Last updated: April 20, 2026
These Terms of Service govern your use of PolyBuys. By accessing or using the PolyBuys app, website, or related services, you agree to these terms.
PolyBuys is an independent student marketplace and is not affiliated with California Polytechnic State University.
- You must be at least 13 years old and legally allowed to use the service.
- You must use a valid
@calpoly.eduemail address or another account expressly approved by PolyBuys. - You are responsible for keeping your account information accurate and for activity that occurs under your account.
PolyBuys provides a platform that lets users browse listings, post items, manage profiles, and message one another.
PolyBuys is not the buyer, seller, broker, shipper, insurer, or guarantor in transactions between users.
- You are responsible for the listings, photos, profile content, messages, and other material you submit.
- You must have the right to post any content you upload and any item you offer for sale.
- By posting content to PolyBuys, you give us a limited license to host, store, reproduce, and display that content as needed to operate the service.
- You must keep listing information accurate, lawful, and not misleading.
You may not:
- post illegal, stolen, counterfeit, unsafe, or otherwise prohibited goods;
- scam, spam, harass, threaten, impersonate, or abuse other users;
- submit false reports, evade blocks or moderation, or try to bypass account restrictions;
- scrape the service, interfere with its operation, upload malicious code, or attempt unauthorized access; or
- share another person's private information without permission.
- Users are solely responsible for their own transactions, including pricing, payment, delivery, pickup, inspections, and resolving disputes.
- PolyBuys encourages users to meet in safe, public locations and to use reasonable caution before completing a transaction.
- PolyBuys does not guarantee item quality, seller identity, buyer identity, payment completion, or transaction outcomes.
We may remove content, limit features, suspend accounts, or terminate access at any time if we believe a user has violated these terms, created a safety risk, or exposed PolyBuys or other users to legal or operational harm.
PolyBuys is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, and uninterrupted availability.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, PolyBuys and its operators will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for losses arising from user-to-user transactions, listings, messages, or use of the service.
Your use of PolyBuys is also governed by the Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use, and share data.
We may update these Terms of Service from time to time. If we do, we will post the revised version here and update the "Last updated" date.
If you have questions about these Terms of Service, contact us at support@polybuys.com.