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All right, I'd hoped I would never have to do this, but I've finally gotten tired of seeing people being bled for their money and overcharged for Rock Musical Bleach goods. There is now a limit on how much you can charge for anything you sell on this community--photosets, old DVDs, tickets, CDs, anything.
You may not charge more than 1.5 times the original price in JAPAN for any goods without first asking permission from fencer_x, the moderator.
I understand there are definitely times when something is worth more than even 1.5 times the original price; if you have a first press edition of a DVD watched perhaps only once, complete with all the extra goodies, and you've kept it safe for years and finally need to part with it--yeah, it's gonna be worth a healthy bit more than you originally paid for it. However there is no excuse for charging $20, $25 for 600yen photosets (~$6), when they are all available to you at the original price already on goodbye_money (as are all DVDs, pamphlets, and other extras as well).
Any sales post from now on must price everything sold within 1.5 times the original price (not including shipping--but if you try and price-gouge on shipping like selling a photoset for $9 and then charging $11 for shipping, I'm gonna get onto you >_>). Original prices are all available on Animate's site and the Pierrot shop. (DVDs are generally ~$70, pamphlets ~$15, and photosets ~$6)
I don't care if you paid $20 for the photosets originally--that's your own problem--or got ripped off on ebay and paid $150 for one of the DVDs. This is a community to foster spreading the BuriMyu love and appreciation, not to help people who get to go to these shows fatten their wallets.
I apologize if any of you feel this is directed towards you--it isn't, really, it's just been a long time coming, and this sort of thing REALLY rubs me the wrong way. Here in this community, I have the power to do something about it to keep people from ripping off other people (whether you did it maliciously/knowingly or just wanted to recoup your own losses and charged what you paid yourself), and so I'm taking a stand.
If there are any questions whatsoever, please feel free to leave a reply, or contact me privately through LJ's messaging service. I'll make a note in the profile as well, and include information about purchasing this stuff yourself. As I mentioned, goodbye_money is my own "shop" I run where I make no money from any of my sales, I simply hook people up with TeniMyu/BuriMyu/*pnish* stuff as best I can. All photosets and pamphlets from all the shows are available (the DVDs are sold out at the moment, I believe), and I do business with Pierrot frequently. While I'm in the process of moving to Tokyo at the moment, I've suspended orders, but when I get settled again in August, I'll open them up again and business will continue as usual.
Please--definitely feel free to sell whatever you want here, it spreads the love! But respect your fellow fans and don't charge them an arm and a leg for this stuff.
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