Join the Boycott! Deny any Sealed Letter sold for 4k+!

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Updates

5:50 pm, June 01
Alright, we've been moved. Which to me is funny, as they moved us to the wrong forum. After all, we are talking about Gaia and Gaian's, which means according to the Exchange Rules we should have been moved to the Gaian Community Discussion.

Since we do need to sell items though, we are planning on creating another topic in the exchange just to sell the items. Hopefully this will also help to draw attention to the main topic as well. So please, once we have that posted also, I'd greatly appreciate it if some people spent time there as well.

Also, we have been denied the use of PMs. Now, if I were being boycotted for something I didn't even know I had done, even if it was by just a few people, I would want to know. If someone PMed me saying I was being boycotted, I would like to know so that I may solve the situation. I guess the mods on Gaia don't agree. Since according to mods, a PM politely informing someone of an issue relevant to them is spam. Which means we shall just have to advertise and post more to allow people to know that they are being boycotted. =^.^=

The last few days I have been rather busy with school, but hopefully starting tomorrow I won't be as busy. Also, we should have a banner for everyone to use by then. 3nodding

Though we have had some set backs, I believe we can still achieve our goal, and that this boycott will work. As long as we have faith, as long as we work, we can do this. Right now our main goal MUST be showing to others our dedication to this cause. Once people understand that we will not go away, they will be forced to listen.

6pm, May 30th.

The Boycott is finally set up. =^.^= I would like to welcome everyone to our topic, and to read our humble plans. Please be gently, this has taken a lot of work.

Layout-
Main
Rules
Undies, Letters, and More!
Why The Boycott?
Debates Against The Boycott And Our Response
How You Can Help
Frequently Asked Questions
People For The Boycott
People Against The Boycott
Donators
Advertise For Us
Links

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<center>Rules

If you are found breaking these rules you will be reported. Do not tempt us.

- No spamming. Talking and bumping loved though.
- No flamming. If you want to debate, that is fine, but do not flame. It is not cool and you will not win support.
- No begging. The admins created a charity forum for a reason, so please respect it.
- No PMing this account unless for one of the reasons listed below.
- Any trade sent to this account will be taken as a donation unless we have given you permission to send the trade.
- Do not break any rules listed in the TOS. This includes sigs.

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<Center>Undie Auction, Letters, and More

Thoughout the month we will be selling many different items including undies of the guild members, Sealed Letters for 4k, and any items donated to the cause. Also, some of the guild members may be taking offers on their items. Any profit earned from the items will be split this way unless other wise mentioned, 90% will go to charities (These will be announced within a few days. Please do not PM us about charities you believe should recieve a donation. We already have the charities picked out.), and 10% to Tenshi no Donyoku to fund this event and future events. =^.^=

If you wish to bid or buy something, please send a PM titled "My Offer" to the guild account.

Undie Auction!
Yes, thats right! For a limited time you can bid on the undies of your favorite Tenshi no Donyoku guild member! Remember, all profits earned will go to a good cause!

The undie auction will last from May 30th to June 12th.

NemuriDoragon's Dancer Bottoms!
How winning bid will be split- 90% Charities, 10% Tenshi no Donyoku
Starting Bid- 5k
High Bid-

-TS- Alex's Spirited Boxers!
How winning bid will be split- 80% Charities, 20% Tenshi no Donyoku
Starting Bid- 1k
High Bid-

Phoenix Flam3's Soft Black Underwear!
How winnging bid will be split- 70% Charities, 20% *** [_-Panda_Mix-_]'s Questy ***, 10% Tenshi no Donyoku
Starting Bid- 1k
High Bid-

Sealed Letters
In stock- 0
Price- 4000 gold each.

All gold earned from these letters will go back to the guild so that we may buy more letters.

More!
Any item that does not fit into the other two groups shall be sold here.

-TS- Alex's Emo Bag
Taking offers. Please PM her with your offer, NOT the guild account. Please only send the offer once, if people continue to bother her about it she will most likely take longer to decide.

Hockey Mask
Taking offers. Would like at least 135 gold. Please PM this account.

Ghosty
Taking offers. Need to figure out its worth. >.<

We have some more items that we shall be adding by the end of tonight. =^.^= Please check later.

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<center>Why The Boycott?

Lately complaints and rants against inflation and the price of Sealed Letters have increased, yet nothing is done. Sure, a few go out and sell for less, but those letters are quickly bought and sold for a profit. If something is going to be done it has to be done on a large scale.

