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                    <h2>Who Are We</h2>
<p>Our goal is to provide a open, free, and anonymous marketplace so people around the world can experience new, exciting states of altered conciousness that substances can provide to us. And we promise to do our damn best to keep this site up and running.</p>
<p>We allow anyone to list their items for free, and each transaction is charged a low 1% sales tax to help keep the lights on. The name of this project "FreeBay" is a portmanteau of free as in freedom, Pirate Bay, and eBay. We believe that the technology of P2P applications - such as Bitcoin, Bitmessage, Bittorrent, and Tor - gives the power back to the people.</p>
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<p>A quick intro to the sections of this site:</p>
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        <h4><a href="/sales">Sales</a></h4>
        Check on your pending sales, or <a href="/add">add an item to sell</a> on Freebay.
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        <h4><a href="/orders">Orders</a></h4>
        Check on your cart, or check to see the status of a current order.
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        <h4><a href="/messages">Messages</a></h4>
        Find your messages and send messages to others on the Bitmessage network.
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        <h4><a href="/account">Account</a></h4>
        Find your Bitcoin address and check your current balance.
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<h2>Getting Started</h2>
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            <li><strong>Set your home region.</strong> Setting up your region will allow filtering items that ship domestically. You can change this at any time through the <a href="/account">Account</a> page.</li>
            <li><strong>Purchase bitcoin and load your account.</strong> You can find your bitcoin address and balance on the <a href="/account">Account</a> page, and you can load it by purchasing bitcoin through an exchange service like Coinbase, MtGox, or BTC-e. Mixing services like Send Shared are available to help ensure anonymity when loading your account.</li>
            <li><strong>Buy items and checkout.</strong> You can <a href="/">browse our item catalog</a> and order items by clicking on the blue button. We recommend using PGP to encrypt your mailing address (check the vendor profile for their public key).</li>
            <li><strong>Wait for the item and finalize your order.</strong> Once your order is recieved, come back and click "finalize" to release funds to the seller.</li>
            <li><strong>Enjoy!</strong></li>
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<h2>Order Process</h2>
<p>All orders placed on Freebay go through the escrow process below.</p>
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    <li><strong>Pending Checkout:</strong> You add items to your cart. Once you are done ordering items, go to "Orders" and press "Complete Order" to move to the next step. Cart items that are not completed after 24 hours are removed.
    <li><strong>(Pending Deposit):</strong> If you try to complete an order without enough funds in your deposit, the order is placed on hold. Any funds deposited to your account in the following 24 hours are automatically used to complete the order. After 24 hours, any orders that have not received funds are automatically cancelled. You can also <a href="/held">cancel held orders manually</a> for orders you no longer want.</li>
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    <li><strong>Awaiting Shipment:</strong> Once an order is complete, the vendor has 10 days to ship out your order and come to the site and mark it shipped. They can also choose to refund the order at this time. If you have mistakenly placed an order, please contact the vendor and ask them to cancel it, as admins will not cancel an order at this state due to the fact that a shipment may already be in transit. Any orders that are not marked as shipped after 10 days are automatically refunded.</li>
    <li><strong>In Transit:</strong> Once an order is shipped, the buyer has 30 days to receive the order and come back on the site to mark it finalized. Most shipments should never take longer than 21 days, but some international shipments have been known to take this long. A buyer also has the option to mark the order as disputed should the order not arrive. After 30 days, if the order has not been marked as finalized or disputed, the order is automatically finalized.</li>
    <li><strong>Finalized:</strong> Once an order is finalized, the funds are released into the vendors account and the buyer is allowed to leave feedback on the item. Enjoy! :)</li>
    <li><strong>(Disputed/Arbitration):</strong> If an order is marked as disputed, buyers should contact the vendors in order to try and work something out. If an agreement cannot be reached, an <a href="/user/admin">admin</a> can be contacted for arbitration.</li>
</ol><h2>Security Features</h2>
<p>FreeBay runs without Javascript and uses CSP headers to help further secure your browser session. Our message system is connected to BitMessage, a P2P messaging system based on Bitcoin. Messages can be sent from FreeBay directly to your desktop BitMessage client anonymously, which allows for vendor/buyer communication to continue in the unlikely event that this server goes down. If you use the default BitMessage address on your profile, inbox messages are stored on the server. If you choose to use the desktop BitMessage application, you can change your address on your <a href="/account">Account Settings</a>, and messages will be sent to you through the BitMessage network. We highly recommend utilizing PGP encryption for all plaintext communication, especially addresses.</p>
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    <li><strong>Be alert.</strong> Your instincts are right seventy percent of the time.</li>
    <li><strong>Withdraw your Bitcoins often.</strong> Store them in a paper archive hidden in cold storage. Do whatever you do to keep them safe.</li>
    <li><strong>Use PGP when possible.</strong> If the vendor has a PGP key, we highly recommend using PGP to encrypt all communications. This ensures that your private data can only be read by the intended recipient.</li>
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<h2>Feedback and Suggestions</h2>
<p>Have any feedback or suggestions, or looking to join the team? Please feel free to <a href="/user/admin">send a message to the admin</a>, we appreciate all feedback and hope to build a platform that works for everyone.</p>
<h2>Hack the Planet</h2>
<p>We're always looking to improve our security. Anyone who reports a reproducible exploit can earn up to $100 USD as a reward for bringing forward an exploit. This reward will grow over time as more transactions take place on the platform.</p>
<p>We're also still looking for new team members, particularly those with skills in: Bitcoin/Litecoin, BitMessage, Tor, IPTables, IDS, and pentesting. We also looking for help designing a new logo and color scheme. If you want to help, please <a href="/user/admin">send a message to the admin</a>.</p>
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