emily_speck_15 Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 Last week I did a free trade on the trading post, a Strawberry Quiggle Cupcake. Not worth much, and I got a "friendly reminder" What crosses the line between what is allowed to be given away and not given away? I've seen paint brushes for free on the trading post so I assumed a cupcake would be fine. This is a friendly reminder that we do not allow giveaways. If you wish to help out some of our... less fortunate Neopians, please consider donating to the Money Tree! The following is the message(s) that caused you to receive this warning. Any profanity, inappropriate language, or bad acronyms have been replaced with asterisks (****): free to anyone needing a smile : ) Also, I linked the S above to the description of the cupcake.... Quote
dawnshine Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 I'm unsure, I put stuff up in the trading post for free all of the time.... I never knew I could get in trouble for it or that it was against the rules. /: I normally put something similar to what you have on there, too. "free to any hungry pets" or something like that. You'd think that since technically they have to offer something (a junk item at the very least) that it couldn't be considered a giveaway, anyways. It's still a trade. Quote
hrtbrk Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 Huh also news to me. I also put up "Free or best offer" trades on the regular. Maybe something worth asking the editorial about. Quote
TurkeyStrings Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 Oh I didn't know this either :\This post has been edited by a member of staff (Spritzie) because of a violation of the forum rules.Please keep your posts at 7 words or above.Please check your user inbox to see if you have been contacted regarding this incident, then review our rules. Quote
dawnshine Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 Welllllp I suppose I won't be putting anything up in the TP in the spirit of Goodwill for a while. Sometimes I literally have 10+ trades of free stuff in there. Quote
light_star2 Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 That's weird, I dind't know that neopets frowned upon giveaways either. I thought it was ok to be a good samaritan and help those in need... Quote
Angeló Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 maybe the monitor was drunk or in a bad mood. they work from home you know. emily_speck_15 and Novelista 2 Quote
LunaS Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 Maybe it'd be best to just offer something up on the board and give it to the person you think deserves/needs it most? I know giving stuff to people is not illegal for certain. Quote
Novelista Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 No idea what might be wrong with that, either. I vote for something like, "Free, for a donation of junk" and see how that works out. Quote
Rune Valentine Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 I think TNT monitors get a little twitchy when they see the word "Free" - some more than others, I guess. I vote for "Offer anything you want" if you feel like giving something away. thatlauralass 1 Quote
emily_speck_15 Posted March 21, 2014 Author Posted March 21, 2014 Ok thanks for the suggestions... Maybe because I had put up three that day? I tended to put out happy looking items as free trades... I don't know how to quote... but Huh also news to me. I also put up "Free or best offer" trades on the regular. Maybe something worth asking the editorial about. How do you ask the editorial? And what is the editorial? Quote
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