Please Read If You Are Posting On This Board!Trade Dos and Don'ts

[FlyingPegasus]

Do not make a post on the VMK Trades and Wishes board unless you plan on following through with the trade!

Let's have some courtesy and respect for each other.

If a fair offer is posted for what you are offering to trade and you accept the trade then make the deal!

It is not fair to the other person to get their hopes up and then leave them hanging for days and then you decide you want more or something impossible for your trade.

If you do not want to trade the item then do not start a thread about it!

On a positive note:
Most of the people I have met and traded with have been really great! I appreciate everyone's generosity to those of us who can not get the games to load on our computers.

Let's keep the Dis Boards a fun and safe place for all!

 

[GuestRiku]

Great post I agree completely
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[Maleficent2]

Very well worded post a little respect goes a long way....


Have fun everyone! and respect your fellow players it will pay off in the long run.


Mal

 

[FlyingPegasus]

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[piratesmate]

I'm not sure if this should go here or on the main VMK board, but it's related to trading. Mods feel free to move if necessary.

In the past week I've made offers in the threads posted by others looking for certain items. A number of people have sent me PMs trying to get the items I offered on the thread....and a couple have contacted the person with whom I was trading trying to get the item before we could complete the trade - for the SAME item. I mean they didn't even better my offer!

In recent weeks there have been some odd trading practices going on.

* I made an offer for an item in response to someone's thread. Another player contacted the OP via PM with an IDENTICAL offer - hoping to circumvent my trade I guess.

* I made an offer to someone on a thread for certain items & immediately got a PM from someone else asking for the items I'd offered for far less than the OP was offering. Why would I agree to that?

Now I have PMd someone when there has been no activity on a trade thread for a while saying that IF the original deal doesn't go through I'd be interested in trading, but wouldn't feel right if someone else "lost out" on their deal. Is it just me?

 

[LittleRydia]

No, it is not just you. Im not happy myself with somethings going on with this trading board.

In the past ive had offers for something I was trading and accepted there offer and asked for a date time set up. Only to never hear from them again?

OR past week i made a offer for a certain item they wanted more so we talked a while and finally came to a agreement.. they actully accepted my offer and said they would trade me the item when they got it... again i never heard anything eles on that either.

it seems to me some people here are not keeping there words or sticking to a trade when it is accepted.

 

[Maleficent2]

PiratesMate I hope you do not care but I merged your thread with flyingpegasus' thread because I really hope more people read it and start showing alittle more respect and good manners when it comes to trading.

It saddens me some of the things I have been hearing about what has been happening with trades on the DIS.


Please trade fairly...treat others as you yourself would like to be treated.


Thanks

Mal

 

[Califgirl]

Well, in all honesty I can see how trades can sometimes fall by the wayside. I think I have a deal with someone and find it hard to meet up in VMK - nobody's fault, just real life and time zone differences. Well, a day goes by without being able to connect and it's really easy to forget who I was trying to track down and why. So my advice is don't be afraid to pm the person each day with a reminder of the trade and a time you can be found in VMK.

What I find disturbing is that people post things here for trade and then post the same item on other trade boards looking for that big 'killer deal'. No one here might realistically have a chance at their item, but we would never know.

There are a few people here that I will not even offer on their items because I know that they do this. You can tell who they are when you make your offer and they reply "I've gotten an offer three times bigger with four times more quest" or something like that. You can tell they have been trolling every trade board around in order to get a deal that big.

So I just ask, if you post it here, please at least give us a reasonable chance to get your item. If you get a bigger offer on another board (which irks me that you post the same item on another trading board) at least post what the current best offer is so that we have a chance to see if we can meet or beat it , should we want your item that badly.