Advertisements section overhaul

[Noinu]

As we all know, the advertisements section is a mess. It's functional, yes but it's still a mess.

My suggestion involves a few things:

- Enforce a format for people to use when creating an advertisement or auction.

Something along these lines.

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Advertisement

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 Vehicle Advertisement

 

[SINGLE VEHICLE IMAGE HERE]

 

Vehicle full name:

Karin Diletantte DX

Description:
engine modifications and kits and stuff
 

 

Images:

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[MORE IMAGES HERE]

 

 

((/vstats & /getfuelconsumption images:))

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[VSTATS IMAGE HERE]

 

Price: $50,000

Contact details: phone number or email

 

Property advertisement

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 Property Advertisement - Residential/Business

 

[SINGLE EXTERIOR IMAGE]

Property Type: Residential
Address: 999 Vespucci Blvd - Floor 75, Room 12
Description: 

45 rooms and 1 toilet

Exterior Images:

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images go here

Interior Images:

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images go here

 

((/pinfo image:))

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image goes here

Price: $10,000

Auction end date: January 10, 2022
Contact details: phone number or email.

 

Vehicle auction

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Vehicle Auction

 

[SINGLE VEHICLE IMAGE HERE]

 

Vehicle full name:

Karin Diletantte DX

Description:
engine modifications and kits and stuff
 

 

Images:

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[MORE IMAGES HERE]

 

 

((/vstats & /getfuelconsumption images:))

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[VSTATS IMAGE HERE]

 

Starting bid: $50,000
Minimum increase: $1,000
Buyout: $80,000

Auction end date: January 10, 2022
Contact details: phone number or email

Property Auction

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Property Auction - Residential/Business

 

[SINGLE EXTERIOR IMAGE]

Property Type: Residential
Address: 999 Vespucci Blvd - Floor 75, Room 12
Description: 

45 rooms and 1 toilet

Exterior Images:

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images go here

Interior Images:

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images go here

 

((/pinfo image:))

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image goes here

Starting Bid: $500,000
Minimum Increase: $10,000
Buyout: $600,000
Auction end date: January 10, 2022
Contact details: phone number or email.

 

 

- Enforce some format when commenting/bidding.

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Name:

Comment:

 

Name:

Bid:

 

- Make a new forum role (invisible one) that gives locking and archiving rights only in the advertisements section. This role could be given to people who'd volunteer to supervise the section in terms of implementing rules and L&A posts.

 

- A set of rules for auctions pinned on the main page.

Something like this. (taken from a no longer existing community)

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Auction Regulations

 

• Auctions must have a set end date (no 'X time after last bid' or 'When item is sold'). Auctions may not be set to last beyond fourteen (14) calendar days.
• Ending dates that do not provide a set time shall end immediately on that day (Auctions set to end on January 5th will end as soon as January 5th starts unless a time is otherwise set).
• Bids may be withdrawn and changed at any time before it is acknowledged - Only before the bid is acknowledged by the thread creator is the bid final.
• Once an item is put up for sale, the auctioneer may not withdraw the item unless no one has bid on it in within three days.
• Both the auctioneer and bidders have an inherent right to privacy. 'Private' names may be used so long as the true information behind the users is known by Site Administrators, Law Enforcement (should it be required), and both the auctioneer and winner of the auction at the auction's conclusion.
• If you're bidding on an item, you must have the assets or money available at the time of your bid, and must maintain this throughout the duration of your bid.
• Whenever you're auctioning something, you must have the assets, vehicles or properties available at the time of your auction, and must maintain this throughout the duration of your auction as long as the status is still ON-GOING.
• Reserve bids are not allowed to be set for auctions. 
• Buy outs, if any, must be made at the start of the auction. One cannot add a buy out price later, as a "TBA". If a buy out has been set, it may not be manipulated under any circumstances. Buy outs through out the auction that are not the set buyout, cannot be accepted.
• Auction end times are final. Auctioneers may not extend their auction time beyond what has been already established upon creation of the auction. However, it is understood that extraneous situations occur, in which case permission may be granted to extend an auction on a case by case basis.
• Starting bids may only be manipulated BEFORE any individual has bid on an item. Once people have bid on an item, you may not alter the starting bid.
• Trading in auctions isn't allowed. Auctions are made to sell vehicles, properties or items for money not for other items or products. 
• If the auctioneer was offered a starting amount which is lower than the starting bid that was previously set and he is going to accept it, he has to edit the thread first with the new starting he is accepting and then notify the bidder that his offer was accepted.
• Bumping auctions before 24 hours isn't allowed.
• Auctioneers are to decided to whether disable the comments on their auction only before posting the auction. Once the auction is posted with enabled comments, it can't be disabled under any circumstances unless the Webmasters Team decided to do so.
• Auction Webmasters Team doesn't grant any auctioneer the permission to delete any comments. Auctioneers are only allowed to flag, mark or report a comment, giving the reasoning. From that point, the Webmasters Team will decide if the reason is sufficient to delete it or not.
• Bidders are allowed to ask the auctioneer for his/her business profit average. Therefore, the auctioneer is to reply to them with a close average if not the exact number.

