Trading Information & Rules
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[edit] The New Application System
Signing up to the forums will no longer get you direct access to the Trading forums. Members will have to apply to become part of the “Trading Area Access” group in order to gain access. To be a successful applicant, you need to fill either of the following requirements:
[edit] Requirements
1) have at least 10 decent posts (no one liners and quality content) outside the for sale forums to your name. Before granting you access, the admin will check your post history and may or may not grant you access based on your performance.
OR
2) In the group application reason field write a properly structured paragraph giving us the impression that you will abide by our rules, use the templates and play nice. SMS language and slang are likely to get your application denied. We want to at least see that you have put a little effort in.
[edit] Successful Applicants
Once you have been successfully accepted into the Trading group, you will now be expected to adhere to the Trading Area netiquette. Each new thread MUST be in the correct format, and must be consistent with the rules stated in this thread. Correct formats are as follows:
[edit] For Sale Format
Subject:
The subject title must be clear and to the point, browsers must know exactly what they opening if they are deciding to view the post. Posting subject titles in capitals will result in a warning and/or thread deletion.
Body:
- Item full name and model etc. (include things like colour, size, year etc).
- Location (where you live, and whether or not you will see interstate etc)
- Item condition description (provide as much details as possible, try to give the buyers a visual description of what to expect from your words. What the bike/part was used for.etc.)
- Reason for selling (A lot of buyers will ask this so please provide a reason, even if its only to say that you need the money).
- Price and price conditions(such as negotiable, non-negotiable, will or will not consider selling parts separately).
- Extra Info: (If there is any other info that you'd like to add put it here)
- Pictures (if you don’t have pictures and cannot get any please state as such. If you think you can get pictures soon, please hold off posting the thread until you get the pictures, we want to avoid the posts where the first 5 replies are people asking about pictures). Please use the info in this thread to post your pictures.
Example:
- Item: 2003 Boxxer Race
- Location: Brisbane, will send interstate at buyers expense
- Item Condition: Excellent working order, replaced seals recently, all internals excellent condition, a couple scratches on the lowers from shuttles, but overall vgc.
- Reason for selling: I need the money to buy some 888s cause I just have to have the latest thing!
- Price and price conditions: $800 negotiable, but will not go below $700.
- Extra Info: None.
- Pictures: (no pictures for this example, but I would stick them here).
If you have updated the post with information such as an updated price or something, edit the post with a red *Updated* next to it. You may edit the subject title and add an *Updated with the updated date behind it after the current title.
Example: 2003 Boxxer Race *Updated 14-01-03
[edit] Sold For Sale Posts
When your item/s have been sold, please update the thread title with a SOLD: in front of it and (optional) PM a mod/admin so that it can be moved into the sold forum.
Example: SOLD: 2003 Boxxer Race
Important note - every hour, a script is run that automatically moves all posts with "SOLD" in the thread title from the For Sale forums into the Sold forum.
[edit] Thread Bumping
As there is quite a lot of post traffic in the For Sale forums, new posts can move down and off the page quite quickly. This is why we allow thread bumping (in moderation). Thread bumping is the process whereby the seller replies to their own thread with the word *BUMP* in order to get their post back to the top of the For Sale threads list. However, there are limitations:
- You may only bump a thread once every three days, with a maximum of 3 bumps, unless the price is lowered. Excessive bumping will result in a warning or thread locking.
[edit] Replying to For Sale Threads
One of the biggest problems we have had thus far is the way people are replying to sale threads. Using common sense will avoid most of these problems.
- Read ALL replies prior to posting your own. There is no point 1500 people asking the same question over and over with multiple replies of the same answer.
- If you query doesn't need to be in the public's eye, PM the seller.
- Do NOT slander the user or item that is being posted. Eg. Someone selling boxxers, and someone replies with "Boxxers suck". Any replies like this WILL be deleted and the person responsible will receive a warning or something along those lines.
- Respect the buyer's wishes and stay on topic. Admin expect to see replies that are about the item to be sold only.
- Replies to confirm the item's condition and/or buyers credibility are frowned upon - don't be suprised if you get a slap on the wrist for doing this excessively. Example: person A says that they have seen person B's for sale item and verify its condition.
[edit] Trading History
A nice and quick user reference when buying/selling is to check out the Trading History Thread. You will be able to quickly identify which users havea good record. Also, please post your own comments after the event of a successful/unsuccessful trade.
[edit] What you may sell
For various reasons, we have made it a rule that you can only sell bicycles, parts and MTB accessories on this website. If you want to sell something that is not MTB related, use eBay.
[edit] Conclusion
By signing up to the trading section, you are agreeing that you have read ALL of the above. It is obvious to us if you have not read the rules - if you sign up anyway, it is likely that your trading access will be revoked.
- Do NOT PM Scott or any other admin asking for access, your messages will be ignored.
- If you do not fit the requirements stated earlier, your application will be denied.
