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Welcome to The Gifter's Guide to Getting Gifted! Here you will find information on Neocash items gifts.
Use proper language. If we have to unscramble what your sentence means because you use chatspeak or because you didn't feel like making a structured sentence, we probably won't want to make the effort to read it, and even less to gift you.
It might seem stupid or picky but... please have a nice language. I don't mean being polite. I mean having a nice structured sentence with no grammar mistakes or a painful structure.
Don't be afraid to make your album shown. It's better to have everything made public than to hide specific items.
Before going to any gifting board make sure you have a wishlist link or item named in your siggy so gifters know that what they give you will keep/use.
There are sometimes people who individually list every item they want in their post. It's fine the first time but after the next five times it just gets a tad annoying... If the link's in your siggy it makes the board more readable rather than just having a list of items on the page...
People who make a new wishlist every single color change...it just bugs me.
Please have your NC Album open on the Public View setting to allow your gifter to view what you have. They won't be happy if they later on find out you have it.
Be honest with everyone: Keep your album viewable with all items you have viewable
I also check albums, if I see one private I always assume the person is hiding something and stay away.
My best advice would be to have a mix of buyable and rare items.
If your wishlist is just Attack of the Revenge BG and Gingerbread Wings, you may be able to trade but those things aren't often gifted these days.
Keep your wishlist shortish. As a gifter, I want to feel like I'm giving you something you really want. If you and another user both have one of my retired items on your wishlists, but for you it's one out of 60 and for her it's one out of 6, I'll probably give it to her.
What I dislike about wishlists are the obnoxiously long ones with 30+ items.
Make it really easy for potential gifters to find your wishlist, and make your petpage ONLY your NC wishlist. I don't want to scroll through your NP wishlist
to find the NC stuff.
Make it really clear if there are "top priority" items on your list, too.
A "Most Wanted" section does help.
I am more likely to gift a buyable, soon to retire item, or retired I have several of. Do not make your list all retireds and definitely not hard to come by retireds.
If you are looking to be gifted, have a link to your wishlist page in your siggy. Don't redirect people saying "it's on my acara's page".
One thing that's irritating is when someone is gifting multiple items on the boards and people ask for more than one item. It's just kind of rude, in my opinion.
Another thing that really annoys me is when people post on other's trading boards, asking to be gifted. :/
If you see someone who has received an item, harassing the gifter to give you something is not a respectful thing to do.
Be polite and courteous to those on gifting boards. Say thank you for your generosity and wish everyone luck.
Be happy for people that are gifted, even if you are not. Congratulate them and thank the gifter again.
Don't go jump into a middle of a board where people are being gifted or had been gifted and post your wishlist expecting to get anything on it. It's just plain rude.
If you are gifted, thank the gifter and send them a neomail! And if you want to put them on a thank you list, put their nickname and NOT their username unless given permission.
Don't trade gifted items
If you do not receive a gift, do not complain!
Do not ever criticize your gifter for their gifting habits!
Don't re-trade the gift you received.I gifted a retired once and they re-traded for 3 or 4 buyables. Just ask for the buyables in the first place!
Don't come wish me luck just so you can wave your wishlist in my face.
Don't accuse me of not giving as much as I get.
Don't ask for something because someone else got it.
If I gift you, DO NOT post my name on a board! Ask before you put me on a thanks list.
Don't come and get all friendly with me just because you've heard I might be gifting. It's really disappointing to find out your 'friend' was only hoping for gifts.
Unless specifically said in the first post, please avoid to neomail to get gifted. It's like you tried to pass over the other people who are there waiting on the board, because you think you'll have the privilege of getting gifted quicker if you mail.
Don't turn around immediately after you were gifted and make a trading board to trade up. It was your "dream item", remember?
When you get gifted, please don't go tell all your friends who they should talk to if they want something. -_-
I actually have a list of some people I'd never gift because of them being rude, whiny or both.
I'm often "lurking" the boards to help out but a few times I've never been thanked for it (kind of discouraging...) how hard is a quick mail to say thanks....really now!
