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vrooomed

Posts: 15,005
Joined: Dec 2012

Friday, May 3, 2024 11:03 AM

Trading at your own risk only can hold true when you actually know who you are trading with. In this case, if someone has created yet another new ID, it makes that very difficult.

If the person is from the Wilkes-Barre, PA area and goes by either Shawn or Jackie, then you know who it is, and the plethora of previous IDs. Trader truly beware.

Toddbwd wrote:

Seems to me like the baseline is what is written everywhere on the site, trade at your own risk.

Plenty of people have stories of trades with certain members that didn't go well or were way more of a hassle than worth the effort. While others have positive interactions to balance the feedback score or redeem someone's reputation after a bad stretch. In the end, we each have to go with our gut feelings about if a trade is worth taking the chance on or not.

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Colengco90

Posts: 578
Joined: Oct 2014

Friday, May 3, 2024 11:36 AM
ahh ... the frequent flyer of bad trades strikes again. wonder what story will be this time?? smh ------------------------------- Jerry

nkandy11

Posts: 45
Joined: Aug 2018

Friday, May 3, 2024 11:45 AM
The Hall & Oates Greatest Hits is not a bad thing to receive in a trade

Toddbwd

Posts: 216
Joined: Oct 2019

Friday, May 3, 2024 12:27 PM

Yes - risk. Does someone have low feedback numbers or not many completed trades? Is this a newer profile/member? Does it look too similar to someone I have no interest in interacting with? All of that falls under trade at your own risk.

Good talk.

vrooomed wrote:

Trading at your own risk only can hold true when you actually know who you are trading with. In this case, if someone has created yet another new ID, it makes that very difficult.

If the person is from the Wilkes-Barre, PA area and goes by either Shawn or Jackie, then you know who it is, and the plethora of previous IDs. Trader truly beware.

Toddbwd wrote:

Seems to me like the baseline is what is written everywhere on the site, trade at your own risk.

Joshua825

Posts: 370
Joined: Jun 2014

Friday, May 3, 2024 1:31 PM
The person does state they live in Wilkes Barre. Under 10 feedback, Jackie is the name. Even though I got my cards, I'm trying to say that this appears to be the normal routine. Make a small amount of successful trades, then it gets out of control. Just saying to be cautious, too many people here had a bad experience and for new people joining it's worse.

tpxcards

Posts: 855
Joined: Jun 2019

Friday, May 3, 2024 3:06 PM
What a great way to get rid of my old DVDs! And VHS, and CEDs! ------------------------------- TCDB Collection Leaderboard spots: #1 Alexei Zhamnov #1 Shane Doan #1 Phoenix Coyotes #1 Arizona Coyotes

CollectorTBNL

Posts: 207
Joined: Nov 2020

Friday, May 3, 2024 3:19 PM
I beg to differ. But I guess I'm Out of Touch nkandy11 wrote: The Hall & Oates Greatest Hits is not a bad thing to receive in a trade

jmkidd

Posts: 434
Joined: Apr 2015

Friday, May 3, 2024 4:43 PM

if trading with Shawn/Jackie ALWAYS require they send first and only send after you receive. What I normally do is pull their cards put them to the side and then once I receive and certify the condition of the cards mail their half out. Makes it a longer ordeal but I would rather just mark it an unfinished trade and let it drop off rather then deal with the issues of a bad trade. Trade With Caution