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Beagleshortstop
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Joined: Jun 2020
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Wednesday, January 19, 2022 12:44 AM | |
All of these are excellent common sense suggestions. I appreciate you putting these together.
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chvlDm
Posts: 286
Joined: Apr 2012
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Wednesday, January 19, 2022 1:54 AM | |
Good stuff. I am an experienced trader and these were very helpful reminders to me.
One more important one I would add is:
Before sending a proposal you should pull the cards you're offering. When someone spends the time to consider your proposal and accept it it can be kind of a gut punch if you then say well I actually can't find that card. Especially when it is a card that was a bit of a centerpiece to the trade.
I was not good about doing this when I was new, but with time and advice from others I realized how important it was.
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Thick McRunfast
Posts: 484
Joined: Nov 2018
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Wednesday, January 19, 2022 4:09 AM | |
This list of trading etiquette should be required reading for TCDB members. I especially like tip #3, 4, and 5, but it's important and beneficial to follow all of them.
Thanks very much for putting it together, myrke!
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Velli88
Posts: 69
Joined: Jun 2021
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Wednesday, January 19, 2022 5:58 AM | |
Very solid points.
I always write a short line when offering a trade to put a human touch to it.
I also notice that if someone doesn't write a message when offering me a trade I am less likely to say why I declined a trade or reason why I countered.
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myrke
Posts: 766
Joined: Aug 2020
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Wednesday, January 19, 2022 6:01 AM | |
This is a very good one as well, and I am guilty of trusting my organizational skills too much. I will say that it may really depend on the offer, as with small offers it's relatively quick to pull the cards whereas large ones it may take quite a bit of time (which, I suppose, is the point of finding all the cards). However, this idea also relates to #1 on my original post, where other members may not even respond to the proposal and thus compound the amount of effort wasted in putting an offer together. I do agree that if the trade involves really rare or expensive cards one truly needs to know if that card is not only in their possession but also in the condition that they think it is in.
I will say that, if this situation happens to me where a trader has lost a card or it is not in the condition he/she thought it was in, I am able to let it go rather easily. There's usually always something else that can be sent instead, but if not, I try to remind myself that the other cards in the trade are just as interesting as the missing one. I can always try to get the missing one at a later date, especially if it's common enough. Thankfully, when I make the gaff on my end I have found that the traders here have been flexible enough to allow some kind of substitute. Ideally such a situation would never happen, though, so pulling the cards ahead of time (if possible) is a wise move.
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irish77
Posts: 300
Joined: Aug 2015
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Wednesday, January 19, 2022 6:26 AM | |
Thanks to your advice, I updated my profile.
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bigcountry98
Posts: 330
Joined: Jul 2020
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Wednesday, January 19, 2022 8:12 AM | |
Thumbs up!
And always, ALWAYS, put the transaction number somewhere! Inside, on the back of the envelope / mailer, anywhere! I have 14 in porgress deals right now, I HATE looking through them all to find yours :D
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M_Skrz_22
Posts: 23
Joined: Dec 2019
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Wednesday, January 19, 2022 8:49 AM | |
Gret thread and very good points!
When countering a trade, I always try to keep the requested cards in the offer or make sure the other trader is okay if I change them. From my trading perspective, I usually build an offer based off of the cards coming my way and tend to be more flexible with the cards going out.
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obxyankeefan
Posts: 753
Joined: Aug 2017
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Wednesday, January 19, 2022 9:44 AM | |
This is the one I fail at more then any other. I keep a sheet of paper in my trade stuff to write down the number, but forget to put it in there.
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DyeHardFan
Posts: 233
Joined: Aug 2017
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Wednesday, January 19, 2022 10:03 AM | |
Great stuff.
Kindness. Empathy. Communication.
Work to incorporate these not just into your trades but your everyday life, and everyone around you will be better for it! I know I can always improve in these areas.
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