Game Item Exchange Forum Rules and Guidelines

[The Admin]

Game Item Exchange Forum Rules and Guidelines

Welcome to the Game Item Exchange! Game Item Exchange is intended for the buying and selling of game items.

In general, items that can be bought or sold in multiple quantities are ok here. To be even MORE specific, the following items can be sold, bought, or traded in this forum:

• Fishing: Fish, junk, fishing rods, bait
  
• Casino: Tokens, tickets
  
• Towns: Bugs, ink, trash, and flowers
  
• Word Bump: Graduate Credits
  
• zOMG: Rings, loot, recipes, power-ups
  
• Pinball: Power-ups
  
• Electric Love Faktori: Power-ups

As a member, it is your responsibility to familiarize yourself with the forum's rules before posting. Posting in this forum implies that you read and understand the rules and guidelines and that you accept responsibility for the appropriateness of your thread or post.


Navigation:

1. Introduction
   
2. General Posting Guidelines
   
3. Rules & Guidelines for Posting in the Game Item Exchange
   
4. How to Report

[The Admin]

General Posting Guidelines

Please be sure to follow the Terms of Service and Rules and Guidelines here, as in all forums.

Common violations to avoid:

Spam. Posts that are gibberish, off-topic, contain advertisements or begging, or have low or no content are considered spam. Bumping is fine as long as your thread is off of the first page or about to fall off of the first page.

Flaming & trolling. Posts directed at another member which are hateful, abusive, or intentionally inflammatory are considered flaming. Making intentionally inflammatory or provocative posts to incite responses from other members is considered trolling.

Terms of Service violations may result in a warning or a ban on your account.

If you find Terms of Service violations, or threads that may need moved to a different forum, please use an appropriate report. The procedures for doing so can be found here.

You can find online moderators by following the "View Forum Moderators" link at the top of the forum.


Gaia Staff will NEVER ask for your password! If anyone asks you for your password, report it.

[The Admin]

Rules & Guidelines for Posting in the Game Item Exchange

What can be bought or sold here:

• Fishing: Fish, junk, fishing rods, bait
  
• Casino: Tokens, tickets
  
• Towns: Bugs, ink, trash, and flowers
  
• Word Bump: Graduate Credits
  
• zOMG: Rings, loot, recipes, power-ups
  
• Pinball: Power-ups
  
• Electric Love Faktori: Power-ups

What cannot be bought or sold here:

• Fishing helmets, junk items
  
• Casino prizes from Prize & Joy
  
• Flower bouquets, equippable trash items.
  
• Bachelor caps
  
• Framed Artwork (or any other housing items)
  
• Car items
  
• Tattoos
  
• Any other equippable items
  
• MCs, EI's, RIGs, etc
  
• Aquarium fish or tank decorations

Commonly Misplaced Threads

• Selling non-game items - These threads belong in The Gaia Exchange.
  
  
• Buying non-game items - These threads belong in the Wanted forum.
  
  
• Advertising your vend store - These threads belong in the Gaia Marketplace Discussion forum.
  
  
• Asking for Donations or Questing non-game items - These threads belong in the Charity/Quests forum.
  

FAQ

• Can I quest for game items here??
  Sure, as long as you're buying the items. If you are just saving up and hoping for donations, you should make your thread in the Charity/Quests forum.
  
  
• Can I buy stuff here?
  Yes, but only if you are buying game items. For a specific list of what can be bought or sold here, see the first post or the list above in this post.
  

[The Admin]

How to Report

Abuse of the report system will result in a warning or ban of your account.

Report a Post

Use the button when an individual post in a topic contains inappropriate content.

Reasons to Report a Post:


• The content of the post violates the Terms of Service or forum rules.
  
  
• The content of the post is off-topic.
  
  
• The member who made the post has a signature which violates the rules.

Report a Topic

Use the Report this Topic button at the bottom of the page when a topic is not appropriate for the forum.

Reasons to Report a Topic:


• The topic violates the Terms of Service or forum rules.
  
  
• The topic is in the wrong forum and should be moved to a more appropriate forum.

If you need to contact a moderator via Private Message, please use the "View Forum Moderator" link at the top of this forum to find a moderator.



Report Hacking, Scamming or Abuse & Harassment?

The Hacking, Scamming and Abuse or Harassment report forms can be found at the bottom of the forum index. When submitting a report, ensure that you fill out all fields and include as much relevant information as possible.

Report A Hacking
Use this form to report a Hacking. Hacking, on Gaia Online, refers to the unauthorized access of an account by someone other than the account owner. In most typical hacking cases, an unauthorized person enters an account which does not belong to him or her and takes items or gold from the account, often changing the account information so that the original owner can no longer access his or her account.

Report A Scamming
Use this form to report a Scamming. Scamming is when another member of Gaia takes your gold or items, or tries to take your gold or items, by making false promises of giving you rare items, get-rich-quick schemes, or by any other deceptive means. Scamming generally involves a situation in which two members of Gaia make an arrangement to trade gold, items, or a Gaia approved service (e.g. avatar art commission) with each other and then one of the parties involved in the arrangement fails to live up to his or her promise of an exchange.

Report Abuse or Harassment
Use this form to report ongoing Abuse or Harassment. If you are reporting harassment or abuse that is occurring directly in a thread, please use the "Report This Post" button instead.