General etiquette is to not comment on pricing. Its not cool to publicly comment on someone's asking price.
General etiquette is to not to post off subject comments in peoples threads. If you have something to comment to a particular person, email, call or PM them.
General etiquette is to not to call dibs and not show up or call. Dibs don't mean much if you have like 5 posts and never give your real name.
General etiquette is to not to change screen names 5 or 6 times along the way. Um, I only know you as X2345_P..Huh?
General etiquette is to not get discouraged and keep asking questions in the appropriate Forums.
General etiquette is to USE the Private Message (PM) function for off subject questions...
General etiquette is to post "First come First Served" when it applies so you don't have 5 people making plans to buy your one item. Good to leverage your sale, but not cool. If you don't care who you sell it to and its about the cash, say so.
General etiquette is to NOT ask for a PIC when you have no intention of buying just because you are merely curious...
General etiquette is to not go on a 2 hour tour of someone's house and tank only to lowball the seller at the last minute saying you only brought $12...
General etiquette is to not expect a Seller to call you...if they have a good deal, you chase THEM down...posting your number means nothing to the guy selling something to get it out of there...
General etiquette is to not openly whine when you have been on the board for less than 90 days and especially, don't diss the board owner or mods (hand that feeds you, appreciation, etc)...
General etiquette is to not ask for a PIC of a common fish when you can google one out in 10 seconds.
General etiquette can also = common sense of "class"
Hint of the Year = Don't dibs something and then ask the seller to wait for a week or send you a PIC. If it is that good of a deal, send them an immediate PM (with your phone number) and negotiate a deal with the seller. Set a time to see the item as soon as possible. Sellers retain the right to sell their item at any time to anyone without recourse. Its their option and you need to respect that. Welcome to the www.
If someone says email me, then email them, PMs might not mean anything if they are busy. There are lots of different sites out there. If they post a phone number, then dial it up immediately if its a good deal Don't post a reply with your number and say "call me" or "pm sent". Don't wait around for a PIC. Goggle it, get out your books and research it.
If you have an opportunity to buy a fish from an Established Tank, by all means pay the couple of extra bucks and buy it. Fish from established tanks that are breaking down are always going to always have a higher chance of survival then the unknowns at the LFS. Fish go from who knows where to east coast, to west coast LA, to SD...
Use the PM feature as much as you can and please keep off topic or personal comments to yourselfs.
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