Buy/Sell/Trade - Rules Updated Please Read

[Lior Knight]

Welcome to The Magic Box: Buy/Sell/Trade section of BtVSFigs!

This section of the forum is obviously used to sell, buy, or trade items with other members. However, there are some rules to posting in this section that each member is expected to follow. These rules are used simply to bring forth some organization into one of the most chaotic parts of BtVSFigs.

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Sellers:

1. Please only have 1 For Sale thread at a time, too many threads clog up this section and newer topics get bumped way down. You can have 1 regular For Sale thread, and 1 additional thread if you have something on eBay. If you put up more than this, it will be deleted.

2. If you're posting about an item you have for sale on eBay, Be sure to include "FS ebay:", and make sure you post links to our auction.

Also, auctions that ended and have not be re-listed for the next day are to be deleted. Not need to clutter the board with irrelevant threads.

3. Please include "FS:" in the beginning of the subject of all of your posts (ex. For Sale: Hemery High Cheerleader Buffy).

4. Please clearly state what you are selling in the subject of your thread. If you are selling more than one item, please title the thread so that the members have an idea as to what you're selling (ex. If you're selling some Willow, Anya, and Tara figures, don't make the subject of the thread "FS: Buffy Figures," but make it "FS: Buffy Series V & VI Figures" or simply "FS: Willow, Anya, & Tara Figures).

5. When making the thread itself, it's recommended to include your asking price for each item or if you're willing to trade for other items. Also make sure to include whether or not you ship internationally (BtVSFigs has a large number of members that live outside the US) and if you can accept PayPal.

6. Some members have a bad habit to list something for sale and then leave the thread active after the item has been sold or after nobody has shown interest in the item. To try to help rid you of this bad habit, we've come up with the following:
After 1 month of no activity the thread would be deleted.

7. If any of your items do sell, congratulations! But make sure to also change the subject of your first post to "DELETE."
This simple changing of your topic will help eliminate clutter in the Buy/Sell/Trade section and will help members navigate through it easier.

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Buyers:

1. Please only have 1 thread up at a time. If you're looking for multiple items, please put them in the same thread. Putting up too many topics makes this section too cluttered.

2. Please include "LF:" in the beginning of the subject of all of your posts (ex. Looking For: Hemery High Cheerleader Buffy).

3. Please clearly state what you are looking for in the subject of your thread. If you are looking for more than one item, please title the thread so that the members have an idea as to what you want (ex. If you're looking for some Willow, Anya, and Tara figures, don't make the subject of the thread "LF: Buffy Figures," but make it "LF: Buffy Series V & VI Figures" or simply "LF: Willow, Anya, & Tara Figures).

4. When making the thread itself, it's recommended to include how much you're willing to spend for the items or what you're willing to trade for them. Also make sure to include whether or not you will pay for international shipping or ship trades internationally (BtVSFigs has a large number of members that live outside the US).

5. Some members have a bad habit in this section to post a thread looking for items and then leave the thread active after the they've bought the items or have given up looking. To try to help rid you of this bad habit, we've come up with the following: After 1 month of no activity the thread would be deleted.

6. If you do find your items, congratulations! But make sure to also change the subject of your first post to "DELETE."
This simple changing of your topic will help eliminate clutter in the Buy/Sell/Trade section and will help members navigate through it easier.

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Other Rules:

Items that can be sold on this forum

1) All action figures, statues, busts, and playsets

2) All custom figures, statues, busts, and playsets

3) TV/Movie memorabilia, within reason (of the type that you can find in a comic book store)

4) Comics and graphic novels

Note: You're not banned from selling any DVDs or CDs entirely, but please don't turn this forum into a used DVD store. Just occasional items related to the properties that we feature on this forum (such as Buffy, Charmed, Supernatural, etc), and as part of your existing sales thread, if you have one going.


Thread bumping

1) On going sales/trades threads can be bumped just once a week. You can update the listing on the original post of that thread but avoid bumping thread by replying to it yourself.

2) eBay sales can be bumped once, a day before the auction ends.

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All members are asked to please follow these rules. If you have any suggestions as to new rules or changes to the current rules, post them here.

Members who won't follow the rules would have their threads deleted.


Thanks,
-Lior Knight & Jess

(updated by Jess on October 4, 2012)

[Jess]

Okay, rules updated (I updated the first post in here so that the rules are clearly stated at the top - and are easy to find), I also included the post you made here earlier Sasha (about what kinds of items are allowed).

It should be a bit clearer now.

[MsBig]

Great, thanks! I've also deleted the old posts in this thread to avoid confusion. If anyone has further questions after reading the rules (and looking at how other people are posting), please ask them here.

[skytteflickan88]

I think I might have broken the only update/bump once a week rule a few times. Damn.

I wonder if we should forbid "xxx has been sold" posts? I make them too sometimes, but it seems like unnecassary info. Specially since it moves down other threads.

[MsBig]

I think if people are being well behaved and only have one thread showing all their sales (instead of multiple threads), it is fair enough to let them do a subtle bump now and then with a sold announcement.