i know alot of you may think this is silly but ive been thinking for a while and i hope this may help auctions and the marketplace somewhat.

This is a group i am making, a clique as some may call it where people who are part of the group must have the logo on their forum signature and must practice good dealing to the best of their abilities. there are a few rules, but i hope people will sign up for this to show support for good auctions. this was inspired by psychosteves auction thread and the elite thread which went so smoothly.

anyone who wishes to be part of this should stick by these guidelines the best they can.

1. Always use descriptive titles. This should tell people exactly what you are selling, what you wish in return(paypal, items or amenities) and if it is an auction or straight up sale.

2. If you say an auction is going to end at a certain time, do your best to keep to this.

3. if no bids are made 20 minutes before the end of a big auction and someone bids on or at a minute before the end. your auction should then be extended for a certain time to allow previous bidders to have a chance to top it. this is affectionately named "snipe bidding".

4. do not take private bids and if you are going to, post what the bid is on the auction thread so people have a chance to beat it. it might sound good in a pm but you only have yourself to blame if you lose out on money. i have seen this happen too many times.

5. dont make an auction go on for weeks unless you are leaving the game and trying to sell all your stuff at once.

6. do not hijack an auction thread. this includes posting stupidly low bids and starting fights.

these are guidelines, not rules and i expect anyone who puts their name down here to follow these to the best of their abilities. thanks for the time

Cool bro.. i am down... do we copy the picture of the gabble to our profiles?

I like the idea of this (Please see PM i sent you also)

Love it!

update

7. any auction that is finished should have the final bid placed at the end of the thread. doesnt have to have the bidder. at least just the bid.

rules are gonna be added, removed or changed based on feedback and new ideas. thanks for the support guys. can someone resize the image so that it goes better on sigs. i sont have time the now. keep the transparancy as well cos it looks nicer

if someone can make it a bit smaller. put the gavel on your sig and put a bit of text next to it "support good auctions by reading "liquidchaos" profile." and then when ive formatted and updated the list ill explain it fully on my profile

I dont do much on market threads but i like the idea its like top rated seller on prisonblock ebay.............. nice work yet again liquid

Seems like a solid idea my only slight reservation is rule 2, if i say an auction will end at 6.00 gametime, when 6.00 comes i like to do the going 1ce, 2ce ,sold to the man with 3 eyes routine. Kills the e-bay bidders.

i didnt really understand that eazy.

If you look at point 3 though eazy it kind of allows for what you are saying and if someone does zip in on your 'going 2ce' then you hold auction open for additional 5mins to allow a response from others.. Think this is what you meant?

Yea ur right i didnt read point 3 properly, im down for this, how do i get the hammer on my sig ?