I have enjoyed this website for a nearly a decade and will continue to use it to manage my collection. However, I have shut off trading for the following reasons.
1) Shipping is either too expensive or too time consuming. The USPS refuses to follow their own guidelines and insists on charging $4-$5 dollars for packages that should be considered large envelopes. In order to get around these charges, I am forced to spend too much time creating protective packaging to shove in a #10 envelope. No thanks.
2) In the past couple years I have had several absurd and/or lopsided trade offers. It's easy to decline, but a few traders just keep sending their garbage offers.
3) Too much time required to pull cards for large PC trades. I like large trades, but pulling trade offers that span 80 different sets can take several hours. Again, no thanks.
4) Actualy had a couple traders respond regarding the quality of the cards they received. We're not talking about physical condition, they are actually complaining about the print quality, centering or "snowy" cards. This was the perverbial straw that broke the camel's back. I have gone to the extreme and provided condition for vintage cards in my collection. In addition, I carefully inspect and throw away junkwax and newer cards that are not in NM or better condition. I am rewarded for these efforts with dorks taking a magnifying glass to their cards and actually wasting my time with their findings.
Now if you have read this far and want to trade me, I will consider, but they must be BIG trades of 100 cards or more. If interested, please send me a message and I will open trading.
Thanks for understanding - Mark
