Is it just me ..

So i'm looking to trade some coupons (LOVE to trade :) )
And I just seem to find people with wish lists with coupons very rare and/or coupons i've never even heard of and/or 90% FPCs and/or GCs and/or call ins.. I mean how do you trade with these people ??

Or here's another, people who want your soul and your kids for a couple coupons.. I mean , they are in the end coupons and you have to trade to benefit yourself and what you can use but why for sooooo much :shrug:

Then there's the people who don't answer, and the ones that go back and forth 500x for one simple trade. I know it can happen with little mistakes and details.. but it feels it's happening all the time..

I don't remember it being so complicated :frown:

Is it just me ?

Nah. A lot of lists are like that.

Pretty much why I stopped trading. You`re better off calling companies you are interested in and asking if they have coupons available.

+1 verbatim. When I do trade, I stick to the 5 or 6 people that I have always traded with and have had no issues. Not that I don't like new people, it just takes a long time to find people with doable lists

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Originally Posted by Candini

Nah. A lot of lists are like that.

Pretty much why I stopped trading. You`re better off calling companies you are interested in and asking if they have coupons available.

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this is the reason i basically gave up trading. on occasion my favorite coupon fairy send me a RAOK but other than that i jut gather my own coupons. its a huge hassle. my wish list was so simple and when looking to trade people just wanted waaaay too much and made waaaay too big of a deal about making sure they ended up with the better deal or whatever. ugh.

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where did all the simple trading go?

I have TONS of coupons just sitting here, slowly going to expire simply because I dont want to deal with the hassle.

I traded with someone this summer.....and I'm not hard to trade with....but what she sent me was poo....trains are out of the question all together....total waste of time.....I like a nice simple trade and I always add extras...but man this year people have seemed to become greedy or something

I understand both ends of this. It is frustrating when I need/want a coupon, but cannot trade for it because I have no FPC's or Unicorn coupons...

However, on the other end, I have a pretty tough wishlist, and I hope I'm not construed as greedy, because I am able to find 98% of what I want/need, and it's only the obscure ones that I can't find on my own.

I certainly haven't traded even a fraction of what I did last year, or the year before. :shrug:

I stopped hosting trains when 4 of 7 of my trains were derailed. Then the ones I got back had expired coupons and one had all my boarding passes missing. I too find people asking for an arm and a leg for a simple trade. My coupons too go to waste.

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Originally Posted by saddlebag

I traded with someone this summer.....and I'm not hard to trade with....but what she sent me was poo....trains are out of the question all together....total waste of time.....I like a nice simple trade and I always add extras...but man this year people have seemed to become greedy or something

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Originally Posted by saddlebag

I traded with someone this summer.....and I'm not hard to trade with....but what she sent me was poo....trains are out of the question all together....total waste of time.....I like a nice simple trade and I always add extras...but man this year people have seemed to become greedy or something

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I actually just participated in a train and was thinking to myself wow poor conductor will have complete sh*t when the train hits home :( I actually marked some coupons just for her from her WL cause i felt so bad..

i just started trading but i have had awesome people trading...i got coupons i couldn't find and it went so smoothly...

I have a lot of coupons to trade but have not bothered trying. I look at peoples wish lists and I do not have anything that they are asking for. I have done 2 trades in the past one went very well and the other not so well so that frightened me off from trying again for a while.Now that I am ready i can't afford the trades lol
I don't think I would be a hard person to trade with as I don't really look at the coupons as a monetary they have no value to me if I am never going to use them myself. I will trade a high value coupon for a lower one, that lower one will mean more to me then the high value I will never use that will just eventually expire in my binder. I don't have a tradelist up but is there anything you are looking for let me know and I will see if I have anything.

What happened with your bad trade ? (in a nutshell ) ..

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Originally Posted by Springbreeze

I have a lot of coupons to trade but have not bothered trying. I look at peoples wish lists and I do not have anything that they are asking for. I have done 2 trades in the past one went very well and the other not so well so that frightened me off from trying again for a while.Now that I am ready i can't afford the trades lol
I don't think I would be a hard person to trade with as I don't really look at the coupons as a monetary they have no value to me if I am never going to use them myself. I will trade a high value coupon for a lower one, that lower one will mean more to me then the high value I will never use that will just eventually expire in my binder. I don't have a tradelist up but is there anything you are looking for let me know and I will see if I have anything.

