If you do wish to sell or donate items via Touchbase please observe the following:
Don't offer unused prescription medications via Touchbase, even if for free. You don't know how these will react with other meds the recipient may be taking. Also, medical advice is that you should never use another person's prescription meds, even if they are ones you normally take.
Instead, return unused meds to a pharmacy, who can arrange for them to be disposed of in a way that does not harm the environment. Also, try not to build up a stockpile: if you have a repeat prescription, only tick the boxes for those that you are running out of
When posting items for sale, please include all your sale items in one single email, and use an appropriate subject heading prefixed with "For Sale" or "Free".
(Or, better still, with “#ForSale” or “#Free”, as this allows people to filter out such messages if they are not interested - we will be providing an FAQ about this in due course.)
If you attach photos in your message, please ensure the photos are no larger than 1 MB each. (There are apps available on mobile devices that can compress the file size of photos - see the FAQs). Alternatively, put them in an online album, and include a link to the album in your post.
Please be polite and considerate to other members when agreeing a transaction/collection of items for sale.
The admin and moderation teams disclaim all responsibility for items sold or donated via Touchbase!
(If you are in the Gransdens, an alternative is to use a Facebook page that has been set up for sales and wanted messages.)
The main purpose of Touchbase 2 is to keep us all connected with events in our local community. So we welcome promotion of community events.
Local commercial businesses and services should only be promoted via recommendations from members rather than direct advertising by the business owner. When recommending, please disclose your relationship to that business or person, and don't over-advertise.
The exception to this is organisations deemed essential to the community, such as our local pubs, village shop, school and churches.
Please do not sell or advertise products that are part of an incentive sales programme, e.g. Avon, Body Shop etc.
Please avoid political campaigning, personal views on controversial issues, or dominating or hijacking conversations.
Please be mindful of whether you are replying to just the sender, or to ALL members of Touchbase. Obviously, it depends on the context of the message, but a Reply to All is not always needed, or indeed helpful.
When replying to messages, do not include any photos that were in the original email (or in other messages in the thread). This helps keep down the size of messages.
Do not reply to digest messages!
Please keep all message content family-friendly!
When posting or replying on Touchbase, please do not discriminate against, attack, insult, shame, bully or belittle fellow Touchbasers, or other members of our communities.