Forbidden items

What is not allowed on TheBigGreenPhone.com?

 
Basically, anything illegal is not allowed. However, there are some items which, while legal to sell, buy or own, are not permitted to be sold on this site.

• AC/DC concert tickets for Croke Park, August 2024
• Ads for your ads
• Amber teething jewellery
• Airsoft guns/ammunition. 
• Animals and Pet Ads – Not allowed
• Baby food
• Beer Kegs and beer taps, coolers etc. These remain the property of the brewers
• Bruce Springsteen tickets 
• Calor Gas cylinders.
• Cannabis seeds
• Cigarette or nicotine replacements/Vapes
• Coldplay tickets for Music of the Spheres Tour
• Crossbows
• Diet pills and gels.
• Digital currency trading is prohibited.
• Dogs
• Domain names. 
• Ducks, ducklings and fertile duck eggs. -Not Allowed
• Electric Picnic tickets (including camping tickets)
• FAI tickets for Irish International games
• Firearms, ammunition, fireworks, explosives and hazardous materials. 
• Daggers, hunting knives and pocket knives, swords, bayonets etc.
• Fur.
• Prong or choke collars.
• GAA All-Ireland Final tickets (football & hurling)
• Garda speed meter detectors. 
• Golden numbers for mobile phones.
• Gripe water. 
• Hate materials.
• ID cards of any kind(Government IDs, college IDs, birth certificates, etc)
• Irish Open Golf tickets
• Illegal drugs and paraphernalia.
• Illegal items. Items sold on TheBigGreenPhone.com must adhere to all applicable laws. This includes the sale of items by individuals outside the Republic of Ireland and the EU. Some items that may not be sold include: Stocks and securities, lottery tickets, illicit drugs, prescriptive devices and drugs, lock-picking devices, smart cards, and any product which may lead to the production of an illegal item or illegal activity.
• IMEI blocked Phones
• Internet Service Provider Equipment. 
• IPTV: Including, but not limited to, loaded/chipped firesticks, Dreamboxes loaded with Kodi or similar. 
• Irish Broadband Ripwave units.
• Irish Defence Forces Uniforms along with all other military uniforms
• IRFU Tickets
• Items that infringe upon an individual’s privacy. We hold personal privacy in the highest regard. Therefore, items that infringe upon, or have potential to infringe upon, an individual’s privacy are prohibited. Additionally, the sale of marketing lists (bulk e-mail lists, direct-mail marketing lists, etc.) is prohibited.
• Laser pointers
• Leap cards
• Manchester United tickets
• Marathon entries for Dublin City Marathon
• Methylated spirits
• Metal detectors
• NTL/UPC/Virgin Media Equipment. Resale of these is against Virgin Media’s terms of service.
• Oasis tickets
• Offensive material. We reserve the right to determine the appropriateness of listings posted on TheBigGreenPhone.com. Also, be aware of cultural differences and sensitivities. Some items may be acceptable to some people, but unacceptable to others. Please be careful to post items that are appropriate for our global community.
• Order of Malta uniforms .
• Penney’s (or similar) appointment slots. 
• Perfume samples from Chanel, Dior, Givenchy
• Pirated software. Only full retail versions of software may be sold through TheBigGreenPhone.com. Software that has been copied or duplicated in any format is prohibited. Additionally, academic, NFR (Not for Resale) software, back-up, fulfillment, promotional, beta (pre-release), unauthorised freeware/shareware, and “soft-lifted” software versions are prohibited. OEM software must be sold with the hardware with which it was sold, or in accordance with the terms the OEM software is sold with. Anyone who knowingly buys or sells pirated software through TheBigGreenPhone.com will be permanently banned.
• Pirated video games. Video games sold through TheBigGreenPhone.com must be full retail versions. Recopied and transferred video games are prohibited. Silver disks, video game emulators, Sega boot-disks, game enhancers, unauthorised video game compilations, and accessories are also prohibited.
• Pornography / erotic items/material.
• Prescription drugs and medical devices. Please note that the Medicinal Products (Prescription and Control of Supply) Regulations expressly prohibit the supply of any medicinal product, no matter which category it’s in, by mail order. Furthermore, the Regulations define mail order so as to include the use of electronic means to transmit an order. Even a pharmacy or a pharmacist can’t sell through the internet in this country.
• Promotional media. Movies, CD’s, software, books (including advance reading copies and uncorrected proofs), etc., that are produced and distributed for promotional use only are prohibited for sale through this site.
• Raffles. Items listed for raffle will be removed 
• Recopied / Pirated media. Just as you cannot sell a photocopied book without the author’s permission, you cannot sell copies or duplicates of videos, movies, music, video games, software, photos, etc. Likewise, you cannot sell transferred media – whether laser disc to video, CD-ROM to cassette tape, or from the Internet to any digital format – unless explicitly approved by the author. Unauthorised recordings are prohibited.
• Recreational substances such as, but not limited to “Poppers” etc
• Referral links/codes
• Replicas of trademarked items.
• Rugby World Cup tickets: These can only be re-sold on the official ticket transfer platform
• Sectarian or ethnic offensive materials are prohibited.
• Second hand underwear. (excluding bras)
• SKY Q Boxes and Sky viewing cards. These remain the property of Sky.
• St. John’s Ambulance Uniforms. 
• Stab-proof/Bulletproof jackets, vests, body armour plates or similar
• Stolen goods. If we learn that an item listed in on the boards is not the property of the Seller, or was obtained through illegal means, we will lock the thread and delete any inappropriate information. We may also pass on any appropriate information to the proper authorities.
• Supermarket discount codes
• Tanning products containing Melanotan 2
• Taylor Swift ‘Eras’ Tour 2024 tickets
• Teeth whitening strips
• Television programs. Copies of television programs, including pay-per-view events, are prohibited. Commercially produced and licensed copies of television programs are permitted. Unauthorized television programs and programs never broadcast, unauthorised scripts, unauthorised props, and screeners are prohibited.
• Tobacco, wine and other alcoholic beverages. 
• Turf. 
• Used safety equipment
• WiMAX Equipment

Please note No Pets Ads allowed

Any adverts found containing any of the above will be removed and the seller will face a warning / ban.

This is not a comprehensive list (and due to the nature of the site, we will never be able to have a comprehensive list). It should be a guide as to what is or is not permitted. The Adverts Moderators and Administrators have the final say on what items are permitted. 

We reserve the right to edit or delete ads from our site at anytime and without prior notice.