Help Improve the Hockey Trading Forum...

[gretzky99]

We're looking for input on how we can improve the Hockey Trading Forum.
Please post any ideas you have here. The hockey staff will discuss these ideas and implement the ones that we think will improve the forum.

Thanks for any input...

[DZineGraphX]

for a newbie like myself i think when someone posts - if they know it can they posost the book value and if they dont and someone else does can they add it.
find being a newbie and looking to trade i have no idea what a card is worth......

[gretzky99]

thanks for the input. when everyone gets their "my card inventory" updated, that will have BV's listed. it will be a while before most folks get their stuff in there, but that will help.
thanks again and we'll see what else we can do.

[sealedpwr]

Originally Posted by DZineGraphX

for a newbie like myself i think when someone posts - if they know it can they posost the book value and if they dont and someone else does can they add it.
find being a newbie and looking to trade i have no idea what a card is worth......

you can also sign up for a free account at www.beckett.com

Here you can look up individual Card values for a certain card, only downside unless you pay for the PriceGuides is that you can only do 1 card at a time.

cliff

[habslover]

Can you make it absolutely clear to NEWBIES that they must send first. for the first ?many trades or they can stop wasting our time on our site. I found this year really bad for new people just trying to come here and try to get a quick rip off.

[gretzky99]

habs - that's actually a site-wide issue. i believe everyone with under 20 feedback automatically has to send first. they may not have a tag, but if you agree to a trade, it comes up in the trade manager that they have to send first.
part of the problem is many of the established members aren't asking new members send first. there is nothing we can do about that.

also, i would suggest putting something in your sig stating that anyone that trades with you that has > than so many feedback needs to send first. that really helped me out when i did it.

[cujo31ne]

i like the quick reply system here, but love to see this added to the private messages.

[centrehice]

"when everyone gets their "my card inventory" updated, that will have BV's listed. it will be a while before most folks get their stuff in there, but that will help."


You're Joking correct? I am down to the lowest number of cards in my trading in the last 15 years, however I am now down to about 15,000 cards. How on Earth would I possibly live long enough to post that many cards the way you have the inventory set up? It would take me over 2 years at 10 hours per day.

Now what happens if I want to get my inventory back to the way it was at around 75,000 cards? I will never use your inventory form as it's far too complicated and restrictive.

If you take away the Old Option of trading and only use the Inventory method, then everyone will quit, & the site will be a Ghost Town.

I'm sorry, but the Inventory Form is only a step forward if you have less than 50 cards.

[gretzky99]

you can still use the old way of trading. there's an option in the trade system for that if you would rather.

[hazmatman]

I'd like to see a pop-up with the decription of the trade in the trade manager when you point at the trade ID number. Just like when you point at a title in the forums. It would save alot of navigating from page to page when you have lots of trades on the go.