General Rules and Guidelines for Buy/Sell/Trade - PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING IN B/S/T

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Buy/Sell/Trade aka B/S/T Rules and Guidelines

Be careful when doing any transaction online! Blowout Cards is not responsible for any failed transactions. However, we have these rules in place to protect our members whether they are buying or selling. Report any suspicious activity to us right away!

Check Buyer/Seller feedback. We have the iTrader feature so that you can view a member's b/s/t history here on our forums. Also, if the user has their ebay id posted, please check their feedback there as well.

Use Tracking or Delivery Confirmation. When sending items to another member, please use tracking or delivery confirmation so that there is some proof of delivery (if you know a member very well or if the card is not worth very much, you can ship w/o tracking at your own risk).

Use paypal whenever possible. It's convenient and safe for buyers, especially if you are buying from someone new or with someone you don't know.

Include a price in your thread (Buying or Selling). If you're buying or selling, please include a price or price range. Pictures are always helpful. We want to avoid situations where things are misleading or not clear...we want all b/s/t threads to be as clear and concise as possible. Feel free to use OBO or have a price range...but please post something. If you want to run an auction, please list on ebay.

Post Subject Prefix - Try and use the following format so that your thread title is more informative; this way someone will know by reading your title/subject if they are interested and don't have to waste their time checking every thread that says "L@@K HERE! Wow!" Start your post with the following codes in the Title to verify what your b/s/t thread is about. If it is something general and the codes don't apply, just be sure to enter a good description in the subject.

FS: For Sale
WTB: Want to Buy
FT: For Trade Only

Examples of a good title:
FS: 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle Rookie Card. Excellent condition.
WTB: 1986 Fleer Michael Jordan Rookie Card graded PSA 9 or better.

Keep your thread updated. If your item sells, go back and edit your first post with ** SOLD ** at the top. This way people don't waste time viewing it if it's not available anymore. If it's a want list, update the first post instead of posting updated lists...this way others won't have to read the entire thread and start a spreadsheet to figure out which cards you still need.

Keep the clutter to a minimum. If you multiple items for sale, try to keep it to a minimum of threads. Excessive threads will be deleted or merged.

No COMMERCIAL posting allowed. - The B/S/T Forums are for Blowout Cards members and collectors to trade and sell among each other. All commercial posts will be deleted.

New User Restriction - To protect our members from quick buck scammers, we may ask new users who are selling to post some sort of reference such as ebay feedback.