GameTrade Site Rules
We strongly recommend that you first read the How Trading Works and How to Buy & Sell pages to gain an understanding of the overall GameTrade process before reading the specific site rules outlined below.
General Rules
- Only legal original content for both games and manuals may be traded/sold on GameTrade.com.au. Any member caught trading/selling or attempting to trade/sell illegal copies of games will be immediately banned from the site with all of their outstanding trades cancelled and all payments made forfeited to GameTrade. Any remaining GT Credits in your account will not be refunded.
- All games must be designed for the PAL format and playable in a standard, unaltered Australian game console.
- Any member has the right to accept, reject, or make a counter offer for any offer (trade or cash) they receive from any other member.
- GT Credits are not refundable for cash.
- These rules are subject to change at the discretion of GameTrade at any time in the future. If a change is necessary, GameTrade will announce the rule change in the "Latest News" section, and if possible provide one week notice before the new rule takes effect.
Trading Rules
- Any member can offer any game or combination of 2 games to any other member in exchange for any one of the other member's games.
- Any member may offer the same game or games to multiple other member on the site at the same time. When one of the offers is accepted, any outstanding offers containing that game or games will be automatcially cancelled by the system with those members affected notified by email.
- Once a trade has been accepted, both members involved in the trade must pay their trade processing fee within 48 hours or the trade will be cancelled. If after 48 hours only one member has paid, the trade will be cancelled and the member that made the payment will be refunded in full. GameTrade reserves the right to extend the deadline of any trade based on individual circumstances.
- A member has the right to cancel a trade any time before they pay the trade processing fee. If one member has paid and the other member cancels the trade, the member that has paid will be refunded in full. If a member needs to cancel a trade after they have paid the trade processing fee, they will need to contact GameTrade and explain the circumstances. GameTrade reserves the right to not refund any fees paid by a member that later cancels a trade.
- Once the trade processing fee has been paid in full by both members in the trade, the members will be notified by email that they can now send in their game(s). The members then have seven (7) days to mail their game(s) to GameTrade. If all the games in the trade are not received within seven days, the trade will be cancelled. GameTrade reserves the right to extend the deadline of any trade based on individual circumstances.
- Members must not send in their games until they receive notification that the trade processing fee has been paid by both parties. Any games received by GameTrade for a trade that has not been paid in full may be held by GameTrade or returned to the sender with the member that sent the games forfeiting their refund.
- Once all the games in a trade have been received, they will be visually checked by GameTrade to verify that they are the correct games as represented in the trade agreement and contain the original game manual if declared in the trade agreement. If any discrepencies are found between the games sent and the games described in the trade agreement, GameTrade will contact the offending member and attempt to resolve the issue. If a resolution is not possible, the trade will be cancelled, the games will be returned, and the offending member will not be refunded.
Buying/Selling Rules
- GameTrade assumes no responsibility for the behaviour of buyers and sellers using the cash offer service.
- Except for the removal of foul language, GameTrade will not edit seller ratings, buyer comments, or seller replies. Any member that uses foul language in a buyer comment or seller reply will receive a warning from GameTrade. Further misuse will result in the offending member being banned from the site.
- When contacting another GameTrade member via email, professional conduct is expected.
- Before giving a seller a BAD(-1) seller rating, GameTrade strongly encourages the buyer to contact the seller and attempt to resolve the situation.
- All BAD(-1) ratings must be accompanied with an explanatory comment.
- Buyers and sellers should assume that the shipping cost is NOT INCLUDED in either the listed "Sell Price" or the accepted cash offer amount.
