THE AUCTION HOUSE

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A rather quaint little building, the Trainer Square auction house is nevertheless one of the busier places to visit. Located right in the middle of the marketplace, shouts and bids can normally be heard ringing from the interior, alongside the occasional cry of outrage as someone loses in a particularly vicious display of bidding.

The auction house is a place where you can certainly get some excellent deals on sought after items, however, it's also a location where you can put up your own valuables. Who knows, perhaps the seat-ridden interior may be the key to your fortune? Get enough rare items and who knows what people will pay!

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STARTING AN AUCTION
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Anyone is allowed to start an auction as long as what they wish to auction off is in their inventory. All you need to do is start a thread with what you are auctioning off in the title, and then place the following information in the first post of the thread:

[/b] Just go into more detail about what you're auctioning off.
Starting bid: What's the bidding going to start at?
Minimum increase: How much do you have to go up each bid? For example, if the starting bid is 100, and the minimum increase is 150, then the first bidder would have to bid at least 250, and the next person at least 400, ect.
End time: The time and date the auction will end. If someone bids after that time then the bid is void.
Auto-buy: What you will take at a flat rate. Generally, this should be high, as the point of auctioning is to get as high as possible.[/ul]
Once an auction is finished, simply pm a staff member and the money exchange will be made. Once that is done, the auction will be locked, and the winner may add the item to their character sheet. If you're auctioning an item, please make sure you remove said item.

As a side note, it is permitted to auction off Pokémon if you wish. However, that is essentially the same as abandoning, and therefore their happiness status will go down -10. Please remember that.

10% from what you gain from the auction will be used as a sort of "service fee". This will be deducted in the transaction done by the staff.

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BIDDING
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Bidding is a fairly simple process. The starter of the auction should have listed the minimum increase, so while bidding it is absolutely necessary that you pay attention to those, otherwise your bid will be void. It takes a bit of math, but that's what calculators are for.

To bid, simply post your bid on the auction thread, and it will go back and forth between various members until one finally tops them all. However, please make sure you actually have enough money! Your money -- Credits -- is listed in your mini-profile. If you are making bids and don't have the money, then you have the potential to be banned from the auctions.

Also, do not get upset if someone outbids you. There will be other auctions, including some that are provided by NPCs. Also, you may not participate here until you have created at least one character . You do not have to have your starter yet, but the character must have been accepted.

You cannot, under any circumstance, edit your post or change your bid without staff consent. This is to prevent possibly cheating.[/justify][/size][/blockquote]