Recently, I've been seeing people popping up that have been not so nice to other people on the site. They need to understand, that reputation follows them, and I personally won't gift anyone I've ever seen doing that.
Another thing I hate is when after you gift, they turn sour, ignore you, or beg you for more.
If you're gifted a capsule and get 'junk' items, don't complain and ask for another.
My advice: don't just go up to people and ask them to be gifted, let the generous come to you so you don't unintentionally annoy them
Nobody likes a beggar, but what I hate more than a regular beggar is someone who is clearly begging, but they're trying to act all nonchalant about it.
Be honest. Don't post a sob story about how you can't get NC, but then link a trade list on a side account right under it with "I currently have 20 boxes".
Never ever mail a stranger & ask to be gifted.
I will never gift to those who beg!!!
Oh, one thing I hate is that when people starts to say that I haven't been gifted in so long time... ohh... for so many days! I would love to get gift now... can I have one? -- Remember: No one owes you anything. Be polite and patient.
Maybe it's just me, but I find it somehow annoying when someone writes "It's very nice of you to gift! My wishlist is on my siggy but don't worry, it's okay if you don't gift me. But if you do, thanks so much." When I read that, I feel obligated to look at their wishlist. It's like a "You don't have to... but you should!"
Don't ask me for something or hint at it, when I say no, or hint that I'm not giving it away, feed me something like: "Oh, I see how it is. Now I know what kind of friend you are." This one really irks me.
Bumping other people's boards with "Oh, I wish I could trade you for (insert item).. It's my favorite item ever!! But I have no access to NC. GL!" is begging.
We're really, really sorry to hear that your unicorn is sick and your hippogriff took off into the wind with a convicted felon on his back and that a troll attacked you in the bathroom. Really. We are. But telling us such things isn't going to make us want to gift you.
Ask how everyone is doing, and engage yourself in the conversation. Try to center the conversation on things other than yourself and our wants (advice for when chatting on gifting boards).
Don't just post "I feel ignored" "no one is listening to me", "I feel invisible" etc.
Don't post your wishlists and run off to do other things. Stay and engage the other people, socialize (gasp) get to know the other board members and have fun!
I look for people who have well dressed pets that just need that little push of an NC item to make it that much better. I'm not going to gift someone something just to let it rot in their closet or gallery.
You're far more likely to get buyable and more recently retired items, especially given the popularity of capsules.
Don't ask for Elite Boutique items. These cannot be gifted so asking for them would be pointless.
Don't take for granted that you'll get gifted :_:
I can't tell you how much I hate to see stuff like this: "Omg your friends are so lucky to have you. No one never gifts me, I don't have friends generous like you"... and then a neofriend request 5 min later.
Pets that are not neglected (no point to giving stuff for the pets if they will be crying and not looked after.)
Uncared-for pets are a huge pet peeve. No you don't have to pay NC for omelets, jelly or neolodge, so you have no excuse for not feeding them.
Don't lie about your country of origin.
Not allowed to trade NC for NP. Don't offer.
I love it when I send someone something, and they put it right to use on their pet. It shows me they really appreciated it, and makes me feel very satisfied with the experience.
My best advice for people who are looking to be gifted is to not look to be gifted.
Making your own "please gift me" board is begging. The No Access board(s) are there--use them.
Please remember: Maraquan, mutant, baby, UC, and invisible pets can NOT be customized with anything other than backgrounds and non-handheld trinkets. This also applies to fruit and veggie chias!
If you want to get gifted on a side, at least make sure your side looks like you visit often (2 days ago looks real different then a month ago) and your pets there are happy and well dressed too and not like it was only created to get you 4 LE pets when they were free to create to brag about.
If you're seeking -item name- and so is someone else, don't post your UFT list on their board. Make your own.
Folks: No access means NO ACCESS. It doesn't mean "I ran out of NC this week," or, "I'd rather get stuff free than buy right now." It also gets a little tiring to hear, "Oh, I got a card for my birthday, so I'm trading, and when I'm done, I'll want gifts again!"
Happy Gifting
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