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tasha313 -I hear you I have traded with some new people lately -and I always give extras -but it is hard-I cant do virtuals -never have the coupons -I don't do facebook-so no free coupons for me (p.s don't care to do it at all)-so I decide to do a traditional train dec one -and both riders so far have taken 10.00 or more off so that makes me happy-I like to jump on traditional trains -I do find people are asking way to much sometimes -their high value 's are ridiculous-like for example twistos or oatmeal off the cereal box -like high value should be call-in -by the way looked at everybodies list on here if I had coupons to trade with ya I would -sorry but everytime I go to grocery stores -no tear pads -some people are greedy

I'm really trying to start trading more and more.
But I am just too damn lazy to make a trade list haha

I try and be very easy going and approach people by offering what I have and what would be great to receive in return..or RAOK. I'm never looking for a big 'pay-out'. More so just looking to dip my foot/feet in the trading world. More so just for fun. Does that make sense?! haha Maybe I too will develop a go-to trading group. We'll see ;)

What a fabulous idea:)
When I used to be on here it took me literally forever to make a trade list.. Now I started up again a month-ish ago and found it was nearly impossible to trade without one so I did. Thank god before my coupons accumulated too much ..
That's another thing that shows how everything changed before it was do you have this ? ya .. you have this ? ya boom thank you bye finished :lolsign:.
Now no tradelist not much trading happening. You're the one that has to look through everyone else's to see what they have and what you have and such.

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Originally Posted by acosta

I'm really trying to start trading more and more.
But I am just too damn lazy to make a trade list haha

I try and be very easy going and approach people by offering what I have and what would be great to receive in return..or RAOK. I'm never looking for a big 'pay-out'. More so just looking to dip my foot/feet in the trading world. More so just for fun. Does that make sense?! haha Maybe I too will develop a go-to trading group. We'll see ;)

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It just seems like a tedious task - my coupon booklet is busting at the seams.
It will take days to make a list (with brand name, exclusions, UPC, value etc. etc. etc.) haha

I'm already exhausted ;)

This is my October goal.. make a list ;)

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Originally Posted by tasha313

What a fabulous idea:)
When I used to be on here it took me literally forever to make a trade list.. Now I started up again a month-ish ago and found it was nearly impossible to trade without one so I did. Thank god before my coupons accumulated too much ..
That's another thing that shows how everything changed before it was do you have this ? ya .. you have this ? ya boom thank you bye finished :lolsign:.
Now no tradelist not much trading happening. You're the one that has to look through everyone else's to see what they have and what you have and such.

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I do a lot of trading, on trains, and one on one trades here and on facebook. I find that you HAVE to have a wish list. I started to make a Trade list, but Id be constantly changing/deleting things, I do like 8-10 trades a week, Id never keep up. So at least if I have a WISH list, I can contact people that I have stuff for and they can look at my list to see if they have what *I* need! I usually go through cycles where Im RRRRLLLLFF just one or two coups. Right now, Im RRRRLF frozen pizza (Delissio, CasaDimama, McCain) and Dr.Pepper (good on the 6 plastic bottles)...oh and ALWAYS MaxxScoop litter!! What is everyone else RRRRLF???

If you want to have coupons that others need, take some from tearpads even if you know you won't use them, sign up for all coupon offers online, do monthly callins.. if you have something someone wants.. perhaps take something you don't need but you know others will.. I have a coupon buddy, she picks up things for me all the time because I can't get out.. so I'll trade for things I know her family uses even though I don't want the items...

When you go to the Dr's office, look for coupons, dentist, everywhere.. sneak a peek in your neighbours recycling bin or ask them to save for you if they arent using them. I have random coupon friends that I'll send coupons they ask for and refuse to take anything.. sooner or later they see me post I'm looking for something and I will get random surprises in the mail.

If you get a Fpc , lets say its worth $5 .. you can use the $5 and get one item or you could trade that $5 ice cream coupon for 10$ to 20$ for coupons you are looking for.. Recently someone was looking for some coupons I had but wouldn't trade a $5 fpc for 10 x $2 coupons she wanted... On some level it makes sense I guess but 20$ in savings seems better to me than $5........ IF you know for sure you will use the coupons.

I hope that helps you out a bit.. its how I manage to get things to trade.

