BST Etiquette - friendly reminder on a few rules...

[shammus]

Originally Posted by Rollingstone206

As far as etiquette goes,

Maybe its just me, I was surprised when I never received a message from a buyer letting me know they received a $500 card sent FedEx Express in good order. Is that a norm on the buying side of things?

I actually started adding a "#4" to my original post here that just focused on communication, however since nothing involving good communication is mentioned in the actual rules, I left it off so that I could drive home a couple points about the rules that we actually do have down in writing.

But yes, in our community, a little bit of good communication goes a long way -

Should you take the time to respond and/or thank someone who took the time to send you scans of a card you might like? Yes. Should you let your trading partner know that the expensive cards he sent you made it? Yes. If you would prefer to pass on a particular card or transaction in a potential swap, should you politely let the other person know so they can move on to other transactions and not be stuck holding a card for you? Yes.

Like someone said earlier, generally speaking, it's best to over-communicate rather than under-communicate.

Communication points like those up above aren't in any sort of rules listing that we have but that doesn't mean they shouldn't be utilized. The black and white reality of all this is, if you're wanting to do business on the board, people are going to need to feel comfortable working with you and trusting you with potentially hundreds or even thousands of dollars of their hard earned money/collectibles. I've seen a few people on here earn themselves bad reputations because their communication skills are lousy, amongst other things.

[bn2cardz]

I am laxed on communication when it comes to receiving cards unless I am asked for this information (as I recently was), in which case I comply.

When sending cards that are deemed high value I do signature confirmation with tracking, so I tend to just confirm by looking at the tracking. If tracking isn't working correctly than I may send a note asking if they received it. Generally though I am like Leon and go with "no news is good news".

As far as confirming people. If I haven't seen the person interact on the board or hasn't dealt with me before I have asked other member's for their opinion (in PM not in it's own thread). Every time I have gotten a response back and the deal was completed.

[Deertick]

Originally Posted by shammus

Should you take the time to respond and/or thank someone who took the time to send you scans of a card you might like? Yes. Should you let your trading partner know that the expensive cards he sent you made it? Yes. If you would prefer to pass on a particular card or transaction in a potential swap, should you politely let the other person know so they can move on to other transactions and not be stuck holding a card for you? Yes.

I agree. HOWEVER, please communicated via email or PM. It is a bit irritating when a dead thread gets bumped when someone responds 10 days after "Got it, love it!" Along this line, I believe proper etiquette is to EDIT the thread title to show the item is sold or sent to eBay, etc., rather than bump the thread.

Just my $.0214 (including tax)

[Luke]

Originally Posted by Deertick

I agree. HOWEVER, please communicated via email or PM. It is a bit irritating when a dead thread gets bumped when someone responds 10 days after "Got it, love it!" Along this line, I believe proper etiquette is to EDIT the thread title to show the item is sold or sent to eBay, etc., rather than bump the thread.

Just my $.0214 (including tax)

I agree with this. Dead threads being bumped for no reason and people bumping thwir threads just to say the item is sold are both annoying and not necesary. If your item is gone, then your thread does not need to be bumped to the top. Seems pretty simple.

[frankbmd]

Another pet peeve to be mentioned.

A poll with 47 replies currently, all resulting in bumps, is selling nothing and is on top of one of the BST sections.

I think this violates the 2 bump rule by 45 and will not result in a sale if it is bumped 400 times.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Another pet peeve to be mentioned.

A poll with 47 replies currently, all resulting in bumps, is selling nothing and is on top of one of the BST sections.

I think this violates the 2 bump rule by 45 and will not result in a sale if it is bumped 400 times.

If it is the same thread I am thinking you are wrong it is about to sell several $10 beaters for $60-$70 each.

[Paul S]

Originally Posted by bnorth

If it is the same thread I am thinking you are wrong it is about to sell several $10 beaters for $60-$70 each.

I totally understand the annoyance. Pero au contraire et y compromiso, caveat emptor has always been a caution on the BST. In the words of Sr. Al Natural, "if you don't know by now don't mess with it."

[bobbyw8469]

I won't name any names, but my threads used to be buried by some guy, who had no intentions of purchasing a card, but he would randomly pick threads and say "Nice Card", "Good Luck with Sale", "She's a Beaut" etc. Never once did he make an offer. Just didn't want to see my thread at the top. I had no idea who this person was. When I PMed him about it, I was met with crickets. To me, that type of response is not necessary.