Now, I am not going to say it's just the sellers who are at fault. We as the consumer are also to blame. Though sellers have raised the price, we were still willing to pay the price. Obviously this will lead to sellers increasing the price more, after all, why would you sell something for less then what you know you can get? The thing is though, if consumers are not willing to pay an insanely high price sellers will be forced to sell for a lower price. This is our goal.

We will not buy any Sealed Letters for over 4k. If someone is caught trying to sell a Sealed Letter for more then 4k after June 1st their name will be added to the list(Here) and they will not be purchased from or sold to. Also, anyone caught buying a Sealed Letter, buying from someone on the list, or selling to someone on the list, will be added to the list.

With this boycott, we will put economic pressure on anyone caught going against the boycott and eventually they will give in. Remember, sellers are only as strong as the support their consumers give them, and if no support is given they will lose their strength. Together, the Gaian Community can and WILL lower the prices of Sealed Letters. We will stand together and we will bring forth the change we all wish to see.

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<center>Debates Against The Boycott And Our Response

Why have a boycott? Why not just do another rant like all the rest?
The only thing rants do is show someone's opinion, cause flames, and maybe motivate people for a few seconds. With a boycott though, we will be taking action and will be able to actually do something about the prices of Sealed Letters.

Inflation is natural. Prices will always go up over time.
Your right, inflation is natural. Yet there is a point in which inflation becomes unnatural, but when the price of an item you are able to get every month more then doubles it is unnatural. Even governments step in when they realize inflation is either occuring unnaturally or to rapidly. Since Gaia does not have a government, we as the people must do something about it ourselves.

Supply and Demand. People want them and the demand is not all that high, so of course the prices will go up.
Supply and Demand will cause an increase in prices, but only on items that truly have a decrease in supply and an increase in demand. The thing is though, there are enough Sealed Letters for everyone, its just that they are released over time and not all at once, which makes it seem like people will not be able to get one later on easily. Businesses use tactics like this all the time. They purposely make it seem like there are not enough items and people end up paying more for them. If everyone was just patient enough to wait, we could all get a Sealed Letter for 4k. And yes, there are enough letters for everyone. I just recently saw someone sell 50 aprils, and I know of someone who has 200 aprils.

You guys are just trying to control how much we sell things for. We have the right to sell them for whatever we want.
You are completely correct. You have the right to try and sell an item for however much you want, and we have the right to refuse to buy it.

The list of People Against The Boycott seems like a way to persecute people.
The list is not meant to be used as a way to harrass or persecute people, only to inform people of who we are boycotting. If we do not inform people of who we are boycotting, a boycott really will not work will it? Also, if we only boycott when they sell the sealed letters, people will keep the letters and hold on to them instead, and go and buy other items. So by boycotting the people completely we are still able to keep pressure on them.

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<center>How You Can Help

Well, there are a few obvious ways in which you can help. Such as posting in this topic, pledging your support, advertising this topic with one of our banners(In this post), selling us letters for 4k or less, or donating items.


Besides that though, you can also help by reporting people who have either:
1. Tried to sell a Sealed Letter for more than 4k
2. Bought a letter for more than 4k
3. Bought an item from someone on the boycotted list
4. Sold an item to someone on the boycotted list

To report someone, please PM this form to this account-
Title the PM "Report"
Name-
What they did-
Who they sold to/bought from-
Link to topic/vend history-

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<center>Frequently Asked Questions
A short list of questions in which we either believe will be asked a lot, or have been. Please read these before asking.

When does the boycott start?
June 1st. We believed it would only be fair if we gave everyone at least a day warning. We would have tried for more, but the boycott was planned rather quickly. xd

Do you guys get anything out of this?
Only the satisfaction of knowing we helped others. Actually, most of the members of the guild will be slightly hurt by the results of this boycott. Many of us donate, some buy and sell letters, etc. So please, do not think we are doing this to just lower the cost of letters for ourselves.

What does boycott mean?
Boycott- To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion.

