thoughts on offering on OCS?

I find it a little annoying, but I definitely wouldn't block over it. I get that some people get excited and all, and I mostly only get offers on unnamed misc characters, so they were probably just trying to get lucky with catching me when I'm not as fond of them (but spoiler: I love all my babies including the poor unnamed ones. I'm just waiting for them to speak to me)

The only time I felt more than a little peeved was when someone offered on a character that I obviously put a lot of love into, had a finished profile, links and tabs, and was involved with a bunch of my friend's characters. Obviously I'm going to say no! 

It's rather rude if it's obvious they're not for sale.

if there's no notes anywhere stating the person feels one way or another, i don't think it's that harmful as long as the PM is polite/not demanding. i've done it a few times, most replies are polite and a few times the person has actually replied yes, they would be open for offers O:

if the character is clearly marked not up for offers, or if their profile literally says "don't offer on my characters" then it's pretty rude. it's only worth asking if the the answer isn't already explicitly stated

I have it listed on my profile and in all of my individual character folders asking people not to offer on characters that are not listed for sale, but I still get many unsolicited offers   If I could also edit the "viewing all characters" page to have a note about it as well, I would.

I won't get rude or snippy about it, I just kind of hold my arms up and internally question people's logic 

Erradox

Yeah! It makes sense. I really don’t have an issue if someone is curious and wants to ask, but honestly i dislike it more when it’s in comments. Because then it’s a public ordeal, and feels a little disrespectful when you have it up on your profile that they’re forever homed... regardless, I know sometimes they could’ve found them through browse, or suggested. But in general, safest bet is to go PM, or check someone’s main front page about stuff like that just incase. If there really is no info, then it’s fine imo, because there’s literally no information...

Bruja

Oh yeah ofc, if there’s no notes stating it’s fine! Cuz I understand Toyhou.se and that some people can find things in browse, or in suggested. But overall, I think it’s important just for people to check around to make sure, and keep the potential transaction private. Commenting, is especially sometimes rude, when you take into account that someone could have a note somewhere, likely on their front page, requesting that others don’t ask. But again, I always give people the benefit of the doubt, they they didn’t notice the note, or didn’t look further. sometimes you just can’t help feeling a little annoyed tho

Depends on the character. If it’s a gift from my friends I’m blocking immediately because they are listed as never to be for offer. If it’s a part of my short stories I’m blocking as well, they are all tagged properly so they have no reason to offer! 

If not I’ll say I’ll consider and move on.

I'm not like that 'active' in the adoptable community outside of a few CS groups, so I'll have to say it's really uncomfortable if someone offers on a character that's never/not up for sale/trade/offer. It's why I have a note on my profile that says none of my OCs are up for sale/trade/offer. I think putting such a note is very harmless, as long as it's not written to be really aggressive.

I think the reason why a lot of people (myself included) put such a note up somewhere on their profile is because they could get uncomfortable if someone offers on a character that's not ufo. I won't block someone for offering on my characters unless they do this as an attempt to persuade me otherwise in a very aggressive manner.

I just went through and put a button on all of my characters that I never want to sell/trade. It's colored (and changes to match everyone's themes) so it should not be easy to miss!

If you want it, it's here:

Forever Homed -
<span class="badge badge-pill badge-success"><i class="fa fa-home"></i> Forever Homed</span>

Tentative -
<span class="badge badge-pill badge-warning"><i class="fa fa-question-circle"></i> Tentative</span>

For Sale/Trade/Offer -
<span class="badge badge-pill badge-primary"><i class="fa fa-tag"> For Sale/Trade/Offer</span>

And for if you want different colors, see this post

Erradox

afkljdf tHAT’S SO SWEET OF YOU!! 

I might just nab these and put them up on my public characters, thanks a bunch!! I wish I could pin your comment haha!

Kadrina

Absolutely! I don’t think there’s anything wrong with asking, but I think it’s definitely important to double check someone’s profile, personal profile bulletins, and etc. just to make sure someone’s info isn’t up or see if they have any specifics about offers! If not, I think it’s pretty safe to ask? As long as the character isn’t super fleshed out And looks very loved.

And WOOF that sounds like it was an annoying occurrence! I had that happen to me a couple times when I was younger, but thankfully they were willing to let it go and were respectful to me about the ordeal. (Surprisingly)

Otter_under_water

I see! I presume that means your characters are quite fleshed out then... Yeah, sounds like it’d be annoying. I usually give people the benefit of the doubt that maybe it’s a kid, and sometimes it’s best to inform them that it can be rude, or make other uncomfortable to ask. But of course, some people are more persistent, and in such cases i’ll block them.

I think it's rude. Unless you have like a disclaimer on your profile that says its okay to do then don't do it

i mean i wouldn't personally block someone unless they were to the point of harassment but i would think "wow this person is p rude"

big agree with most people here - if its stated on the character's page or on the user's profile that characters are not up for offers then its hella rude to ask, esp publicly.
if you must ask though, be polite, do it in PMs, and make sure youre asking in a courteous and non-demanding way. inquiring if someone is up for offers or if you would potentially consider offers is much better than straight up offering or asking with... less tact.
i always apologize in case i am bothering them and let them know i understand how it might be intrusive, but i was just curious.
i personally have only ever inquired when i havent been able to see signs of the person not accepting offers on things tho.

the badges are cute and a good idea though! even though most people use tags for their characters for that purpose, and its simple and quick enough to select all your characters with the tag manager and add "forever homed" or "tentative" or "ufo/up for offers"

Admittedly it is something I feel very strongly against because of past drama over me not being willing to sell desigs and people being children in response to that but I strongly dislike it and find it rude. That said, it hasn’t been an issue here. If someone were to try and offer despite my notice requesting not to it’d feel like an entitled overstep of boundaries regardless of how the message was phrased and I may consider a block because of past drama.

All my OC’s are forever homed and are part of my stories and I’m not involved in adopts/character trading. If I do fall out of love with an OC I tend to keep hold of the design since I have rebooted characters later on or I’ve merged 2 older inactive designs together to make something new.

In regards to the drama I've had in the past over not wanting selling designs because it was forever homes I had people resorting to harassing and vague posting me to drama blogs when I wouldn’t sell the design that they’d decided I wasn’t using because (surprise) I was using it but wasn’t actively putting art up.  

A lot of the sale offers I used to get were also extremely rude, entitled and some were even insulting and they typically went along the lines of “I see you’re not using this design sell them to me I’d be a much better owner!1!1!” 

Because of that I don’t have patience for unsolicited offers nowadays even if the offer is polite and respectful.