Why don't we trade more?

[g_vezina_c55]

I don't have any inventory to trade is probably the main reason why i didn t do trade...

[mr2686]

I'm kinda surprised that there never seems to be any 3 or 4 way trades. There are so many people that know each other in the hobby yet don't always have something the other guy needs in a trade. I think it would be interesting whether it be cards or autographs or whatever.

[smtjoy]

I love to trade and have had the luck of doing quite a few. Its funny some I have done worked out well and others not so good but never regretting doing one. Nearly every card on ebay I have listed I am open to trading. What usually stops trades for me are-

The person has an interest in a card I have but has no trade inventory, this seems to happen the most.

Cant agree on value of each, too many times someone wants what they have into it for their card (which is usually way more than VCP and then wants market value/VCP for mine).

Also I think when someone wants something I have I expect a little more in the trade if they dont have anything I really want. The same goes I expect to trade in their favor and most times strongly for a card I really want. I try to help people out when I can but I don't like to trade a card that has not been for sale in a while with none on ebay for a same series card that has 5 listed on ebay. I have had a trader bemoan why I would not want to make that trade as they are the same type card 1 for 1.

[drc]

I take back my ricin story. The only true part about it is I've never owned a a cat.

The part about me dating Natalie Portman at the time was mostly made up too.

But I swear to God, I really did beat Bronco Nagurski in arm wrestling.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by drc

I take back my ricin story. The only true part about it is I've never owned a a cat.

The part about me dating Natalie Portman at the time was mostly made up too.

Thanks David. I wouldn't want you to get into hot water for joking around. Also, it's unwise to yell BOMB in an airport. Just covering all bases here...

[Ease]

Originally Posted by drc

But I swear to God, I really did beat Bronco Nagurski in arm wrestling.

Yeah, but how old was he at the time?

[Runscott]

I've heard this story before. It started off as pinky-wrestling. Five years from now it will be bare-knuckle boxing.

[BBT206]

I love trading. Most of the cards that I obtain today are via trade. Probably have made 50 trades with members of the SGC T206 set registry alone. The only thing I collect are SGC graded T206, so if you would like to trade, email me at bdbrownbaseball@gmail.com Thanks, Bill

[Exhibitman]

I find that the biggest impediment to trading is, ironically, too much data. Some collectors insist on reducing every transaction to money terms. Easily done when you are talking about SGC 40 T206 commons that have a good sales history, not so much when you have cards that are very limited in numbers that haven't transacted for a while. I don't like that sort of cash-concerned trading and I will generally not pursue a trade with someone who wants to go through that exercise because it isn't fun for me. The 'funnest' trades are the ones where you have a bunch of cards I need and I have a bunch you need and we just swap 'em.

[drc]

Perhaps people don't trade as much because it's easier to get exactly what you want. In the old days of grocery store Topps wax pack, you'd get a random assortment of cards including dupes an teams you don't collect.

Though, even in the internet days, trading was much more common 15 years ago. I trade back then.

Also, I once traded with a domestic terrorist and got some ricin on my cards. He said it was an accident and the ricin was supposed to go in another package. Other than his anti-government rants and his threat once to strangle my cat if I had one (I didn't), he seemed like a nice enough guy so I believed him. But you won't believe how hard it is to get ricin out of silks. Cotton is easy-- a few spin cycles and some hydrogen peroxide-- but silk is a total bitch. Later on someone told me to microwave the dampened the silk for fifteen minutes before washing, but that that was too late for my favorite boxers. F*ck this internet trading bs, I thought, and went back to Teletrade full time.

[ElCabron]

I trade all the time. It can be as fun as it was as a kid. Plus, on stuff that's rare and tucked away in collections, sometimes the only way to extract it is by trading something that collector needs/want more.

-Ryan

[Leon]

Originally Posted by drc

Perhaps people don't trade as much because it's easier to get exactly what you want. In the old days of grocery store Topps wax pack, you'd get a random assortment of cards including dupes an teams you don't collect.

Though, even in the internet days, trading was much more common 15 years ago. I trade back then.

Also, I once traded with a domestic terrorist and got some ricin on my cards. He said it was an accident and the ricin wasn't mean for me. Other than his anti-government rants, he seemed like a nice guy so I believed him. But you won't believe how hard it is to get ricin out of silks. Cotton is easy-- a few spin cycles and some hydrogen peroxide-- but silk is a total bitch. Later on someone told me to microwave the damn silk for fifteen minutes, that that was too late for my favorite boxers. F*ck this internet trading bs, I thought, and went back to Telegrade.

I would be a bit careful about joking around with anything related to any terrorism nowadays. There are people who read this board that would not take those comments lightly.