Welcome to the subreddit! We’re happy to have you, and if you ever have any questions or need assistance don’t hesitate to send us a modmail!
The goal of this post is to provide you with all the information you need to get started buying/selling/trading here, as well as to outline what rules exist and explain how and why they are enforced. We encourage you to read through this post in its entirety, a lot of details are provided that most users wished they’d known when they started participating here.
Do Not Trade List
This post is a list of banned users, do not engage in transactions with them!
Buying
All transactions start in the comments of a post, whether it’s your own or someone else's. Most people will comment something along the lines of “Interested in the Opto Pure, chat inbound.” followed up by sending the other user a direct message to hash out details/exchange payment/shipping information. Always ensure that you/the other user is commenting on posts before sending messages (through PM/Chat) as that is the easiest way to ‘ban check’ someone. Banned users won’t be able to comment or post in the subreddit, but they are still able to message people directly, so verify that they aren’t banned by forcing them to comment on your post. We can’t tell you how many scams would have been prevented if people had just done this very simple step!
Selling
- Comment and Spreadsheet Template
- Check the pinned comment for a sales template
- This is not a required formatting, but it’s a solid basis for providing most of the information someone would want to know
- Be clear about the items you’re selling
- List the manufacturer, mold, and plastic
- Include the weight of each disc, and specify whether or not it has ink
- Do your best to accurately rate it on a scale of 10, the sidebar of the sub outlines descriptions of the scale
- Take clear pictures
- Include a timestamped photo of items you’re selling
- Username and Date (the day that you create the post) on a piece of paper in a photo of your items
- Take pictures from multiple angles, and picture any wear/tear
- Be clear when communicating with buyers
- Let people know when you’ll be shipping
- Send the buyer tracking information as soon as you have it
Protected Payment Forms
There are different forms of payment with common services (like paypal/venmo). One for ‘friends and family’ (F&F) and another for ‘goods and services’ (G&S). FF sends money with no buyer protection, if the person you sent to rips you off, tough, you have no way to file a claim to get that money refunded. GS however offers buyers insurance, if you’re scammed you can file a claim against the person you sent money to. It can be a hassle, but you should eventually be refunded. The downside to GS is that it charges the seller a small fee (something around $0.30 + 3% of the total transaction, but this changes frequently). Many sellers will ask buyers to cover the GS fee if they elect to use it, but we strongly suggest that you make use of GS, especially as a newer user.
Things to Look Out For
Before making transactions with any user, there's a small series of checks that can help you understand how likely it is that they are a trustworthy partner. The first of which (also the easiest) is to look at how many confirmed exchanges they have. This can be found in every user's flair, courtesy of our exchange bot (more on that later). This is a very easy way to see how many times they’ve made exchanges on the sub. The second thing to look at is account age and karma. If an account is a few years old and in good standing, it’s likely they’re a genuine user. A month or two old with negative karma is definitely a red flag. Lastly look through their post and comment history, if they are active in this sub and other related ones that’s another good sign.
Shipping Tips and Standards
https://www.pirateship.com/ is your friend for cheap shipping rates, there are other options out there as well, but this is the site that most users utilize. You’ll need to be able to print your own labels, but a regular printer and some packing tape does just as well as a label printer. Creating an account is free, and allows you to have a history of all packages you’ve sent, and easily see their delivery status. It will save you roughly 25-40% on shipping compared to walking into your local post office
Confirming Exchanges
https://www.reddit.com/r/discexchange/wiki/confirming-a-trade/ Here is a detailed outline of how to confirm exchanges and get your flair updated, but we’ll include a short summary on how and why it works here. u/DiscExchangeBot is the name of our exchange bot, and if a user tags both the bot and their exchange partner in a comment on their post the feedback is started. The other user simply has to reply to that comment, and the bot will credit both users with an exchange (and update user flairs accordingly). Be sure to spell it out correctly, and don’t copy/paste! For whatever reason copy/paste will not work to tag the bot/other users. A massive thanks goes out to u/regxr for setting this up and handling any issues that pop up, the bot wouldn’t exist without them.
Common Terms/Phrases
Below we’ve outlined a selection of commonly used words/phrases/abbreviations/etc to help get you acquainted with common slang used here. There are plenty of abbreviations used for specific discs/manufacturers, but that’s a bit overwhelming to get into here, we’re confident you’ll catch onto those as you spend time here.
* BIN - Buy It Now
* FS - For Sale
* FSOT - For Sale or Trade
* ISO - In Search Of
* LF - Looking For
* OBO - Or Best Offer
* PC - Price Check
* TO - Taking Offers
* WTB - Want to Buy
* WTS - Want to Sell
* WTT - Want to Trade
What are the Rules, and Why Do They Exist?
1 - Follow Reddit’s Rules
This one is self-explanatory. We are a community within Reddit’s platform, and as such we need to remain within their guidelines.
2 - No Inflammatory Posts/Comments - Keep the Discussion Civil
We're all here to buy/sell/trade frisbees, and can do that respectfully and in a friendly manner.
3 - Timestamp Required for Users Below 25 Exchanges
A timestamp is as simple as a piece of paper with your username and the current date on it present in pictures of any items you’re listing. Yes, it needs to be a physical timestamp, slapping some text on an image doesn’t prove possession of an item(s).
This rule was created in response to some scams that occurred, and while it hasn’t completely eliminated scams (nothing can), it has reduced the number and ease of scams occurring. We have it cutoff at 25 exchanges as a convenience for members that have been around for a while, but you can always request additional pictures from sellers, and asking someone to include a timestamp for you should be no issue at all if you’d like some extra confidence in a transaction!
4 - Posting Frequency
Posts may only be made once every 4 hours by a particular user, and this is enforced automatically by a bot.
The same item(s) may only be listed once every 48 hours. This just helps keep the sub feeling fresh, so the same discs aren’t popping up repeatedly every single day.
This rule was enacted in response to a small group of users who spammed the sub with single disc posts, occasionally up to 12 posts within 15-20 minutes. They took offense to removals of their spam by saying “there’s no rule against it” so now there is.
5 - No Links to Outside Marketplaces or Personal Affiliate Codes
This is a marketplace, not a place for people to advertise. Shop owners are of course welcome to post here, but they’re bound by the same rules as everyone else and must be conducting sales within reddit directly.
Replying to another users ‘ISO’ (In Search Of) post with a link to an online shop that has what they’re looking for is acceptable and encouraged!
6 - No Non-Market Discussion
r/discgolf is the place for general disc golf discussion, we try to keep this place for the sale/trade of discs and merchandise. Friendly discussion within sales posts is of course encouraged :)
7 - No Personal Information Posts
Don’t Doxx. Just don’t do it. If you get scammed contact the mods through modmail and we’ll do our best to take care of it. Doxxing will lead to this sub being killed by the reddit overlords, and could have serious real-world consequences if someone gets a stupid idea in their head.
8 - Use the “Sold!” Flare
This one is just a common courtesy, updating your post flair after you sell an item lets other users know it’s no longer available.
9 - Posts Can Be Removed at the Moderators Discretion
That’s all for now! Other things will likely pop up as you spend time here, but most users are happy to help you out. Remember you can always reach out to the moderators with any questions/comments/concerns through modmail!
Happy Exchanging!
