Trading Forums

[Samantha]

Right, I feel there is always a bit of confusing when putting a thread in the trading forum as most people do not know what category their furniture falls into so put it in any they please. This then leads to (Super) Moderators moderating posts wrong then having to rectify their mistake which doesn't look good for their image now does it?

Say I had a 'Talk to FRANK Brain Lamp,' 'Idea Agency Super Cake' (both supers) then a 'Red Oriental Screen' (normal) I have noticed many times that these would be moved to the normal rare trading forum and I wonder why, I feel if the majority of furniture is in the super rare category then it should stay there, if there is a screeny of course it's a different matter!

Anyway, I feel maybe give the trading forum a revamp (again) I feel the forum could benefit more by having 2 forums 'Normal Trading' and 'Rare Trading' these could all have descriptions underneath such as:

'Normal Trading' post all the normal items you wish to buy/sell here.
'Rare Trading' post all the rare items you wish to buy/sell here, this includes supers and categorised rares.

Then it would be a bit easier to follow. In the Rare trading forum you could have prefixes such as categorised/normal/super to make it more easier as well. However, as you aleady have prefixes of buying/selling maybe change these to B> or S> or maybe even have 6 different prefixes?

B>Supers
B>Normal
B>Categorised
S>Supers
S>Normal
S>Categorised

Just to make it a little simpler for people who are unsure on what is what with trading.

Also, again if there are both you could either have a 'Mixed' forum or the thread creator could put +norms/+rares in the thread title.

[Calvin]

What is the point of changing to the prefixes to B>/S> or having 6 different ones when you can have two which everybody understands?

I've never bothered using the Trading forum so I don't have a clue about the rest of the post.. :whistle:

[Samantha]

Well I meant if the team went with the prefixes of normal/categorised/super etc then I'm not sure if you can have two lots of prefixes that was all :)!

[Jordan]

If someone is unsure on where to post their item then they should check the trading rules and scroll to the bottom for instructions. Moderators should (if they are confused), check Habbox.com using that guide in the rules to confirm if it's in the right section.

Do you feel that small guide at the bottom should be promoted more to minimize the confusion with everyone?


Some of you may get confused when posting in the trading sections. When searching for your item of furniture on (www.habbox.com/rv), hover over the item. This will reveal some icons, look for the star icon, this tells you which section to post in.

http://habbox.com/cache/page_helper_files/Rares/images/super.gif - Super Rare
http://habbox.com/cache/page_helper_files/Rares/images/normalrare.gif - Normal Rare
http://habbox.com/cache/page_helper_files/Rares/images/norm.gif - Catalog Norm (Permanent item in the catalog)
Anything without a Star will be a Categorized, meaning it often comes in and out of the Catalog.

Please note, stars are still being added to Supers and Normal Rares at this moment. If you spot a furniture that needs a star added on. Report it here (http://www.habboxforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=75).

[Mr-Trainor]

I disagree with grouping categorised items with the Rares/Supers. I think they should stay with Normals as I requested before due to many items often going from categorised to normal when they're released and then back again.

[Suspective]

I think the current set-up is sufficient. I always have a check to make sure new posts have been posted in the right sections correctly, and if not I move them. You can always such the whole forum area or just have a look in both sections. Most avid traders know where to place items, and if not the Habbox site is easy to use and familiar to most if not all users. :P

[Mathew]

Never knew there was a star system in place, interesting! :P I have posted loads in the trading forums over the years and found myself getting nowhere, so I just don't use it anymore.

[Samantha]

Ok, what about the majority of items being supers and one being a normal rare, shouldn't they still stay in supers?

[Jordan]

Ok, what about the majority of items being supers and one being a normal rare, shouldn't they still stay in supers?

Yes they should stay in supers. The majority wins, in my opinion!

[Mr-Trainor]

Ok, what about the majority of items being supers and one being a normal rare, shouldn't they still stay in supers?

I think that should be the choice of who posts the thread, whether they want it in supers or normal rare trading.