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I love trading, would love to do more of it. It's fun to come up with some creative trade proposals amongst two collectors, and go thru with the deal...in a perfect world, each collector gets what they want, and has something new to play with. Keeps things exciting. I agree that the number one obsticle in the way is probably having both parties agree to the value of the deal. most collectors value what they have too high, and what the other person has too low.

Good topic, would love to see more people open to trading.

Edited to add: i find it MOST successful when you see an item someone has for sale, whether it be on the BST or eBay, or at a show, to just simply ask them if they are open to a trade. usually they'll ask, "Whatcha got?"...I think it's LESS successful when someone posts in the BST that they have a certain item(s) and are looking for a trade. Hope that makes sense.