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Please read these guidelines for buying on our Sweet Kawaii Swap Forum. These are guidelines, not rules, but anyone who varies from these guidelines greatly without explicit agreement from the other party leaves herself/himself open to negative or neutral feedback. Thank you to everyone who works to make this a great buy-sell-trade forum!

Guidelines for buyers:

♦ If you are interested in an item, reply to the thread and send a PM. This will help the seller keep track of who asked first.

♦ Be cautious about buying from anyone who cannot provide pictures of the item or who has no feedback. We all have to start somewhere, but new sellers should be able to provide pictures, even if it means borrowing someone's camera. Be very, very cautious about paying for something by money order from a seller with no feedback. If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is!

♦ Once you agree to buy an item, ask the seller how the item will be wrapped, or tell the seller if you have a preference. (For example, do you expect a NRFB item to be in a box, or is a bubble envelope okay?) If you expect tracking or insurance, make sure the seller knows that.

♦ If you ask a seller to hold an item for you, specify when you will pay and then pay when the time is up.

♦ Once you have committed to buying an item, pay within three days if the seller has not set a specific time line.

♦ Communicate with the seller when you send payment and when you receive the item.

♦ When you pay, through PayPal or otherwise, include a note stating your forum name and what you are paying for. The seller may be receiving payment for dozens of items.

♦ If the transaction is successful, leave the seller positive feedback. If it is not, try to resolve it through PMs. Involve the forum admins and moderators if it will help.

♦ Don't wait too long to resolve something you are unhappy about. Other forum members may be buying from a bad seller too.