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[Kyobu]

STAGE48 wants to make sure all members can receive their items safely and fairly. So here are some tips and rules to follow when buying, selling or trading items.

Selling/Trading
You MUST clearly state your guidelines in the first post. For example, whether or not you will ship internationally, how you wish to handle the payment or how you wish to trade.

If you are selling/trading many items, feel free to set up a store (basically just a thread that you will use to sell all your items). If you are selling/trading a single item, please use the following template as your thread title:

LOCATION: What you are selling (selling/trading, extra information)

Please make sure your username can be found somewhere within the pictures of the items you are selling (scirbbled onto paper). By doing this, the buying know exactly what they will be recieving.

If any member of the STAGE48 staff finds an item you are selling can be deemed as unacceptable, we will remove it without warning. If you continue to post such items, you will be warned, and if your ignore our warnings, your shop will be closed.

If we get any complaints about your service, we will firstly look into it, and then make our decision. If we feel you're simply ripping people off, we'll close your shop and in any serious cases, ban you from the forum.

Happy selling/trading!

Buying
STAGE48 is, and will never be in any way responsible for any transaction that is made in this forum. Therefore, only buy from people you know you can trust. If you do have problems, or feel a seller is being unreasonable, contact us right away and we'll look into it.

You must follow the guidelines set by the seller.

Happy buying!

[arrowisland]

Question. I have a lot of H!P stuff as well, is that okay to include?

[kaito]

Yeah, the shop is open to anything to trade.

[arrowisland]

Sweet Thanks very much! *will open one soon*

[wakaba_doll]

Question~ Is this thread only for selling, or can members request if they are looking for something in particular?

Just curious

[Eques]

Question~ Is this thread only for selling, or can members request if they are looking for something in particular?

Just curious

You can make requests, but it's better if you were to start a new thread for that instead of using this one.

[wakaba_doll]

^ Ah, that's what I meant XD Thank you!

[auroragb]

Is there a thread that discusses where to buy AKB stuff?
e-na.co.jp/akb48 seems to just return a blank page now
Or a thread on yahoo auction (seem to recall such a thread, but can't find it)

[hahaxwill]

The yahoo auction requires Stage48+.
AKB48 stuff you can buy from HMV, Amazon, cdJapan, YesAsia or theofficial shop.

[auroragb]

If I buy more than one item from a seller, how do I ask him to combine shipping? Is there some standard verbiage?

[hahaxwill]

If you win more than one item within a day, usually they will automatically combine the shipping.

[Des-LAW]

What are the best ways to conduct a trade? Involve an intermediary like paypal?

[miyuki]

I have a shop on livejournal. Can I post some things here and then provide a link to that journal or would everything have to be posted here?

[Mr Waffle]

I have a shop on livejournal. Can I post some things here and then provide a link to that journal or would everything have to be posted here?

As long as what you post meets the rules, then I suppose that's fine.

[rena_matsui_727]

hi Just Wondering can i put my items on ebay and post the links here ?

[Charlokylie]

A friend of mine has some stuff to sell. She how ever doesn't have an account here, would it be okay for me to sell the items on her behalf?

[natlove]

hi!
may i know if theater version photos are less valuable than normal version photos??

[lilypie]

hi!
may i know if theater version photos are less valuable than normal version photos??

I believe that depends on the single itself. Certain singles had a smaller choice of normal version photos vs. theater versions (such as KazeFu) so it was about the same for theater and normal.

However, certain ones like UZA/Gingham Check normal seems to be worth a ton more than certain theater versions.

But I think in general normal versions of senbatsu members tend to be worth more just because there are less circulating. (someone correct me if i'm wrong!)

[hanachan01]

Are we allowed to sell or give away handshake tickets here? I bought six copies of Sayonara Crawl LE, but as I'm in the US, I'm not going to use the tickets and figured someone else would enjoy them more.