Camera Rental
- Thread starter brianluce
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FutureDVXUser
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Why dont you charge for your services as the DP instead? Your camera is in the best hands when it's in your own hands...
mediamogul
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Hi i just stared a site for camera renters. its free to join! http://camerarentals.net/
moonlitnite
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Hi David,
I thought your site design was novel. Be sure to get your T&Cs, disclaimer, privacy statments, etc, all up and running ASAP. You appear to be providing a brokerage-based advertising supported hosting service to third parties. If so, be sure to say how you and others fit in the value proposition.
Even more importantly, be sure to get some legal guidance on several critical areas. If fraud is involved, what responsibilities do you assume? (certainly you'd be named as a third party if the injured party cannot seek redress from the defraudulent party). Even worse, what if something terrible happens such as someone getting electrocuted when the rented equipment has a ground bypass, etc? I don't see any recitals on your site at all addressing personal loss liability.
For instance, even though I simply have an online bridge instruction website that has nowhere near the exposure of an equipment rental biz, I've taken every opportunity to mitigate liability and privacy concerns - see:
http://www.bridgehands.com/Admin/BridgeHands_Disclaimer.htm
http://www.bridgehands.com/Admin/index.htm
Be sure to consider factors including such as your GoDaddy webhost, California jurisdiction, etc. Hopefully this is all work in progress for you and you'll address these critical issues immediately. Additionally, on your website you'll want to explain everyone's biz relationships to prospective clients.
Good luck, Michael
I thought your site design was novel. Be sure to get your T&Cs, disclaimer, privacy statments, etc, all up and running ASAP. You appear to be providing a brokerage-based advertising supported hosting service to third parties. If so, be sure to say how you and others fit in the value proposition.
Even more importantly, be sure to get some legal guidance on several critical areas. If fraud is involved, what responsibilities do you assume? (certainly you'd be named as a third party if the injured party cannot seek redress from the defraudulent party). Even worse, what if something terrible happens such as someone getting electrocuted when the rented equipment has a ground bypass, etc? I don't see any recitals on your site at all addressing personal loss liability.
For instance, even though I simply have an online bridge instruction website that has nowhere near the exposure of an equipment rental biz, I've taken every opportunity to mitigate liability and privacy concerns - see:
http://www.bridgehands.com/Admin/BridgeHands_Disclaimer.htm
http://www.bridgehands.com/Admin/index.htm
Be sure to consider factors including such as your GoDaddy webhost, California jurisdiction, etc. Hopefully this is all work in progress for you and you'll address these critical issues immediately. Additionally, on your website you'll want to explain everyone's biz relationships to prospective clients.
Good luck, Michael
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ozduc
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brianluce said:
Well the first thing you have to ask yourself is, did you buy this camera to go into the rental business?
If you did then you should definitely be set up to take credit card payments and explain to the client that you will be putting a holding deposit of the value of the equipment on their card until it is returned in working order. If they dont have enough credit to be able to do that then they should supply you with a certificate of insurance from a reputable company naming you as the loss payee should something happen to your equipment.
Personally I dont rent my equipment out unless I am on the job in some capacity as it is not worth the aggravation and possible loss of work should my camera be returned in unusable condition.
mediamogul
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Hi Michael, thanks for the post! I am in the process of all that, the Privacy Policy is up currently and more to follow. Cheers, David
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moonlitnite
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Nice start on your privacy policy...
Nice start on your privacy policy...
Rehi David,
Good job getting your privacy policy in place. While I was out walking the dog tonight I got thinking your GoDaddy host probably had a hosting policy similar to my Yahoo Merchant account. Sure enough, below are your GoDaddy T&Cs that you should ensure your customers also follow - you'll need to actively police your site or GoDaddy could shut you down, which they did without notice to another customer 2 weeks ago.
But as was previously mentioned, keep your main focus on your legal liabilities (and associated disclaimers, insurance, contracts and biz policies) as well as a clear description of roles/responsibilities/processes/etc spelling out the big picture of various business transactions.
Regards, Michael
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You agree not to engage in unacceptable use of any Services, which includes, without limitation, use of the Services to: (i) disseminate or transmit unsolicited messages, chain letters, unsolicited commercial email, or unreasonably large volumes of email on a daily basis, provided, Go Daddy, in its sole discretion, may permit You, if You have a legitimate purpose and after request, to send more email than Go Daddy's standard STMP relay limit; (ii) disseminate or transmit any material that, to a reasonable person may be abusive, obscene, pornographic, defamatory, harassing, grossly offensive, vulgar, threatening or malicious; (iii) disseminate or transmit files, graphics, software or other material, data or work that actually or potentially infringes the copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret or other intellectual property right of any person; (iv) create a false identity or to otherwise attempt to mislead any person as to the identity, source or origin of any communication; (v) export, re-export or permit downloading of any message or content in violation of any export or import law, regulation or restriction of the United States and its agencies or authorities, or without all required approvals, licenses and/or exemptions; (vi) interfere, disrupt or attempt to gain unauthorized access to any computer system, server, network or account for which You do not have authorization to access or at a level exceeding Your authorization; (vii) disseminate or transmit any virus, trojan horse or other malicious, harmful or disabling data, work, code or program; (viii) engage in any other activity deemed by Go Daddy to be in conflict with the spirit or intent of this Agreement or any Go Daddy policy; or (ix) use Your server as an "open relay" or similar purposes.
