• An item bought from any other Seller will be able to be purchased over the phone (if they are a Shop and have the ability to take Credit Cards) or by cheque/money order.
• Any item offered by a Seller will clearly state the preferred method of payment.

When considering making a purchase you will be able to see feedback left by other buyers who have dealt with the Seller previously. No seller can remove or amend these comments.

You can also ask a Seller a question about the item they are selling or about themselves. For more information on asking questions go here.

When you add a product to your Basket it will be listed under the Seller who has put it up for sale. In this way you can add five different products sold by five different Sellers and go through each check-out process individually.

For more information on the check-out process, go to the next section.

For more information on Privacy.

On submitting the completed 'Order Details' required to make a purchase an e-mail will be generated to the Seller sending all the 'Product Details' and your 'Delivery Details'.

When you have decided to purchase the products in your Basket click on the 'Check-out' link. There are instructions at the bottom of the check-out page to help you through the process.
Because we have no way of knowing how much Postage will be for the items that you want to purchase you will need to fill out the shipping details and other information on this page. Once filled out you can print or save a copy of this page for your records. This page also contains the Sellers e-mail address should you need to contact them.

On submitting the check-out page you will be generating an order e-mail that will be sent to the Seller so that they can confirm the postage charges and send you a total cost for your order.

The Seller will hopefully reply as soon as possible but if you feel that there has been a significant delay you will have the Sellers e-mail address to enable you to chase them up.

The Seller will complete the order form and send it back to you with their preferred payment details attached.

Placing an order with a Private Seller does not guarantee that the items are yours as there maybe a overlap with the items being sold elsewhere before they can be removed from the site; or maybe somebody else has just got in there before you and the Seller is awaiting payment. In either case you will be informed by the Seller when you receive the completed order requesting payment.

Please remember to grade the Seller once the sale has been completed. You will find a link in My 26pigs for you to do this.

There is more on the Buying procedure in My 26pigs-My Basket.

When you register you will be asked certain questions that pertain to selling products, such as your preferred payment method, postage and packing charges and your terms and conditions. This information is then added to every 'Product Details' page that is built for your products so that the Buyer will be able to determine at a glance whether they want to purchase from you.

Once you have made a sale the buyer will be asked to comment on how well the sale went and whether they would purchase from you again. This information will be freely available to all collectors looking at your items in the future.

Let's say that you collect Beanos and are missing 20 issues from 1970.

Add 'The Beano' to your My Interests and then select the categories UK Comics / The Beano (we need these categories so that we can find your interests in the database).

Then select the date, month or year (or all three for specifics).

When we know your interests we will send you an e-mail whenever the items you're looking for are added to the Comic Store. The e-mail will contain links to all the Beanos that have been added.

Remember, to add these items to your Basket you will need to Log-on to 26pigs to activate the session.

Because there will always be first time 'Sellers' it is not always possible to read comments left by other 'Buyers'. Also there may come a time when a question needs to be asked about a particular item for sale. For these reasons you can 'Ask the Seller a question' about any product you are interested in by clicking on the link on the 'Product Details' page.

When you click on the 'Ask the Seller a Question' you will be taken to a form that you should fill out in full.

When you submit this form your question is added to the bottom of the 'Product Description' page where you first clicked on the link and an e-mail informing the 'Seller' that a question has been asked about that particular item will be sent.

When the 'Seller' has answered your question you will be informed by e-mail with a link to the product page where you will find the answer at the bottom of the page.

If you are asking yourself "why can't I just e-mail the Seller?" go here.

Prospective 'Buyers' have the opportunity to ask questions about the items for sale. This enables you to be reassured that the item is as specified and also about the 'Seller' you are thinking of buying from.

You can also check the credentials of the 'Seller' and see any comments left.

Questions: For the 'Seller'

If a prospective Buyer asks you a 'Question' you will be informed by e-mail. When this happens you should log-on to 26pigs to access your 'My 26pigs'.

At the top of My 26pigs you will find a section titled 'Things to do'. In here you will find a link 'You have been asked [a number of] questions about your products'. Click on this link to see the questions asked and the form to fill in to give your answer.

If you are unsure what product the question has been asked about then locate the item by using the PID code given with the question by searching for it in your shop.

Everyone loses out.

You can ask the 'Seller' a question at anytime about any product by clicking on the 'Ask Seller a Question' link on every product details page. For more information on 'Asking the Seller a Question' go here.

The e-mail address of the 'Seller' is revealed to you once you have been through the Check-Out process.