That's pretty much how I work now :) and it does help . I get tons of the chapmans 5$ and trade them for much less valuable coupons but that I will for sure use . My freezer is sadly too small for anything bigger than one tub of Haagen dasz lol.

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Originally Posted by MillieH

If you want to have coupons that others need, take some from tearpads even if you know you won't use them, sign up for all coupon offers online, do monthly callins.. if you have something someone wants.. perhaps take something you don't need but you know others will.. I have a coupon buddy, she picks up things for me all the time because I can't get out.. so I'll trade for things I know her family uses even though I don't want the items...

When you go to the Dr's office, look for coupons, dentist, everywhere.. sneak a peek in your neighbours recycling bin or ask them to save for you if they arent using them. I have random coupon friends that I'll send coupons they ask for and refuse to take anything.. sooner or later they see me post I'm looking for something and I will get random surprises in the mail.

If you get a Fpc , lets say its worth $5 .. you can use the $5 and get one item or you could trade that $5 ice cream coupon for 10$ to 20$ for coupons you are looking for.. Recently someone was looking for some coupons I had but wouldn't trade a $5 fpc for 10 x $2 coupons she wanted... On some level it makes sense I guess but 20$ in savings seems better to me than $5........ IF you know for sure you will use the coupons.

I hope that helps you out a bit.. its how I manage to get things to trade.

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Trading can be challenging. I made a trade list about two weeks ago, for first time in over a year. It is work to create it, not so bad to maintain it.

In doing this exercise, I realized that my wish list can be somewhat challenging. Not because I'm trying to make sure I always get the best end of a deal, but because for the past 6 months or so I've been really lucky in finding tearpads, so I have been able to get the more common tearpad coupons that I want on my own. The coupons I am looking for are often from product packaging, because there are coupons that I want on products that I do not buy. The other coupons I often want are websaver or save coupons that I want multiples of.

My list may also seem challenging because we are a family of 3, which includes a university student. So I don't need as much toiletries and personal items as a larger family would, and I don't need things that are for kids. And dh has food allergies, so we have some products we can buy and other things that are a no-go.

My point, I guess, is that it might not be that people are trying to be greedy. It might just be that their family has specific needs, and they are trying to find coupons to meet those needs.

But I understand your p.o.v. too. Personally, I am okay with trading an FPC for a coupon other than an FPC if it will get me something that I do want. But many people prefer to trade FPCs for FPCs. Their choice. Whatever works for them. I hardly ever manage to get FPCs, so I don't really have those to trade either.

well I just decided to trade with Tasha -I want her to feel good about smart canucks -I gave up a few of my gain -but chatted with a wonderfull young lady -ohh and by the way someone did trade a free cereal coupon with me a few months ago for a bunch of other coupons (one callin was in there too)see we can all work together it feels good too

I find trading is too much pressure, what if I screw up and give you the wrong coupon exp date and then have a negative. but that is my own opinion, and kudos to those that can keep it up.
I find I often have what others want when it comes to the coupons found on product so I will watch peoples wish lists and offer a RAOK. Last week I saw a member that needed the Welches Juices and jelly. I had both as the juice came from a cereal I love and I had just found the english muffins with the jelly. So I sent off 4 of each. they would have never been used in our house. They will go to good home and not be wasted and for me that is far better than the stress of trading and keeping a list. In fact now I am on the hunt for someone that wants the almond soy milk one that was on the cereal & I think I have the tofu one too.

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Originally Posted by lilo0003

I find trading is too much pressure, what if I screw up and give you the wrong coupon exp date and then have a negative. but that is my own opinion, and kudos to those that can keep it up.
I find I often have what others want when it comes to the coupons found on product so I will watch peoples wish lists and offer a RAOK. Last week I saw a member that needed the Welches Juices and jelly. I had both as the juice came from a cereal I love and I had just found the english muffins with the jelly. So I sent off 4 of each. they would have never been used in our house. They will go to good home and not be wasted and for me that is far better than the stress of trading and keeping a list. In fact now I am on the hunt for someone that wants the almond soy milk one that was on the cereal & I think I have the tofu one too.

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I am like you.. I just watch, and if someone is in need of them. I will send a RAOK. Because more than likely, I won't use it.