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<center>People For The Boycott
If you wish for your name to be added here please post "I -Insert name here- support the boycott against Sealed Letters and wish for my name to be added to the list of other supporters." Thank you. =^.^=

1. NemuriDoragon
2. stupid-guy(backup)
3. -TS- Alex
4. Jessica Halo
5. -Misled Sarah-
6. Moonlight Silver
7. Garrett Kitten
8. [.x][-Fluffy-][x.]
9. Lazuli Kitten
10. Pornographic
11. Phoenix_flam3
12. __r.d.__
13. And the number 13 wins again. The name of a traitor used to be here.
14. Numbuh 7
15. Rvaya
16. kaiikuun
17. Tanaka Yuko
18. [feel~good~inc.]
19. Zefie-San
20. Shortieyhen
21. Spearfrost
22. Sailor Rin
23. fight back
24. Nylin
25. Leithia
26. fight back
27. Scianaphobia
28. ll Fiona ll
29. Wakka_Strife
30. Andronadae
31. LilOperaGirl
32. icyMOTHA
33. Ailinea
34. Arana
35. donathiamus
36. Batista the animal
37. kirakenshin
38. Khetienn
39. stormsdotter
40. Lady Aldana
41. checkd3
42. Sketcher_Chik
43. o.OCheckDO_o
44. Trumpeter_Check
45. Jenikyula
46. moookau
47. Vincent2891
48. Tymaporer
49. PockyFille
50. Alatariel Inglorion
51. ExchangeWhore
52. BlackTigerOfTheAbyss
53. Shady Tradesman
54. Umiman
55. witcheemon
56. Kiri Trinity
57. Isabelle
58. x-NoseBleed-x
59. dra2k4
60. Rickalkine-in-ice
61. Senshi_chan
62. Yilanti Maydow
63. oOBlueAngelOo
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<center>People Against The Boycott
This is a list of people who have gone against the boycott. Do not trade with these people, if you are for the boycott. This means, do not buy or sell to them. Before trading with anyone, quickly use the find ability on your browser (Most likely ctrl + F ) and paste their screen name in. If their name shows up on this list, DO NOT TRADE WITH THEM. Make sure though that you are looking at this list and not the one above. xd Also, this is not a blacklist. This is a list of people being boycotted. Just because you are on this list does not mean we hate you, that we will not talk to you, etc. It just means we will not buy or sell to you.

Do not ask to be put on this list, we will find you if you deserve to be on the list. Also, if you wish to be removed from the list please send a PM to this account pledging your support to the boycott

Also, I would like to remind everyone that this does not mean you should harrass these people. They have their right to their opinions and we should respect that. The only thing I ask is that you do not buy or sell from these people. If you do insult, threaten, etc someone on the list I hope you are reported and if the case is worse enough, banned.

1. o0NeMo0o
2. McKenzie
3. the_death_soul
4. Azuma Miyashima
5. Tuesday_Night
6. Jessi Reinhart
7. Starfuzz
8. A_Little_Love
9. calynn
10. Noddy in der Mulleimer
11. mlhmagalia
12. bronzed
13. queenoftherats
14. Tsunami_IceStar
15. Clone_Reeves
16. bp56
17. Lindenar
18. The Savage Hand
19. Miss Inuyasha
20. Ara Azdaja
21. DraKul33
22. IdoEvil
23. SilverFoxx
24. zero_x05
25. pandorina
26. Dark_Nova666
27. TriskDaemon
28. [-~=Balmung=~-]
29. Korbin
30. Hitomi Ishida
31. Dominerd
32. kageyume
33. xXxflooflexXx
34. Chuck E. Cheese
35. matcrazy2
36. Shenra The Shadow Demon
37. Wastelander
38. Laughing Saint
39. FireGoddess101
40. Fang
41. ivan5555599999
42. CpainsorVio7
43. Rayinte

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<center>Donators
This is a list of awesome people who have donated to our cause. =^.^= Not only have they helped to keep us in the exchange by supplying us with items to sell, but they have also helped out others by allowing us to donate to other charities. To anyone that donated, thank you. All of us at Tenshi no Donyoku appreciate your gift greatly. =^.^=

1. Phoenix_flam3- Soft Black Underwear, Ghosty, Hockey Mask
2. Moonlight Silver- Nior Criss Cross Swim Top, Blacklisted Skimpy Swim Bottoms
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<center>Advertise For Us.
This is our current banner only so far. So please feel free to add these to your signatures. In fact, we would greatly appreciate it. =^.^=

Help us spread the word of the boycott by putting this banner in your signature.

[URL=http://tinyurl.com/ab3nl][img]http://tinyurl.com/c6hvm[/img][/URL]

If you want to create a banner for the boycott please feel free to do so. =^.^= Also, if you wish for us to add it here please PM us the url for the image.

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<center>Links
These are links to awesome places on Gaia that are affiliated with the boycott. Please take some time to check them out, you might find something you really enjoy.

If you wish for your banner or link to be added here, please send a PM to this account titled "Affiliate" with the code for your banner or link inside.

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13/15

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14/15

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1. Thanks everyone for not posting. =^.^=

If you want to know what this is all about, come back about 5pm central. 3nodding