Terms

County Post Classifieds — Terms of Service
Operator: County Post, LLC, doing business publicly as The County Post.
Contact: socials@thecountypost.com. Effective date: November 9, 2026.

Launch status: Personal listings are open and free. Business accounts may prepare drafts, but paid Business publication and payment collection are paused until our Stripe setup is complete. Payment and refund provisions below apply when that service is enabled.
1. What the service provides
Classifieds.thecountypost.com is a moderated directory where people and businesses publish local offers and requests, communicate privately, and share moderated firsthand reviews. Marketplace accounts are separate from the County Post news site. We provide listing and communication tools. Buyers and sellers arrange item payments, inspection, delivery, shipping and their agreements directly. We do not provide item checkout, escrow, insurance, identity certification or a guarantee that a listing, person, transaction or review is accurate or safe.

2. Accounts and eligibility
You must be at least 18, able to enter an agreement, and authorized to act for any business you represent. Choose Individual for your personal activity or Business for commercial listings. Provide a working email address, confirm it, protect your password and keep your account information accurate. Do not impersonate another person, share staff access, evade restrictions, create deceptive accounts or misclassify commercial activity to avoid fees. Contact support if your account is compromised. Email confirmation verifies access to an address; it does not establish a seller's legal identity.

3. Listing terms and prices
Individual Offer and In Search Of/Wanted listings are free, including additional counties, without a monthly posting-fee allowance. Business listings cost $10 USD for the primary county and $5 USD for each additional county per 30-day publication cycle. The listing fee is separate from the advertised item's price. Eligible staff accounts are fee-exempt but remain subject to review. The final amount is displayed before payment. There is no automatic subscription or automatic renewal.

Every category, including Wanted, publishes for 30 days after approval and any required payment confirmation, then moves to the owner's private archive. Review and resubmit an archived listing to request a new term. Resubmission requires review and a new Business listing fee where applicable. A previous payment does not buy a later term. Mark a listing sold when appropriate; this does not identify a buyer, confirm payment or guarantee fulfillment. Sold listings may remain on the seller's public profile for up to 30 days, while being excluded from ordinary browse and search.

4. Review and changes
Listings and submitted media are reviewed before publication. Material changes can take a listing offline for another review. We may request changes, reject, suspend or remove content, restrict contact, or close an account for prohibited content, misleading information, safety concerns, abuse or repeated violations. Approval is a moderation decision, not verification of ownership, product condition, professional credentials or legal compliance. Review timing depends on available staff; we do not promise immediate publication. Geographic matches and nearby distances are approximate and do not certify postal service or exact travel distance.

5. Your responsibilities
Describe items and services truthfully, disclose material defects, use accurate locations and prices, and publish only material you have permission to use. Follow applicable laws, licensing rules and the Prohibited Items policy. Do not post private information about another person, discriminate unlawfully, harass, threaten, scam, spam, manipulate ratings, or use this service for unlawful activity. Do not bypass access controls, scrape private information, overload the service, upload malicious files or interfere with another user's access.

6. Contact, reports and reviews
Use private conversations for relevant buyer/seller communication. Recipients may block or report contact. Reports are private to authorized reviewers, subject to the Privacy and Communications policies. Reviews require firsthand actual or attempted dealings connected to a listing conversation and moderation before publication. Negative factual reviews are allowed. A review or a sold indicator does not prove a purchase. Report inaccurate, abusive or privacy-invasive content; appeals may be submitted to support.

7. Fees, disputes and availability
Stripe processes Business listing fees for County Post, LLC. Our Refund policy explains listing-fee refunds; it does not cover item payments between users. Contact socials@thecountypost.com about a billing problem with your order reference, but never send card details or passwords. We may pause features for maintenance or safety and cannot guarantee uninterrupted access, sales, replies or outcomes. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the service is provided as available without additional warranties. Nothing in these terms excludes rights or remedies that cannot lawfully be excluded.

8. Closure, updates and questions
You may request account closure, a copy of your information, or deletion through signed-in support or socials@thecountypost.com. Closure and private archiving are different from deletion; verification, recordkeeping and lawful holds may affect a request. We retain versioned policies and acceptance records. Material changes are published with a new effective date, and sellers must accept the required current policies before submitting listings. Contact support to question a decision or request an accessible alternative.