.com policy could result in a range of actions including for example:
Administratively ending or canceling items, demoting all items from search results, buying or selling restrictions, and account suspension.
Our Food & Beverages Safety Policy
To ensure the safety and well-being of our members, archiveshoppingbahamas.com does not allow listings for Food and beverages that are banned, recalled, or could in any way be dangerous to a buyer.
The following types of items are not allowed:
- Products recalled by a manufacturer or another government agency if the sale of the product is prohibited by law or regulation. Current information can be found on the Safety Gate: Rapid Alert System website
- Items that pose a health or safety hazard as specified by any government agency
Sellers can list the following types of items:
- Items subject to a recall but not prohibited by law, as long as the listing includes the recall information
Activity that doesn’t follow archiveshoppingbahamas.com policy could result in a range of actions including for example:
Administratively ending or canceling items, demoting all items from search results, buying or selling restrictions, and account suspension.
Our Rules & Policies for Buyers
Fraudulent claims and abusive buyer behavior
Buyers who engage in activity as described in the Abusive buyer policy may be subject to a range of actions, including the loss of archiveshoppingbahamas.com replacement and exchange coverage, issuing warnings to buyers, blocking buyers from requesting returns or refunds on archiveshoppingbahamas.com, blocking buyers from opening claims, and account suspension.
Activity that is not allowed includes, but is not limited to:
- A buyer opening duplicate requests or using other methods;
- A buyer filing a chargeback after receiving a refund;
- A buyer claiming an item was not received when there is proof of delivery to the buyer’s address on the Order details page;
- A buyer falsely claiming an item was not as described;
- A buyer returning an item other than the original item received;
- A buyer using or damaging an item and then returning it.
Our Abusive Buyer Policy
Our abusive buyer policy lays out unacceptable buying behavior.
Buyers may not misuse our reviews, returns, or buyer protection programs.
Our full policy below outlines archiveshoppingbahamas.com expectations for buyer behavior.
What should I do if I think a buyer is making an unreasonable demand?
You’re not required to agree to any extras or changes from the terms of your listing.
If a buyer is making demands that are not a part of your original listing,
you will be protected from negative review and defects when you either deliver the product purchased by the buyer according to the original terms of your listing, or cancel the transaction.
This policy outlines our expectations for buyer behavior. When buyers don’t meet these standards, sellers can report abusive behavior.
Engaging in activity as described in this policy may result in a range of actions, including the loss replacement and exchange coverage, issuing warnings to buyers, blocking buyers from requesting returns or refunds on archiveshoppingbahamas.com, blocking buyers from opening claims, and account suspension.
When we review a report of a member violating our policies, we look at the circumstances, including the members’ history. We make decisions based on the evidence in the individual situation, as well as by evaluating patterns of behavior that create a negative value in the marketplace.
If we aren’t sure about something, we may not take any action. Also, because we respect our members’ privacy, we can’t discuss the results of any investigations.
- Don’t demand something not offered in the original listing
- Requesting a delivery service not offered by the seller
- Requesting the seller deliver to an address other than what you included in checkout
- Requesting to use a payment method not offered during checkout
- Requesting the seller hold your item so you can pay later
- Requesting a partial refund without returning the item
- Request additional items or services not included in the original listing or asking for a discount
- Finding an item on archiveshoppingbahamas.com and taking the sale off archiveshoppingbahamas.com.
- Select the delivery service offered by the seller when you checkout
- Updating your address in your archiveshoppingbahamas.com account before you checkout
- Pay for your item through a payment option offered at checkout
- Returning an item in accordance with the seller’s returns policy
- Purchase items according to the terms included in the original listing
- Finding an item on archiveshoppingbahamas.com and completing the sale on archiveshoppingbahamas.com;
- Claiming an item was not as described when the item you received did not match the description in the original listing;
- Returning the original item that was received in its original condition
- Returning an item with the reason that it was not as described when it was described inaccurately
- Claiming an item was not received when there is proof of delivery to the address on the Order details page
- Falsely claiming an item was not as described
- Claiming an item was not received when it has not been delivered by the latest estimated delivery time frame
- Don’t misuse replacement, exchange or returns:
- Returning an item other than the original item received
- Using or damaging an item and then returning it
- Returning an item with the reason that it was not as described when it was described accurately.
Replacement and exchanges can be requested by the buyer and/or seller.
Exchanges are based on value of the original purchased item,
with current and equal value. For Returns and exchange see stores policies.
Our Shipping Policy
We provided a shipping or delivery options available for stores to use. However, Stores or Sellers can also create there own shipping or delivery option, or pickup in stores during listing of there products.
Stores are advised to use the best option suitable for their stores during listing of products for fast and efficient delivery to their customers.
Also, Stores may decide to offer free delivery or free shipping it they choose to offer on their products or for a particular product.
We refund buyers to their original payment method or option used during checkout.
In the unlikely event that we’re unable to send refunds to the original payment method, we will contact the buyer.
Refunds can only initiate after the seller approval or a decisions was made on favor of the buyer.
*Please read return’s policies from Stores or Sellers.
For more details about replacement, returns, refunds and cancellation here.
Why does archiveshoppingbahamas.com have these policies?
We want to make sure archiveshoppingbahamas.com is a safe place to sell or buy your products.
In order to make archiveshoppingbahamas.com a safe place to sell or buy your products, we hold our buyers to certain standards. When buyers do not follow these standards we take action on our buyers and we protect our sellers.
Please Sell and buy responsibly.
Still have more questions, please Contact us.