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What's your pin trading pet peeve?

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What's your pin trading pet peeve?
O and too add to those peoples who response are "Sorry you dont have pins I need" then they add "but you can get that pin on ebay for 30 bucks"....Yes, I know. And now I know you just in it for the money......
 
reeneibakini said:
O and too add to those peoples who response are "Sorry you dont have pins I need" then they add "but you can get that pin on ebay for 30 bucks"....Yes, I know. And now I know you just in it for the money......
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Oh I've definitely done this, but just to give another perspective, Im always just trying to be helpful. Like, I want the other person to know, if the pin they requested in our trade is really important to them but I'm not interested in what they're offering, 'hey I saw it for sale so maybe you can grab it that way.'
 
sayshelen said:
Oh I've definitely done this, but just to give another perspective, Im always just trying to be helpful. Like, I want the other person to know, if the pin they requested in our trade is really important to them but I'm not interested in what they're offering, 'hey I saw it for sale so maybe you can grab it that way.'
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I shouldn't say I hate it when anyone does it, but there are those traders who are just kinda rude, have an attitute and give off a bad vibe, like the ones I was talking about in my first post....Like when they do it after they've done all your other pet peeves...I guess those people in general are a pet peeve lol
 
it is frustrating to reply yes to an offer and hear pin has been traded, but the individual probably got a lot of replies to his/her TA. I try to look at the TA offers VERY early....5:30 AM Central Time, and reply QUICKLY to those I really would like to make. Sometimes even my speedy reply before dawn isn't enough time. By afternoon, I think a lot of trades have been secured. It doesn't hurt to reply "if this is still available, I'd like to make the trade", but know that the longer one waits to reply, the more likely the trade had been made.
 
"This, however, des not excuse in my opinion the 'manners' of people who cannot be bothered to even acknowledge the request."
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Well, I'll tellya, this why I posted "d--d if I do, d--d if I don't" on that particular topic. Just the other day I got a trade request and in the comment section the trader specifically wrote something like "please don't respond if you are not interested in this trade." So I'm okay with responses or lack of to my trade requests. What I don't want, as a pin trader for close to 10 years, is a *response* that is a lecture about why (according to the responder), my trade request is not a fair one.

I have a message to all newbie traders: Never let the sharks *make* you feel like an idiot because of their ridiculous offers or demands. They're the jerks. They were also newbies at one point who didn't know everything about pin values (no one knows everything about all pin values, even old-timers). If you encounter a shark, just walk away from them--remember, it's called *trading* not *giving*. You are not obligated to trade with anyone. And it's a constant learning experience--which is part of the fun of the hobby.

Hannette
 
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