Just like those milk offers on websaver. anyone? ;)

I dont have a wish or trade list. I check what coupons the people are looking for and if i have enough of them i PM that person. Im very easy to trade with; i have tons and tons of coupons. Ive been doing a lot of trading lately and so far so good. I dont normally trade for coupons; i like to trade for ``P`` stamps because i sell a lot of stuff on eBay so the stamps come in handy. What really bothers me is when you offer someone a trade and they dont bother replying. It takes only a minute to say Yes i would like to trade or No thanks im not really interested in this offer. Ive done RAOK`s, only ask for a positive feedback for the RAOK`s.

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Originally Posted by lilo0003

I find trading is too much pressure, what if I screw up and give you the wrong coupon exp date and then have a negative. but that is my own opinion, and kudos to those that can keep it up.
I find I often have what others want when it comes to the coupons found on product so I will watch peoples wish lists and offer a RAOK. Last week I saw a member that needed the Welches Juices and jelly. I had both as the juice came from a cereal I love and I had just found the english muffins with the jelly. So I sent off 4 of each. they would have never been used in our house. They will go to good home and not be wasted and for me that is far better than the stress of trading and keeping a list. In fact now I am on the hunt for someone that wants the almond soy milk one that was on the cereal & I think I have the tofu one too.

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I get those little anxieties too actually.. what ifs and then what if the person is super non understanding of a mistake. I actually mess up alot sometimes in just describing the coups and i send a message or two to rectify or i don't even mess up and i write to confirm all the coupons just to be sure...

Just now im trading for a gc and said the wrong amount (i had 2 gc.. mixed them up) .. i corrected myself immediately but so much stress.. worth it though for stocking up for the new baby...

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Originally Posted by coupon girl

well I just decided to trade with Tasha -I want her to feel good about smart canucks -I gave up a few of my gain -but chatted with a wonderfull young lady -ohh and by the way someone did trade a free cereal coupon with me a few months ago for a bunch of other coupons (one callin was in there too)see we can all work together it feels good too

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Thanks hun :) I will really enjoy those. I can't wait til you get your envie.. i think you'll be happy :) :) :) And you'll definately recognize it in the mail :flowers:

.... and a couple good trades and boom..
just received what i suspect is used stamps..
on a ripped paper, un-unstickable and unusable...

I hea ya on the people who want everything and your kid for simple coupons...which is honestly half the reason I don't bother with those...instead of quitting trading, I decided I have what I need to get by on for the most part for easy to find things...it's only the replacements I'm after...so like others have said, I sign u for coupons for everything...and trade them for what I need of HV.
i generally stick to certain people too. Not on purpose, but because it usually works out to be a successful trade more often, I just know for example who has a baby, who has pets, who needs Disney movie rewards, pampers codes etcetc so I pm them first.

I agree that trading is a "Process, and a Half" My trouble is with keeping my TL an WL updated because I trade sooo often. My DH gets frustrated because in the evenings I spend half my time on the pc browsing through pples lists to see if I have anything they are looking for, and the other half trying to update. LOL Go figure.

I think the amount of money I wind up saving each year makes up for the time I spend working the trades for coupons I use. I generally try to trade HV for HV or FPC for FPC but am always open to trading what few FPC's I have for coupons I am rrlf. I agree that it's better that the coupons get used then sit and waste away,and I too am noticing a general trend of pple with exceedingly difficult lists and because of that trading is seemingly more and more difficult.

I always have a hard time coming up with an offer. Sometimes, people are like "just look at my WL"...well, sorry I don't own a dozen unicorns...
I personally would rather look at someone's trade list to see what they have, then ask them to look at my TL. Yes, I have a wishlist and yes a lot of those coupons are the same ones everyone else is looking for...but maybe there is something I didn't think of or could use.

@acosta
to simplfy making you TL check out this thread http://forum.smartcanucks.ca/357876-...2013-a-canada/
do ctrl+f and start typing the upc of the coupon
then highlight and copy that into your TL thread
My list is formatted the same way as PeachyKeen types them out and it saves me having to type out each and every coupon!

Okay...I'll traded you my left kidney .....for the grey matter of your brain...as long as you didn't do suduko, and you need to throw in an FPC for chapmans with a Long expiry.....I like toilet paper coupon but I'm not sure what kind I like ...do you have a trade list...can you show me your trade list.....make sure to enclose UPC on the trade list are the coupons stackable or not stackable....?!!?!?!?!!