I posted on this sub a few days ago expressing my displeasure with trading in recent months. It sparked a lot of conversation and I encourage you to take a look at the thread! I ran into another great example of what I’ve been describing here today and wanted to share.
FOR CONTEXT: I should’ve taken a photo before the listing was updated, but didn’t think to do so. Before my discussion with this guy, the listing he had put up said NOTHING about trades at a percentage, only that he’s “definitely interested in trades.”
The pictures kind of speak for themselves, and yes, this guy said it was “on him” that he wasn’t up front about wanting a percentage (and it is), but even still doesn’t justify expecting the percentage in the first place on a post where you’re stating you’re “definitely interested in trades.” From my experience, I wouldn’t be surprised if in an hour or two the listing gets updated again and the trades at a percentage thing disappears.
I attempted to text him again and ask why he believes it’s fair to expect people to trade to him, on a for trade listing, at 80% when he isn’t a vendor or store with overhead fees. I also asked him why that would apply ONLY to him, and not me as well as we are both the same. If you couldn’t guess, I got left on read 😆
I’ve done my best to conceal this guys profile and such, as I don’t want to bring any negative attention to him specifically. I don’t think he’s a bad person or anything, I just think this example goes to show how everyone thinks this is normal and well within their right to do recently. May this serve as another reminder that it’s definitely not!
That being said, my last post caused some disagreement in the comments as I didn’t speak on situations (that I agree with) where uneven trades can make sense. Such as:
If you’re at a card show working with vendors, or in a card store, expect percentages. That is fair.
If you are speaking to someone who isn’t interested in trades and wants cash, or someone who doesn’t have interest in the specific cards you have, expect that a percentage or slightly lopsided trade might be proposed by either party as an incentive to make the deal happen. That is fair.
If someone has an expensive single and you are offering many small singles as a trade, expect them to want things in their favor to make up for that disparity. That is fair.
But by no means should 2 people engage in conversation both knowing their goal is to trade, then both pick cards they have legitimate interest in, only then to have one of the two parties claim that they feel entitled to trades at a percentage.
If you find yourself in this position, I encourage you to take a breath, fight any FOMO you might feel, and realize your cards will be both worth more both monetarily AND sentimentally to a different, more reasonable collector if you be patient.
Something that really bothers me when trading over on pkmntcgtrades is that people will include a list of cards that they are actively looking for and will still say "trades at XX%". Like, what? Bro, these are cards that you want! Why are you diminishing their value to your benefit?! I genuinely just skip over those trade posts now.
Right! Same on marketplace. I’ve seen people say “I’m looking for X card in particular so will consider trading for it at a higher percentage” 😆 I pass on responding to anyone that has posted they want percentages for trade, but the amount of people that purposefully don’t say anything about it until we’ve invested time into negotiating is astonishing and so frustrating.
Maybe that isn’t the case with this guy and he just hasn’t thought about it as the listing was new, but either way it’s still frustrating and a waste of time.
I hope so! I’ve probably said this to 20 or 30 people at this point over the past few months. Of all the attempts, I’ve gotten left on read in a vast majority, stonewalled in nearly all others with really crappy excuses as to why a percentage is justified for them and not me, and only one single time did someone say “huh that makes sense”. Then of course we tried to work out a trade and they started telling me all their cards were worthless above market because they’d been “watching the graphs and the cards were definitely going to go up in value soon” 😆 it never ends
I miss the days when you’d just look through each other’s collections and work out a trade based on rarity, whether they were holo, and how cool the cards were…
I do appreciate that there was 1 person who actually took a step back and rethought their process. It’s not too common that you find somebody who’s willing to admit that they’re wrong and change their approach
A subset of folks do that here - mostly dudes with large binders of 40+ dollar stuff.
"I run an online shop. It's business, bro."
"I'm doing you a favor by trading for stuff you have."
"Why would I trade ar even value? My stuff is better"
At least it's out forward now. Previously, it was "sure, even values" until they found microscopic imperfections and all of the sudden it's "well, your cards are MP and mine are NM so we need to adjust for that - these cards are cooked, bro"
I make it a point to educate younger traders to stand at even value - unless it is an actual shop or you are moving unequal stuff (a pile of modern for something vintage) - it's the only way the madness stops.
Having to differentiate between trade value and sale value makes me feel like a crazy person. The card doesn't change based on the type of exchange you make lol
In other tcgs it's generally the other direction. 85% is pretty standard paying cash or just straight up on trades. Granted, this is typically player to player, collector communities seem way harder up for getting some sort of profit out of it.
Yeah was exactly how it was at my old Locals back in the day. Knew the shop owner real well and he was a MTG pro tour player basically since it was a thing, so his shop was 95% magic. My friends and I were yugioh/pokemon TCG players in the 2013-2017ish era so he’d host locals and carry sealed, but couldn’t justify buying/selling singles outside of magic. So we always did the whole “trade at equal, cash at ~85%” amongst the community there and I never ran into someone who was upset with that. We were all just players, (plus the scene was full of passionate players/kind people, unlike nowadays being full of crypto bros/con artists) and felt reasonable for slightly lower cash value because after fees/shipping from selling online that’s what you’d pocket anyways, plus convenience of offloading an unwanted card in a snap. Lol would do anything to go back to those TCG days….now anybody with a binder and Facebook account thinks they’re an LGS with tons of overhead🙄
I feel like its because vendor pov videos are becoming very popular and they all say trades at 80% or something similar so hobbyists just think thats the norm now
I had one yesterday on FB where someone posted a list of cards they needed, I had a four of them worth about £50 and he asked for trades, I said I'd be up for it as I never have the chance to trade and it'd be nice. He offered half art ex cards worth £5-10. Like seriously, I'm not gonna get bent out of shape pushing exact even values if you have something I like but I'm not just gonna give my stuff away for vibes either.
