READ: New MapleSEA Trading Guidelines

The MapleSEA Trade Guidelines are to be observed by all users as closely as possible.

Threads placed in the wrong forum sections will be moved/ thrashed at the discretion of the Moderators.

Contents of topics/threads that fail to abide to the Guidelines will be deleted and/or moved without warning.

1. Posting in the correct forum sections

All trade and price check threads should be posted in the appropriate market and World. For example, a Bootes player wanting to sell his Cutlus should create a new thread in "B Trade (W)".

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The legend for the common abbreviations is as follows:
- A = Aquila
- B = Bootes
- C = Cassiopeia
- D = Delphinus

- W = Warrior
- M = Magician
- B = Bowman
- T = Thief
- C = Common

Instead of hijacking or intruding into other forum users' trade threads, please create a new thread for your item(s). This ensures fair competition in the trade markets.

2. Appropriate thread title naming and details given

All threads should be tagged with either one of the following, according to the nature of the trading topic:

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S> Sales Topic (Selling an item at a specific price)
A> Auction Topic (Selling an item with bidding and offers by buyers)
T> Trade Topic (Trading an item for another item)
B> Buying Topic
P/C> Price-checking Topic (This is for price-checking purposes only.)

The following will be required of the trading topics according to their nature:

Sales Topics

- The details of the item. (Screenshots of the items are preferred.) Indicate the stats of the equipments:

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For example:
Red Shadow Pant (F) LVL40
Dex: +2
MP: +9
WD: 26
No slots left!

- The straight-sell or buy now price for the item(s) that you are selling:
- Seller's IGN (In-game Nick):
- Seller's contact information (optional):
- If in-game/outside bids/offers will be accepted: Yes/No

NOTE:

1.Sellers have the right to choose the buyer they will want to sell the item to in the event where more than one person offers to buy the item at the straight-sell price.

2.Buyers are to leave their message with IGN information at the topic.

3.If in-game/outsidebids/offers are accepted, sellers are advised to update the topic with the information of the IGNs of bidders obtained in the game. However, the Administrators and Moderators of PlayPark Forums is not responsible for any Trade/Sales disputes, all disputes please direct to the MapleSEA Trade Sales Dispute Resolution Forums

Auction Topics

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- The details of the item. (Screenshots of the items are preferred.) Indicate the stats of the equipments:
- Starting bid price:
- Minimum increment (optional):
- Auto-win price:
- Specific ending time for bid acceptances:
- Seller's IGN (In-game Nick):
- Seller's contact information (optional):
- If in-game/outside bids/offers will be accepted: Yes/No

Failure to follow the above will have their threads locked and removed by moderators or admin without notice.

NOTE:

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1.Buyers are to leave their IGN information and offer at the topic when auctioning for the item.

2.If in-game/outside offers are accepted, sellers are advised to update the topic with the information of bids/offers and bidder's IGN obtained in the game.

Trade Topics

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- The details of the items offered and the items being seek for by the user:
- Trader's IGN (In-game Nick):
- Trader's contact information (optional):

Buying Topics

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- The name of the item you wish to purchase:
- Any other details or requirements:

Price-check Topics

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- The name of the item you wish to price-check:
- Any other details or requirements:

NOTE:

1. This is for price-checking purposes only. Topics that have buying/selling/auction/trading and price-checking combined will be sent to the litter bin without warning.

3. Disruption of the trading topic.

Disruption of trade threads may come in the following forms, or more:

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- Intentional flaming of a trade thread.
- The above includes the posting of Sales Dispute Resolution forum topics to disrupt the trade.
- Posting of advertisements in another person's thread to attract other people to the poster's thread.
- Persistent debating on the price offered by the seller/buyer.

To ensure fair competition in the market, Maplers are advised not to hijack and disrupt another person's thread, and create a new thread to sell their item themselves.

Forum users are not to insist on what price should be correct as market prices will raise or drop according to demand and supply. If the buyer finds the price unacceptable, refrain from making any unnecessary remarks.

4. No external links allowed except for sale product information

External links to other sites (e.g. Basil Market) are not permitted. Only external links to show information of the sale product and internal links to Sales Dispute Resolution forum topics related to a trading deal will be allowed.

5. MapleSEA Trading Forums Disclaimer

As much as the PlayPark Moderators will like to protect the interests of all our PlayPark Forum Members, we will not be responsible for any bad deals in the MapleSEA Trade Forums. However, will try our best to minimize any possibilities from happening All PlayPark Members are to participate in trades at their OWN RISK.

6. Honesty, Dishonesty and Sales Dispute Resolution Forums

Sellers and buyers are advised to hold their end of the bargain. If you place your items in the forums for sale or placed an order or bid, you are advised to honor it and not withdraw from the trading deal.

For all unhappiness and bogus seller/buyer alerts related to Trading matters in the Trading sections, please direct them to the Sales Dispute Resolution Forum located at the Player's Content Section of MapleSEA Forums.

7. Closing of trade threads

Always close the thread by editing the thread post with a close tag example "[Closed] S>Gold Arund & some Stuffs" Once you have completed your trading/sales/etc. You do not have to edit the original content of the post. The PlayPark Forums Moderators will prune all closed threads on a regular basis.



8. Trading of mesos between Worlds and trading of fame

Trading mesos of different Worlds (e.g. Trading Aquila mesos for Bootes mesos) and Fame are not encouraged to reduce the number of potential scams.

Forum users who wish to conduct such trades are doing so at their own risk. AsiaSoft Online will not be held responsible if such scams arise.


9. Buying / selling of maps or Free Market spots, hiring of map guarders

All maps in MapleStory are free for all and solely belong to Wizet; players do not have the rights to dominate or conduct sales for a particular map.

By "purchasing" a map from others, it is a monetary trade only between the seller and you, with no involvement with any maps or whatsoever. You do not the ownership of the map, and other players have the right to use or share the same map.

AsiaSoft Online will not be held responsible if any scams arise from such trades.


10. MapleSEA's User Abuse Policy

As stated in the MapleSEA's User Abuse Policy, the following transactions are prohibited both in the PlayPark Forums or in-game:

Buying, selling or trading mesos for real or other game currencies / items,
Buying, selling or trading of Cash items or A-Cash cards for mesos or in-game items,
Buying, selling or trading of AsiaSoft Passport / game accounts.

All virtual items in game titles published by AsiaSoft Online belong solely to the game developers.

Although the A-Cash card is not a virtual item, it belongs to the owner who possess it till the expiry date stated on the A-Cash card.

Do note that there will be an administrative charge of SGD$50 for resolving any ownership claims. AsiaSoft Passports sold for commercial gains / traded for another Passport will have all accounts wiped before returning to the owner.