Right To Suspend or Terminate.
You agree that at the discretion of the administration of The Orchid Auction, any account or auction may be suspended or terminated immediately and without notice if we believe you to not be abiding by the terms and conditions of this web-site. This includes listing suspicious items, non-delivery of items, non-paying bidder, abuse of our feedback system or any other play that might be considered inappropriate or deemed to be continuously ignoring these therms.
In some cases depending on the issue at hand, we will suspend an account in order to investigate further. If we find the issue to be conclusive then the account in question will be terminated.

Membership.
Membership to this web-site is limited to those individuals who can form a legally binding contract. Within the Unites States those individuals are 18 years of age and that will be the age required to sign up on theorchidauction.com web-site. Therefore, this web-site does not permit minors (under 18) to register, unless the minor can prove they have the ability to form a legally binging contract by way of emancipation or other legal means. If any member fails to signup with their correct age the account will be terminated immediately. Before becoming a member of theorchidauction.com, you must read and accept all of the terms in, and linked to, this User Agreement as well as the Privacy Policy of theorchidauction.com. We strongly recommend that, as you read this User Agreement, you access and read the linked information. By accepting this User Agreement, you agree that this User Agreement and Privacy Policy will apply whenever you access or use theorchidauction.com web-site. If you are unable to form legally binding contracts, are under the age of 18, or have had your membership indefinitely suspended from our site you are not eligible for a membership on the orchidauction.com.

General Terms.
This site acts as the window for sellers to conduct auctions and for bidders to bid on sellers' auctions. We are not involved in the actual transaction between buyers and sellers. As a result, we have no control over the quality, safety or legality of the items listed the truth or accuracy of the listings, the ability of sellers to sell items or the ability of buyers to buy items. We cannot and do not control whether sellers will complete the sale of items they offer or buyers will complete the purchases of items they have bid on. In addition, note that there are risks of dealing with foreign nationals, underage persons or people acting under false pretense. You may never hold theorchidauction.com web-site responsible for other users' content, actions or inactions, items they list or their destruction of allegedly fake items nor for misrepresentations and/or breaches of contract by either buyer and/or seller, nor for any damage to items during transit or during the inspection period. You acknowledge that we are not a traditional auctioneer. You acknowledge that theorchidauction.com web-site is a venue to allow anyone (within the confines of our legal age requirements) to offer, sell, and buy just about anything, at anytime, from anywhere, in a variety of pricing formats and locations, such as stores, fixed price formats and auction-style formats. This Web-site This web-site theorchidauction.com, it's owners and administrators shall not be responsible for the cost or procurement of substitute goods or any losses resulting form any goods purchased or obtained nor be held responsible for any items sold by Auction or in Stores. We strongly suggest using a method of payment that can be traced, ie, credit cards, Paypal, money orders or checks. Cash is not an accepted method of payment on theorchidauction.com, we strongly suggest you refrain from any cash transactions unless you are with the seller and in posession of the item in question. This web-site assumes no liability for the content of the listings. If you fall victim of a fraudulent transaction we will assist you as much as we can. Please contact us if you feel these policies are being violated, if you feel there has been or is misconduct within this site or if you fall victim of a fraudulent transaction. We will assist you as much as we can.

Member Conduct:
You are solely responsible for the contents of your actions through this web-site. You must ensure that your participation in the selling or buying of items does not violate any applicable laws or regulations. Simply stated, it is your job to check with the appopriate agencies to make sure you are in fact able to buy or sell the particular item within your jurisdiction and that you are not prohibited from doing so in any way by any laws or regulations.
You may never, under any circumstances, transmit content through the tools available within the orchidauction.com web-site, that may be construed or considered unlawful, harassing, libelous, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene or otherwise objectionable by the way of language or other material that falls under these categories. You may never, under any circumstances, transmit content through the tools available within the orchidauction.com web-site of any type that encourages conduct that could or would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, violate third party rights or otherwise violate any applicable laws or regulations as written within or outside of the United States. You may never fail to make payment on items you have purchased, unless you and the seller have come to terms and reached an agreement. You may never fail to deliver items purchased from you, unless you and the buyer have come to terms and reached an agreement. You may never manipulate the price of any item or interfere with other users' listings, circumvent or manipulate our fee structure, the billing process, or fees owed to theorchidauction.com You may never, under any circumstances, post false, inaccurate, misleading, defamatory, or libelous content regarding an item, a member or a non member of this site. This includes personal information. You may never under any circumstance use theorchidauction.com feedback system (or any other tools in order to transmit content or information in such a was as to deliberately and viciously undermine the feedback or ratings systems. You may never, under any circumstances, transfer your theorchidauction.com account (including feedback or any other content regarding your membership) and/or User ID to another party without our consent; You may not distribute or post spam, unsolicited, or bulk electronic communications, chain letters, or pyramid schemes, distribute viruses or any other technologies that may harm or damage the interests or property of theorchidauction.com members. You may not copy, modify or distribute rights or content or use copyrights and/or trademarks in any form outside of theorchidauction.com web-site without the explicit permission of theorchidauction.com administrators. You may never, under any circumstances harvest or collect any information about users, including email addresses, without their consent. If you do not abide by these terms and conditions you will be considered to be in violation of the policies of theorchidauction.com web-site and your membership will be suspended or terminated as seen fit by the administrators of theorchidauction.com web-site. If you do not wish to abide by these rules, your membership will be canceled in which case we will send six trained monkeys to your home to advise you of your membership cancellation, said trained monkeys will commence to tickling you until you say uncle. If you or someone in your household is allergic to monkeys, you must let us know immediately upon reading these terms, prior to becoming a member so we may make other preparations in the event that things do not work out.

Fees
Membership and bidding on items listed within theorchidauction.com is free. Fees are accumulated at such a time as you list an listing items in an auction or a store. Fees are based on our fee schedule and When you list an item or use a service that has a fee, you will have the opportunity to review and accept the fees that you will be charged based on that schedule, which we may change from time to time. Changes to that schedule are effective after we provide you with at least thirty days' notice which you will receive by newlsletter or email directly from theorchidauction.com web-site newsletter or mailing services. Sometimes we will choose at our discretion, to have free listing periods, or even to remove or reduce a members balance. At those times for free listings, we will contact you through the newsletter or email avialbable through theorchidauction.com web-stie administrative accounts. We will not let you know whether we've reduced or or removed your balance, sometimes surprises are good. All removals or reductions of fees are solely at the discretion of the administrators of theorchidauction.com web-site and have nothing to do with personal preference, seniority or any other consideration. Unless otherwise stated, all fees are quoted in U.S. Dollars. You are responsible for paying all fees and applicable taxes in a timely manner with a valid payment method. If your payment method fails or your account is past due, we reserve the right to suspend your account until such time as payment is made.

Laws.
These Terms of Service shall be governed by and constructed in accordance with the laws of the United States and any disputes will be decided only by the court of the necessary jurisdiction. Some areas do not allow the disclaimer of warranties or exclusion of damages so such disclaimers and exclusions may not apply.