Trade Guidelines

I just started trading early July but have been on this site for a while and I dont know if my offers on trading are really good but I have done 33 trades in the last 20 days. Im wondering if Im offering too many coupons per stamp ratio as I have been offered ridicious amounts of stamps for a small amount of coupons, them being HV or not, the way I see it HV or not if you willing to trade them, they have really little value to you. i.e. 25 stamps for 60$ worth of coupons or 11 stamps for $45 worth. I usually offer $6 worth for 1 stamp and 3 stamps for $20, which is offering a discount from the $6/1stamp. Im ok with trading for stamps but to put out more then one or two for a trade is crazy to me, the whole point of couponing is to save money.

so my question is, is there a guideline somewhere that I have missed on this site, stating the fair trade amounts?

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Originally Posted by joricher21

so my question is, is there a guideline somewhere that I have missed on this site, stating the fair trade amounts?

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This is a good post for what trades should be worth.
http://forum.smartcanucks.ca/173581-...t=trades+worth

Thanks for the link, it was very helpful

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Originally Posted by caroman

stamps-the ones that don't have a price on them but have a small 'p' (meaning permenant) and unused of course

everyone has different values on stamps depending on the coupons they're trading. I trade 4-5$ of coupons for 1 stamp

people use stamps to trade and also for boarding passes on trains

hope this helps a bit:)

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Thank you very much for this response :) I also have been confused about what a 'stamp' might be lol

I'd like to know how long is a reasonable amount of time to complete a trade once you've started pm'ing with someone. I've happily agreed to my first 4 trades this week, pretty much all of them were completed in 24hrs or less. Is this timeline an unreasonable expectation to have for future trades ?

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Originally Posted by Tbites

I'd like to know how long is a reasonable amount of time to complete a trade once you've started pm'ing with someone. I've happily agreed to my first 4 trades this week, pretty much all of them were completed in 24hrs or less. Is this timeline an unreasonable expectation to have for future trades ?

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If you mean when you are in the middle of a trade, still pming each other with the coupon info, but before the trade is finalized and addys. exchanged: I'm not sure there is an "official timeline" that is used to complete trades, I believe that is up to the traders discretion. I agree with the 24 hour rule too. When I am working on a trade, and if I do not hear back from the trader within 24 hours, I considered that trade, dead. I then send a pm to the trader telling them "since I have not heard back from you in 24 hours, I feel this trade is dead, feel free to move onto other trades as I have" You will figure out what is right for you.

Thanks for answering. :smile:

I hope someone viewing this thread can help me out...

Under you Feedback Recieved section there is a button under Options that says, "Submit Rating For This Deal."

What does submitting the rating do?
Is it necessary?
I have some that have been submitted (by who?)

Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thx :)

Anyone want to help?
Or send me to a helpful thread, source, etc. to find more info?
:)

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Originally Posted by K8's Fate

I hope someone viewing this thread can help me out...

Under you Feedback Recieved section there is a button under Options that says, "Submit Rating For This Deal."

What does submitting the rating do?
Is it necessary?
I have some that have been submitted (by who?)

Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thx :)

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Bear in mind, I've JUST started trading and I'm still new at this:
You have ratings... which means other ppl you traded with left you a rating. Did you leave THEM a rating ?

From what I've read in posts there seems to be a LOT of opinions about whether rating is optional or not. I think if someone helps you build your rating, it's the minimally polite thing to do the same for them. Just my opinion.

I think your lack of answers is because not many ppl check in on this thread. Perhaps you'd get more feedback starting your own thread to ask ?

Cheers

Thanks for your answer. :)

However, I'm looking for information on my own feedback page.
Is it necessary to submit feedback?
What is the benifit?
When should it be done?
I've already recieved and given ratings.
I'm just curious about the "submit rating for this deal" button.

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Originally Posted by Tbites

Bear in mind, I've JUST started trading and I'm still new at this:
You have ratings... which means other ppl you traded with left you a rating. Did you leave THEM a rating ?

From what I've read in posts there seems to be a LOT of opinions about whether rating is optional or not. I think if someone helps you build your rating, it's the minimally polite thing to do the same for them. Just my opinion.

I think your lack of answers is because not many ppl check in on this thread. Perhaps you'd get more feedback starting your own thread to ask ?

Cheers

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tried once again and managed to wrap up the trade that was giving me a lot of frustration..........so edited my first comments........

I agree with K8's Fate. If you submit feedback by going to the person's page rather than linking from the itrader rating they submitted, the button on your page says lit, indicating you still need to submit feedback.


What do you do if someone substiutes items in a trade? There were three $1.00 coupons substituted for a $3.00 coupon. All were for coffee, but I would have liked to have known about the substitution before hand. I was already getting 5 of the $1, but got 8 which is more than I wanted.



Not having a good day. The only other mail I got was an envie full of mostly expired coupons. I emailed the person hoping to get it straightened out.

