After having these previous auction rules in place for awhile now and seeing how they have turned out, the prerequisites that were previously in place ended up being too much. We have heard the feedback and decided to slacken the reigns a bit as we are all amazing community members here.
Previous Auction Participation Rules:
- an account must be one week old
- have at least 3 feedback or vouches from other users before they are able to participate in auctions
Updated Auction Participation Rules:
- the bidding account MUST be at least week old still
BUT
- you must have at least 1 positive feedback that isn't by the auctioneer you are bidding from
OR
- you must have gotten this achievement below
We believe that this change is for the better as you can show your presence through having previously made a transaction shown through feedback; or if second hand buying and selling isn't your thing, you can show your presence through just participating and chatting with your friends here on the site! Also, this leaves people less to get through if they decide they want to come over from another side of the community as not everyone was able to get vouches, but everyone can certainly participate in the conversation!
Our moderators and I will start enforcing this rule upon this thread being posted! Vouches are no longer acceptable forms of feedback, but feel free to make them regardless (as a neutral feedback) to help show others that you have previously encountered this user and had a great experience!
Updated Auction Rules:
- We are adding that if the winning bidder backs out of the auction, the auction must be redone and it will not go to the second highest bidder.
Reasons for this new rule: We believe that by adding this, it also continues to prevent false inflation of the price of the item during an auction. In the past we have seen this occur multiple times where 2 people are bidding to the end and the winner backs out leaving the second place person with a high amount to dish out where it shouldn't be valid. If the auction was ran in a real life auction or other big sites that run auctions like ebay, they cancel the auction and restart. We feel like this balances out the need to have so much feedback/vouches in our previous rule, giving us the flexibility in these new rules that you see above.
Added Harassment Rules
In my absence, it has come to my attention that people have recently been getting a lot of harassment when winning an auction or a contest. Also in the past, DM has experienced users being harassed for other random reasons as well. We have always protected those that get harassed, although it wasn't a written rule. We even already have in place rules for when we post contests that you have the option to have your name opted out if you so choose to prevent such an occurrence. However, we believe that there should be a written rule on our stance on this and want you to know we are here if you need the assistance in such a case. Therefore, we are adding this rule:
- If we see or receive proof of harassment, whether it be through another social media or on DM itself, we have 0 tolerance for bullying/harassment. The harasser will be spoken to and either be warned or banned based on the circumstances.
- If you choose to divulge information of this sort to our team, you will have complete anonymity.
We want to continue to make DM a safe place to buy and sell and give you peace of mind that when you come to this site, you will not have to worry long about nasty users.
As a last note, we still are enforcing needing to report to a mod if someone is bidding on your silent auction. You can choose a mod of your choice, but this is solely due to making sure that every bid is valid. While it gets sellers more money to not enforce this rule, we protect the interest of the buyer to not have to pay an inflated price while auctions already go for a lot of money as it is. This rule has a lot of controversy tied to it, which I'm still not sure as to why, but it remains unchanged.
If you would like more details on the other aspects and rules on auctions, please read this thread here. It has been updated with the information above as well. https://dragonmoor.com/index.php?threads/auction-accepting-offers-rules.1467/
If you do not like this arrangement, there are other options for you to use for your Auctioning purposes. Remember that this is for the benefit of all members of the community; and we are doing what we believe is right to keep you and others safe. Hope to see you around the Moor!
Previous Auction Participation Rules:
- an account must be one week old
- have at least 3 feedback or vouches from other users before they are able to participate in auctions
Updated Auction Participation Rules:
- the bidding account MUST be at least week old still
BUT
- you must have at least 1 positive feedback that isn't by the auctioneer you are bidding from
OR
- you must have gotten this achievement below
We believe that this change is for the better as you can show your presence through having previously made a transaction shown through feedback; or if second hand buying and selling isn't your thing, you can show your presence through just participating and chatting with your friends here on the site! Also, this leaves people less to get through if they decide they want to come over from another side of the community as not everyone was able to get vouches, but everyone can certainly participate in the conversation!
Our moderators and I will start enforcing this rule upon this thread being posted! Vouches are no longer acceptable forms of feedback, but feel free to make them regardless (as a neutral feedback) to help show others that you have previously encountered this user and had a great experience!
Updated Auction Rules:
- We are adding that if the winning bidder backs out of the auction, the auction must be redone and it will not go to the second highest bidder.
Reasons for this new rule: We believe that by adding this, it also continues to prevent false inflation of the price of the item during an auction. In the past we have seen this occur multiple times where 2 people are bidding to the end and the winner backs out leaving the second place person with a high amount to dish out where it shouldn't be valid. If the auction was ran in a real life auction or other big sites that run auctions like ebay, they cancel the auction and restart. We feel like this balances out the need to have so much feedback/vouches in our previous rule, giving us the flexibility in these new rules that you see above.
Added Harassment Rules
In my absence, it has come to my attention that people have recently been getting a lot of harassment when winning an auction or a contest. Also in the past, DM has experienced users being harassed for other random reasons as well. We have always protected those that get harassed, although it wasn't a written rule. We even already have in place rules for when we post contests that you have the option to have your name opted out if you so choose to prevent such an occurrence. However, we believe that there should be a written rule on our stance on this and want you to know we are here if you need the assistance in such a case. Therefore, we are adding this rule:
- If we see or receive proof of harassment, whether it be through another social media or on DM itself, we have 0 tolerance for bullying/harassment. The harasser will be spoken to and either be warned or banned based on the circumstances.
- If you choose to divulge information of this sort to our team, you will have complete anonymity.
We want to continue to make DM a safe place to buy and sell and give you peace of mind that when you come to this site, you will not have to worry long about nasty users.
As a last note, we still are enforcing needing to report to a mod if someone is bidding on your silent auction. You can choose a mod of your choice, but this is solely due to making sure that every bid is valid. While it gets sellers more money to not enforce this rule, we protect the interest of the buyer to not have to pay an inflated price while auctions already go for a lot of money as it is. This rule has a lot of controversy tied to it, which I'm still not sure as to why, but it remains unchanged.
If you would like more details on the other aspects and rules on auctions, please read this thread here. It has been updated with the information above as well. https://dragonmoor.com/index.php?threads/auction-accepting-offers-rules.1467/
If you do not like this arrangement, there are other options for you to use for your Auctioning purposes. Remember that this is for the benefit of all members of the community; and we are doing what we believe is right to keep you and others safe. Hope to see you around the Moor!
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