Four months ago, I was working out a trade on Net54, a vintage card forum I've been on for 12 years, and the guy I was trading with mentioned the Bench. I joined there and a guy I was trading with sent me a link here to see his trade list. Originally, I joined to try to keep a trade list like the fellow that referred me over here (the Bench doesn't have anything, so it's a free for all). I got annoyed with how cumbersome it was at first, but I was almost immediately contacted about a trade, so I stuck around a while to see what that was about. Once I figured out how the trade and want lists worked, and the trade matching, well, I've spent way too much time on this site over the last three months.
Generally, the condition I look for is: 1800s-1929 - G and up (1+)... 1930-1951 - VGEX and up (2.5+).. 1952-1967 - EX and up (5+)... 1968-1978 - EXMT and up (6.5+)... 1979-1994 - EXMT/NM and up (7.5+)... 1995-present - NM+ and up (8.5+)