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05-12-2015, 10:32 AM #51
Great post and I agree that a lot of traders have to "win" the trade which sucks all the fun out of it.
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05-12-2015, 11:01 AM #52
If I am getting a card that is on my want list I don't mind if the other trader wins the trade, but you are right there are too many who want to have their cake and eat it too.The want list at this link features what I need of Gretzky, Roy, Ottawa Senators, and Miscellaneous sets. I also have a CFL want list on my page and if you have nothing from it I will consider other traders of current Ottawa Senators,Guy Lafleur, + trade bait.
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05-12-2015, 02:49 PM #53
Well I know that I havn't been as active on the site just because Finals week for college was coming up and currently going on, as well as I was trying to find a place for the next semster to live as well as finding a new job and getting ready to transition to it. Just a lot of little things that added up to a lot of busy stuff so not much free time to enjoy the hobby, also there just hasn't been a ton of stuff that has caught my interest for items up for sale or trade, expecially on a college students buget.
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05-12-2015, 03:28 PM #54
Since joining the site I have been in one actual card trade and the rest have been me buying the seller's cards. I feel the same sentiment as @cygnusx1. I prefer to trade cards as I am not in the business of making money off my hobby and would like my good cards that I have no interest with in the hands of a collector who will actually be excited to have that card. All I ask for in return is something fair/comparable to the card(s) I am giving up (auto for auto, base cards for base cards, something along those lines).
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05-12-2015, 04:11 PM #55
From a trading stand point, I enjoy helping people out to an extent. It usually comes back to me in a positive way. On another site there is a "pay it forward" type thread going on. Even though they are low-end GU's or inserts or RC's or base, I've sent out I think 4 packages for members and received 3 things myself, including something I needed for my Clutterbuck collection.
I'm usually pretty laid back when it comes to trades, but sometimes I just have to step back if I feel I'm really getting ripped
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05-13-2015, 08:14 AM #56
I have just sold a few highend cards here over the years, and i thought it was not worth the time really, didnt like that i had to send a highend card first just because i had not enough feedback trading score but it went alright i guess since the cards didnt get lost in mail, would been a nice loss send out a card before your got pay atleast on ebay u get payed before u send out. I didnt join here to be a super trader anyways.
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05-13-2015, 08:24 AM #57
And if your cards got lost in the mail EBAY would debit your account as well. The must send first rule is on every site, we all dealt with it.
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05-30-2015, 03:20 PM #58
I think a lot of members don't bother visiting the trading pages anymore because they got tired of some of the nonsense. Today I tried to help a guy out with his Mario Lemieux collection. He sent me a trade link but in a follow up response added that he wouldn't trade any of his RCs towards them. Okay, so I wittled it down to an insert and a basic jersey card for BV that was still in his favour. Well I might as well have been trading him Sean Avery cards because in his follow up his cards were worth oh so much more than the cards being offered. So at the end of the day I did all the searching and listing to help this member out to get a speech about the value of the cards for the superstar he is trying to collect. There are some members who need a big time reality check.
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05-30-2015, 05:17 PM #59
Nailed it on the head, Pete. Back when I was more active, I would do just like you did: search through lists/buckets, offer up a number of options, basically do all the leg work. And the response you get is either a long-winded speech about why his cards are great and yours are trash, or no response at all.
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05-31-2015, 09:57 AM #60
I remember a time when I was doing 3-4 trades per week. Now it's per year.
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