Originally Posted by
Patricia
No, E-I does not do any background checks on any persons advertising in the non-advertisers forum. We have banned various types of ads in the past, e.g. landlord adverts due to problems with dodgy landlords, and more types of ads or indeed that whole section may be on it's way out I think, because it is impossible for us to check out the ads there. It's a question for us of does the usefullness of the section outweight the potential negatives? Some would say E-I should have one forum where non-advertisers can post, but there are problems with it. This is one of the issues vampirejackie will probably look at once she settled in.