[themouth247]

First off I would like to say the people who I have been trading with the last 8 years here are some of the coolest people in the hobby. I just want to clear up something about my own personal trading style and hope to get your input as well as how you feel on the subject.

I will never send an initial offer scouring your organize looking for high end game used cards to bamboozle you into some ridiculous trade for base of the same value. Luckily I haven't run into that myself in many years.

I am not a set builder although I was in previous years 2008-09 Champs and 2009-10 OPC and Panini stickers at present I collect primarily only New York Rangers.

So if someone initiates a trade WITH ME for say 90 dollars in B/V in RC's and Inserts. I immediately look for my Ranger wants. If I dont see any of my Ranger wants, I then look for Ranger cards not on my want list and try to find other Ranger cards that a trader might have that catches my eye to trade for.

If I dont see anything I have to go into trade bait mode like most of us do. I will always try to get close to equal value or less of what the trader wants from me. Sometimes people get miffed when I ask for game used and serial numbered cards for their needs from me.

I can only go on what the B/V tells me. Without a photo or any special information from the trader why a card should be considered a higher value, I have no clue. I am just playing by the value rules. This is why communication is the key.

I also feel if that if you want 23 cards from me and initiate the trade and I ask for GU Or #, this should not be perceived as me trying to cheese you. When I was making sets in 2009-10 I can tell you I traded John Tavares RC's just to get 80 bucks in O-Pee-Chee wants. I needed those cards and I initiated the trade.

I love making trades, like most of us do. It's one of the purest things you can do as a collector where both sides feel like they won something at minimal cost. But communication is the key.

[greg2424]

I completely understand and agree with your POV.

[mq13]

I prefer trading mid to high BV GU'd and Autos for the same type of card in return. I do not mind trading low BV cards for inserts or base. We all know the inserts always bottom out as next product comes out.