Nice start on your privacy policy...
mediamogul said:
Rehi David,
Good job getting your privacy policy in place. While I was out walking the dog tonight I got thinking your GoDaddy host probably had a hosting policy similar to my Yahoo Merchant account. Sure enough, below are your GoDaddy T&Cs that you should ensure your customers also follow - you'll need to actively police your site or GoDaddy could shut you down, which they did without notice to another customer 2 weeks ago.
But as was previously mentioned, keep your main focus on your legal liabilities (and associated disclaimers, insurance, contracts and biz policies) as well as a clear description of roles/responsibilities/processes/etc spelling out the big picture of various business transactions.
Regards, Michael
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https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/hosting/virtual.asp?ci=466&display=virtual
2. Your Obligations
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You represent and warrant to Go Daddy that: Your Content does not and shall not contain any content, materials, data, work, trade or service mark, trade name, link, advertising or services that actually or potentially violate any applicable law or regulation or infringe or misappropriate any proprietary, intellectual property, contract or tort right of any person and that You own Your website content and all proprietary or intellectual property rights therein, or have express written authorization from the owner to copy, use and display the content on and within Your web site. If Your web site includes GIF images and you are not using Go Daddy's WebSite Complete or WebSite Tonight software, you must ensure that your GIF images are licensed with Unisys or were created with Unisys Authorized Software. You also warrant that the web site being hosted by Go Daddy will not be used in connection with any illegal activity.
If You are hosting Your web site on Go Daddy's servers, You are responsible for ensuring that there is no excessive overloading on Go Daddy's DNS or servers. In the event that You exceed Your allotted bandwidth and thereby overload Go Daddy's DNS or servers, You shall be assessed any and all fees, costs and penalties associated with such overloading. You may not use Go Daddy's servers and Your web site as a source, intermediary, reply to address, or destination address for mail bombs, Internet packet flooding, packet corruption, denial of service, or other abusive activities. Server hacking or other perpetration of security breaches is prohibited and Go Daddy reserves the right to remove sites that contain information about hacking or links to such information. Use of your web site as an anonymous gateway is prohibited. Go Daddy prohibits the use of software or scripts run on its servers that cause the server to load beyond a reasonable level, as determined by Go Daddy. You agree that Go Daddy reserves the right to remove Your web site temporarily or permanently from its virtual dedicated servers if Go Daddy is the recipient of activities that threaten the stability of its network. Further, if You are using ad-supported hosting, You acknowledge and agree that Go Daddy has the right to terminate Your Services in its sole discretion and for any reason, including, but not limited to, Your failure or unwillingness to comply with the terms and limitations of this Agreement, specifically, the content and material restrictions set forth in this Agreement.
You agree not to engage in unacceptable use of any Services, which includes, without limitation, use of the Services to: (i) disseminate or transmit unsolicited messages, chain letters, unsolicited commercial email, or unreasonably large volumes of email on a daily basis, provided, Go Daddy, in its sole discretion, may permit You, if You have a legitimate purpose and after request, to send more email than Go Daddy's standard STMP relay limit; (ii) disseminate or transmit any material that, to a reasonable person may be abusive, obscene, pornographic, defamatory, harassing, grossly offensive, vulgar, threatening or malicious; (iii) disseminate or transmit files, graphics, software or other material, data or work that actually or potentially infringes the copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret or other intellectual property right of any person; (iv) create a false identity or to otherwise attempt to mislead any person as to the identity, source or origin of any communication; (v) export, re-export or permit downloading of any message or content in violation of any export or import law, regulation or restriction of the United States and its agencies or authorities, or without all required approvals, licenses and/or exemptions; (vi) interfere, disrupt or attempt to gain unauthorized access to any computer system, server, network or account for which You do not have authorization to access or at a level exceeding Your authorization; (vii) disseminate or transmit any virus, trojan horse or other malicious, harmful or disabling data, work, code or program; (viii) engage in any other activity deemed by Go Daddy to be in conflict with the spirit or intent of this Agreement or any Go Daddy policy; or (ix) use Your server as an "open relay" or similar purposes.