Trades have went great for me. In fact I started a trade thread that quickly died. Here it is:
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=123022
Got three trades accomplished that week and all went wonderfully. Of course these were small valued cards. Id say if the cards have a value over a certain amount , get a moderator involved. At least that way there is some recrod of what is agreed upon which is slightly better then your word versues there s
Hope that helps

sean