{"id":17887,"date":"2010-12-28T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2010-12-28T15:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelamberts.com\/webkinz_blog\/?p=17887"},"modified":"2010-12-28T17:17:15","modified_gmt":"2010-12-28T22:17:15","slug":"trading-contest-etiquette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thelamberts.com\/webkinz_blog\/?p=17887","title":{"rendered":"Trading &#038; Contest Etiquette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Gymboutiques, we take the friendship, security, and well-being of everyone who visits here very seriously, and we have set-up guidelines in order to try to protect everyone here.\u00c2\u00a0 As a reminder, everyone needs to read the\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"post-2355\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelamberts.com\/webkinz_blog\/?page_id=2355\" target=\"_blank\">Commenting, Trading, &amp; Posting Etiquette &amp; Guidelines\u00e2\u20ac\u008f<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0Page in full BEFORE commenting on the blog!<\/p>\n<p>We care about you and want to be sure that everyone\u00c2\u00a0participates in a spirit of kindness, friendship, and generosity!<\/p>\n<p>To highlight a couple of areas:<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">COMMENTING:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>*Do not post personal information. (Children should never post their age, grade in school, or city where they live.)<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0*NEVER share account information.\u00c2\u00a0 This opens up opportunities to scam and be scammed.\u00c2\u00a0 You should also make sure your password is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153obscure\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and something that someone else could not figure out based on information that you might share on the blog.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0*Be polite.\u00c2\u00a0 Prizes on contests are offered from the generosity of the people here.\u00c2\u00a0 Please remember that even sending these prizes cost kinzcash and a lot of time, so be patient &amp; gracious if you are lucky enough to receive a prize.\u00c2\u00a0 Code prizes are purchased with our own money and given by the people here at the blog.\u00c2\u00a0 <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Please do not attempt to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153resale\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or trade\u00c2\u00a0these codes.\u00c2\u00a0 If you do, we reserve the right to invalidate the code, block you from the blog, disqualify you from contests, etc.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">TRADING:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No trading accounts.\u00c2\u00a0 Someone can trade an account and still have access to it based on their original information even if you change the password.\u00c2\u00a0 Please do not offer accounts for trade at all.<\/li>\n<li>No Auctions.<\/li>\n<li>Offer fair trades.\u00c2\u00a0 Consult the WI GEV (Gift Exchange Value) when in doubt of the value of items offered in a trade.<\/li>\n<li>\u00c2\u00a0Please allow others to complete trade negotiations before offering for an item that is already being negotiated in a trade with someone else.\u00c2\u00a0 Please do not offer items already offered in an active\/pending trade to someone else.<\/li>\n<li>If you are unsure about a trade, just say so . . .\u00c2\u00a0 If you agree to trade, keep your word.<\/li>\n<li>People NOT on the trusted traders list should always send first.<\/li>\n<li>DO NOT offer items you really don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to trade or items you do not actually have!<\/li>\n<li>In order to protect the young people at this site we\u00c2\u00a0<em>recommend<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0no trading Codes and no trading through email &#8211; if you do trade through email it is at your own risk.\u00c2\u00a0 Trading for pet codes can lead to hacking and should be done at your own risk!\u00c2\u00a0 We ONLY recommend accepting pet codes from Gymbo,\u00c2\u00a0momskinz, or crazywebkinzchic\u00c2\u00a0for your own account security and always\u00c2\u00a0having a \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcsecret\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 account that you use for pet codes won in contests or through trades.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">When in doubt, Ask an Admin (Gymbo, momskinz, or crazywebkinzchic)!\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Gymboutiques, we take the friendship, security, and well-being of everyone who visits here very seriously, and we have set-up guidelines in order to try to protect everyone here.\u00c2\u00a0 As a reminder, everyone needs to read the\u00c2\u00a0 Commenting, Trading, &amp; Posting Etiquette &amp; Guidelines\u00e2\u20ac\u008f\u00c2\u00a0Page in full BEFORE commenting on the blog! 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