Official Rules (12/05/18) (important changes)

A change list is located at the bottom of the post. Old users can scroll down there, new guys, read the entire post.

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Welcome to r/airsoftmarket, the subreddit for the buying, selling, and trading of airsoft guns, replicas, and gear.

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The rules listed below will be enforced at the discretion of the moderators, though generally with an iron fist. If you have any questions, message the moderators for clarification.

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Basic Rules:

1. Accounts must be older than one month, and have at least 20 comment karma to post. This is to prevent the use of alternate accounts to circumvent bans.

2. All SALES posts REQUIRE a price.

3. No outrageous joke pricing, auctions, bidding, or other price manipulation. This is not eBay.

4. Put your prices in a clear location in your post.

5. All titles require locations (by US state, or nation if outside of USA)

6. All SALE AND TRADE posts REQUIRE a decent picture of all your items. No pictures that are off-topic. Pictures must be hosted on imgur.

7. Posts must contain a single picture containing all of your items for sale, alongside a sheet of paper with your handwritten username and the date. This picture must be linked separately from your other pictures. Users with at least 7 flair and account age over one year are exempt from this requirement.

8. Only one WTB and WTS post/repost may be made per three days per user. Exceptions may be made with moderator approval.

9. Don't shitpost.

10. Do not get involved in arguments about pricing. If you believe something is being overpriced, back yourself up with evidence.

11. Report things that are unnecessary and/or otherwise rude.

12. Hijacking threads will not be tolerated. Make your own thread to sell something.

13. Do not promote your sale that is posted elsewhere on the internet. Copy the information and make a post here. If you have an eBay auction, you must allow people to directly purchase from you through reddit.

14. All posts must have the appropriate tags or they will be removed. See the "Tags" section for more information.

15. Use post flair if you forget to apply tags.

16. Clickbait titles are not allowed. Be specific with your titles and list out items for sale. These titles are along the lines of bland and cliche attention grabbers:

    • Quitting Sale
    • “Firesale”
    • Selling because of X
    • Clickbait titles of any kind (i.e. MUST SEE/GOOD DEALS/HOT SINGLES WAITING FOR YOU)

17. Any and all scams no matter the severity will not be tolerated. This will be enforced with bans or at the moderator's discretion. If you become the victim of a possible scam case, message the moderators immediately.

18. The use of alternate accounts to circumvent bans will be immediately reported to reddit administrators without exception.

19. No firearms.

20. Proper grammar and spelling is required.

21. Users with the lower flair number are to send their item first in a trade.

22. Venmo is explicitly banned, as it is used as a part of a common scam. Please report users who attempt to pay via Venmo.

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Helpful Links and Guides:

• If you have any issues with any members of the subreddit, from scams to failing to contact them, or validity of a user

• Being courteous and respectful while buying, selling, and trading.

• The technical aspects of buying, selling, and trading.

• Buy, Sell, and Trade at your own risk.

• Check who you're buying from.

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Basic Guidelines:

• Be courteous and respectful at all times.

• Avoid arguments within the comments. Use private messages to resolve issues or contact the moderators.

• Knowledge and understanding of Reddiquette rules is expected.

• Please be aware of all state and federal laws that apply to you and any parties involved in a airsoft-related transaction. You are responsible for knowing and following the law. This subreddit and its staff are in no way responsible for informing you of the law, but will make every effort to do so.

• Imgur is the only permitted image hosting website at the time being.

• We (the moderator team) are not responsible for any mishaps that happen in deals. Trade at your own risk.

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TIPS:

• Check if sensitive items (Armor, NODs, etc) that are ITAR/MIL/Whatever are possibly stolen items. We don't need people having CID knock on their doors. We will enforce all US laws as they pertain to the best of our ability. Don't know how? Ask.

• Format your sales post, be quick and concise, make your prices easy to see.

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Tags:

[WTS] - Want to sell. Prices are required, and be specific about what you're selling.

[WTB] - Want to buy. A reply to every offer is required.

[WTT] - Want to trade. Message the moderators if you are going to make a post trading non-airsoft items for airsoft items. You will need to have a pretty specific idea of what you want. Unless you are strictly ONLY trading you need a price here as well.

[WTTF] - Want to trade for. Use this for when you want to trade for a few specific items. Pictures of what you have to trade are still always required.

What is allowed:

-[WTB][OR] LCT AS VAL

-[WTT][UK] M4 [WTTF/WTB] AK74

-[WTS/WTT][CA] Boneyard guns [name of rifles]

What is not allowed:

-[WTB][notext]

-[WTT] Xbox

-[WTS] Ebay link!

-[TTW] KWA Kriss Vector

-[Auction] WE GBB

-[WTS] Quitting Sale!

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Flair:

Flair is for verified buyers, sellers, and traders. This reduces the likelihood of you dealing with a scammer, but is not a guarantee of safety. The flair thread is stickied along with this thread, and instructions on flair submission are located there.

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CHANGELIST 12/05/18

Modification of rule 5:

Posts must contain a single picture containing all of your items for sale, alongside a sheet of paper with your handwritten username and the date. This picture must be linked separately from your other pictures. Users with at least 7 flair and account age over one year are exempt from this requirement.