I would ask them to replace it as agreed in the original trade, there is a big difference in a $1 off and a $3 off the same product

As far as the second, I usually PM the person, 9/10 times they offer to send another envie or return your coupons - if not then contact sally

Thanks :)

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Originally Posted by FallenPixels

I would ask them to replace it as agreed in the original trade, there is a big difference in a $1 off and a $3 off the same product

As far as the second, I usually PM the person, 9/10 times they offer to send another envie or return your coupons - if not then contact sally

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I'm just starting to looking into trading coupons. I get ridiculous amounts & I usually throw out the ones I know I won't use. I saw in my User CP a thing about what you have & want but then it asks for PayPal info, what is that about? I see you're not allowed to sell coupons here :/ I'm confused...

Hello everyone. New to this site and did a trade but I don't know how or where to rate my trade. Any help would be appreciated.

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Originally Posted by couponfamily

Hello everyone. New to this site and did a trade but I don't know how or where to rate my trade. Any help would be appreciated.

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On the side panel within the message the other trader sent you (I'm assuming you sent private messages to each other) there would be the person's avatar and also the blue trade rating. Click on this trade rating.

This will take you to the users itrader page. There in bold blue writing it says "submit feedback for 'username here'".

If you click this it will take you to the page where you submit your feedback. You would put in that you were the "trader", whether the experience was postive or negative, and also a short blurb about the trade (these show up on the person's trade page for other users to see so you could put in something about the quality of the trade, the speed you got the trade, if there were extras, etc)

Then there's a text box underneath that you can write a personal message to the trader that only they can see if you so desire.

then click "submit" and you're done

ta-da! :-)

hope that helps

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Originally Posted by Slaney

I'm just starting to looking into trading coupons. I get ridiculous amounts & I usually throw out the ones I know I won't use. I saw in my User CP a thing about what you have & want but then it asks for PayPal info, what is that about? I see you're not allowed to sell coupons here :/ I'm confused...

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I think you are referring to the coupon trading list form - don't fill that out if you don't want to. I think it actually is referring to the fact that SC will send you money if you posts a certain number of times. It does not have to do with paying for coupons.

Thanks FlyingDutch for the info. Going to try it now.

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Originally Posted by couponfamily

Thanks FlyingDutch for the info. Going to try it now.

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you're welcome! ;)

Great post! Glad there are guidelines to help people from getting ripped off (or at least trying which is better than nothing) :top:

Edited first post. A user seems to think its ok to scam newbies as long as they agree. Sigh.

Hi there Thanks for the post being new trying to find out all the proper ways of what is allowed,is not etc,
My question is and may seem silly but as for GC is there a set amount of coupons you need to trade for?
EX,a $5.00 GF for 10.00 coupons is this how it is done???,not to familiar with paypal,except what I bought from them for x mas so going that route all new,
Thanks with out all this help ful info I will be so so lost,lol
Deb

http://forum.smartcanucks.ca/257044-...-2-0-a-canada/
This link has a list of the typical trade rates for GCs / Stamps / PINs and codes etc

Thanks for the tip will check it out,I this want to follow the guidelines,
Thanks again,Deb

Once I have put my list of coupons for trade and my wishlist in my profile, does it automatically appear in the Coupon trading section or is there somewhere else I have to put my lists as well?

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Originally Posted by april7

Once I have put my list of coupons for trade and my wishlist in my profile, does it automatically appear in the Coupon trading section or is there somewhere else I have to put my lists as well?

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No it doesn't. You would need to create a thread in the "coupon trading" area, usually putting a few of the choice coupons in the title and indicating if you have them "FT" (for trade) or "LF" (looking for) and then in the body of that first thread message you can copy and paste your lists.

Then as you make trades or want to add things you can go back to this post and edit it to make the necessary changes (adding coupons you are now wanting, deleting those you no longer have or which you no longer want on your wish list, etc).

You are also allowed to "bump" (reply to your own thread in order to move it up to keep it on the front trade page) ONCE a day. Bumping more than once a day will bother people and it doesn't make it fair to others who also are posting threads with their lists.

Hope that helps!

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Originally Posted by flyingdutch

No it doesn't. You would need to create a thread in the "coupon trading" area, usually putting a few of the choice coupons in the title and indicating if you have them "FT" (for trade) or "LF" (looking for) and then in the body of that first thread message you can copy and paste your lists.

Then as you make trades or want to add things you can go back to this post and edit it to make the necessary changes (adding coupons you are now wanting, deleting those you no longer have or which you no longer want on your wish list, etc).

You are also allowed to "bump" (reply to your own thread in order to move it up to keep it on the front trade page) ONCE a day. Bumping more than once a day will bother people and it doesn't make it fair to others who also are posting threads with their lists.

Hope that helps!

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Thank you!

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Originally Posted by april7

Thank you!

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welcome! happy trading!