Originally Posted by Bodhisattva

This looks more like suggestions material.

Originally Posted by Clovermouth

loans could be under [s] since you're making a profit

Originally Posted by MoldyRobot

I've been on TB for roughly 2 years. And in all that time, there have only been [B][T][S]&[R] for threads. I was wondering why no one has tried to use a different kind of thread. I know the rules say you must have one of those four on your thread title, but why not have something else aswell?

Originally Posted by MoldyRobot

Appraisals being looking at art and giving my opinion on how much the art is worth.

Originally Posted by MoldyRobot

I feel there are so many more options out there that are different from the buying, selling, trading, and requests that we've confined ourselves to.

What are some other forms of threads that could work?
Is my idea bad? If so, why?
Should we stick to the current Buying, Selling, Trading, and Requests?
Go ahead and post your ideas below, I would love to discuss this.

Originally Posted by Deuteria

Loans (do happen already, just not on the Market board) are likely to get messy at some stage or another. What happens when people aren't able to earn the TC back, or the person who is loaning out the TC becomes impatient with the amount of time it's taking to get paid back. If this were to happen, there would have to be very strict rules, and even then, the hassle it could cause is pretty absurd. Just more workload for staff.


This feels pretty pointless. There is already The Price Check Megathread. It could be updated to the point where it states that art is included, but there seems no point having multiple "Appraisal" threads where you're going to be getting one and the same answer.


Why fix what isn't broken? Update what is around already.

EDIT:
If you're looking to set up a Pawn rule/thread/whatever, best to define and refine what actually goes on during and after said process. As is, it's pretty hard to understand what you're saying + BIG walls of text, size 7 letters, don't really get people reading, paying attention/interested.

TB doesn't support loans

A new thread just for art could be opened such as "The Art Value Megathread." This could be run by people who know art and artists intimately. Plus Appraisals are based on how the market is going.

everyone appraises differently. I guarantee FurryPrints and I have different ways of telling how much a set is worth."

the system has room to grow

Originally Posted by Deuteria

There's probably a reason for this.


Ding ding ding, we have a winner! One thread.



You're most likely right. There's no sure way to valuate art accurately - 'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder'. We can however, hope to get a value relative to a person's opinion, but even then there is massive room for error. What if one person massively undervalues a piece of art, while another sits on the margin - meanwhile a quiet person sits over in the corner and thinks about paying 400,000 TC more than the averaged price? So what is the point of having a thread where you are going to potentially get such a massive variety of opinions? Most people that buy and sell on the Art/Textures board already have an idea of what they think their art is worth, or for how much they wish to sell it for. People that are new to the 'scene' will mostly just look around at similar pieces of art and take a gander.


For sure. Just needs some concise ideas.

Originally Posted by Kradel

I don't know about the tags you suggested here but more tags would be nice. The only thing is finding appropriate tags for what other things the majority of the community do besides sell, trade, auction, request and buy on the item thread. But when you think of it, that's really all people do. I suppose give-aways could have its own tag for the item thread. Because currently there is no set place to do give aways, just a lot of places where you can not.