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If a offer is declined without a response, it's not something you did wrong. Some people like that just don't know or care to learn to communicate better. I would just not send offers to them again. There are too many other good people here that will work with you.

All this is why I stopped putting together big trades without emailing the other party first..

Too much effort into a trade that may never happen..

But this is not uncommon, at the height of my trading, I had a core bunch of traders and while other folks looked like they were actively trading, I'd never get a response from them..

It is what it is..

I'm guilty of this sometimes.

If it's a simple "common base -for- common base" trade, I usually get back pretty quickly... easy to say yes.

If it's the more open-ended variety ("What will it take to get this card?") I can't take the time to answer it at work and if I don't do it within a day or two at home, the message slides off the messages list and I miss them.  (All the "match alerts" messages clog the inbox.)  Usually the next time I think about it is the "Trade Withdrawn" notice.

Speaking of "match alerts," what is the best practice for setting those notifications?  I clearly have it set too frequently, but just curious what others choose, if any notice at all.  

I shut it off.  I found it a nuisance.

I turned the match notifications off myself because it became a nuisance. I found it was better to access matches when I wanted via the collections screen

Check, Check and check. To each his own, but most replies exemplies all of us.

I, personally don't offer trades, but sure as hell get plenty. One of my 2020 resolutions was to handle trades a bit differently. 1. I check this site daily, which includes trade offers, and I always look at them. 2. I might respond at once, if it's an easy one, all from 1 box etc. Multi-card trades of @100 I need time to think. 3. what annoys me is a massive trade, that I barely look at and then it's withdrawn. ehhh 4. keeping @5 offers live, while working to pull, pack and ship @3. 5. and somebody said it, good COMMUNICATION is so important.

So far in 2020, my different approach is working. Trades are viewed, communicated, accepted, pulled and sent in adequate time, especially for a notoriuosly slooooowwwww trader.

Also, because of the glut of cards I can trade, I may often draw attention to them in a forum post and request a PM for more info. That gets many bulk traders rolling. And there is the Up for Grabs offer that moves the inventory I just need to move. 

There is so much help we can offer other traders, if we can remain civil and patient. But COMMUNICATE often.