 

(( OOC Regulations ))

 

• Your auctions will be archived if there has been no response for five days.
• You may not scam in this board.
• You may not arrange robberies through an auction.
• Auctions must be posted using the formats provided or identically reflect the layout of the forms.
• Private bids must be placed by the private bidder in the thread itself. His character name may be left out. 
• OOC conversations should be at a minimum. Therefore, disabling OOC comments won't be allowed anymore. They'll be moderated by the Webmasters Team at all times.
• All auction dates and times are to adhere to IC server time, (GMT 0) not your local time. Any auction not following server time will be canceled by the webmasters.
• Bids placed can be of any form such as $10,000 or 10k or 10 grands. As long as the bid makes sense to the auctioneer and to the general public, they're acceptable. If you're writing anything make sure it's under the comment heading. That's only if the comments are enabled.
• Using trollish names while bidding or commenting on an auction such as “ILOVETHISCAR” is forbidden. This is an IC forum so you should use your character name.
• Bidders from now on must be using whether their full character name or initials of first-name and surname. Nicknames are forbidden on our boards as well whether for legal or illegal characters. However, the rule of using private still exists.
• Using more than one name on the same auction isn't allowed. If you’re bidding with a character and used a name, you must keep bidding using the same name.
• Players must add in-game pictures of the vehicles they sell, including the ALT info of it with nothing being hidden or blurred.
• You’re not allowed under any circumstances to use our boards while you’re banned in the game server. (( remember it is already mentioned in the server rules ))

 

If you assume/know that OOC rules are broken, please use the report button at the post you want to report.

 

 

Employees

We've got the following employees walking around the Auction House that supervise the Auctions and make sure everything goes smooth. They'll be stepping in if an auction is not going how it's supposed to go. Below you'll find our current employees.

 

• (Forum Moderators)

 

Anyone impersonating an employee of the Auction House is to be permanently removed from the Auction House. (This is a permanent Auction Ban.)

 

 

 

(( OOC Notes ))

Trolling

We are not allowing trolling in our Auctions. If that's to be found out, a punishment shall be given based on how severe it was. Please try to keep it as normal as possible, so everyone can continue their way without having problems.

 

Auction ended/sold

When your auction has ended or the vehicle was sold, put [SOLD] in the title. This is to make sure we can mark it off and clean up the forums. Better for everyone to have it with fresh auctions than some old auctions staying in there.

 

[Mahitto]

I don't think this is needed. It wouldn't really help, it would put more strain on forum moderators, as they'd now have to enforce advert rules, and also restrict people who want to come up with some other formats.

 

After all, real-life ads don't follow the same format, not in the slightest.

[socrates]

Online market places and auctions are two different topics. As Mahitto said, I'm 100% OK with whatever format a seller or a buy wants to use if it's made directly by the owner of that. 

 

When it comes to auctions, a set of rules should be implemented and there should be an auction committee that will ensure everything goes smoothly. There's another suggestion regarding that, where the last bidder withdraws and the auction needs to be retaken, which takes time. I'm OK with an auction committee that will make sure everything goes accordingly.