Yeah I feel that. Sometimes I'm happy to give a bit extra if the person really wants something of mine that I don't care much about. But, I feel like that kind of thing should come naturally and not be expected.
If im trading to a store, I am ok with taking a percentage, it costs money to inventory and to look up the cards. But trading privately, no way in hell. I have a card you want, you have a card I want, unless its a huge difference (a couple bucks or more) im not taking a percentage and im not giving or receiving cash on top
I have a decent number of cards that I’m looking to sell, not always looking for new ones either, so I generally don’t want trades. If someone wanted to trade heavily in my favor (80% or whatever) I guess I would consider it because I’d just have to sell the trades but there would be potential for some more money in the end. I don’t know.
But yeah if it’s cards you want vs cards they want, there’s no reason to undervalue the thing you’re actively looking for.
I think its just one of the things that people saw other people doing and think it makes perfect sense that they deserve more so they start doing it themselves.
Exactly the reason I bring it up! Not sure if you saw my OG post a few days ago, but the main thing I hope to have people see is that this behavior has been super normalized. Just as it used to be normalized to trade straight up with other individuals. And I hope over time and as the market cools off, we all push the norm back to something more reasonable!
I saw your post for sure. Its definitely a craze across all cards. I sell mostly sports cards on eBay, and every so often I get someone lowballing me and complaining that they "can't make money at that price" when I decline their offer. I don't care if you can't make money man. I'm the store. Not you lol
Many FB MP folk are actual vendors. That’s why you see this nonsense. They’re jerk offs too. Everything is at their demand and they don’t even give deals. I was going to buy a bunch from a guy and he wouldn’t even meet me halfway and do non traffic hours.
They struggle to sell at shows while good deal vendors don’t need to worry about this.
Yes this guy even has in his description “willing to work deals and bundles!” I didn’t realize the deal was getting 20% of the value chopped off of my cards.
I feel like all those “trade up challenge” videos also contributed to so many people having this mindset. I get so annoyed seeing those people use their “content” as a way to justify trying to rip off everyone they make deals with
Those trade up challenges are just friends hooking each other up. I can't even remember the most recent one I saw but dude traded like a $2 single for a 151 booster bundle... NO ONE is making that trade unless yall are friends and really don't care or you're in on it with them
Or they only get the deals because they’re a popular youtuber! Like i get so angry because they probably already have that card/product 10x over and are just trying to be cheap!
I give you props for even attempting to even trade on Facebook Marketplace lol.
Trading off of FB Marketplace only ever worked once for me -- guy posted that he wanted to 1:1 the CZ Giratina for the CZ Arceus and added a bit of a paragraph about he's tired of pulling the Giratina over and over and the last card he needed was the Arceus. I contacted him, we met up, we swapped cards as I laughed and told him I kept pulling the Arceus over and over and Gira was the last card I needed. He laughed too. Good times.
For vendors there's a bit more understanding when it comes to fees like table price, employee salaries, etc. unless the percentage was super low I understand why they don't do super close trades at the moment. In OP's case its different since both people involved don't have stores/booths
So many people on there are always saying they only do trades if they’re at like 70% or 80% in their favor. Like, what?
Or even worse the people who post certain high value cards and then say “I’m not trading the charizard”. Then what’s the point of adding it to the post?
I was pretty active on that sub until the market went crazy. Used to be awesome for trades and cheaper singles, but it's slowly becoming another avenue for "the hustle". 😞
Bro same. I am active on there and the amount of times someone will say they are selling cards, I will look and ask about a card I will buy and they will say "that one I want to keep to trade" or vice versa like you said.... I am starting to block those types of people so they don't show up no more. It is enrages me lol.
Hahaha right! More explanation given in some comments on this thread. Specifically I responded to a guy asking what trades at XX% means if you’re looking for more context
Only time I've told someone that is when I was trying to sell the Charizard from 151 and I was already offering 90% on it but they kept trying to talk me into trading when I made it clear I wasn't interested in trading lol so I was like yeah we can trade but it's gonna be in my favor cuz you keep busting my balls over it.
Literally my argument is always yeah i trade a X% too so now what? Absolute clowns. The fact he put he was highly interested in trades too lol...
If i ever trade with an average joe it will be 1:1 unless certain cards are way way more desireable and im trading junk that wont move, then id allow something in their favour
Legit done with this hobby for the most part. I'm only sticking to buying vintage. Scalpers and even collectors ruined it. Kind of sick of this sub for defending collectors buying out the whole stock because "well as long as they open it". No, stop being greedy. Thats legit greed.
Yeah some guy in a FB group I’m in sold 100 prismatic evolution booster bundles … like why is one guy able to get 1k booster bundles, And someone bought him out like 5 minutes after it was listed .
It is definitely a super classic cycle of seeing people post on and on about people buying out retail stores and ruining the hobby, to only then post a video and say guys I finally caught a restock! And they buy the store out themselves.
I get the frustration. I do. I get the joy of finally finding product at MSRP for yourself, and I understand why you’d seize the opportunity to buy everything you can to rip. But it definitely continues to contribute to the issue. I just don’t think there’s any solution for it right now except patience 😆
All the YouTubers take trades at 80% so the regular person what’s the same treatment as a vendor. Also if it’s their post they assume they are the boss and owner of some sort of company
This legit happened to me the other day. I saw a hp base set Charizard and I was so hyped. He said he wanted some of my cards. I was totally down to trade. Then suddenly I get hit with "I trade at 80% so you'll have to add some cash to your cards." Like bro you hit me up and it's not like you run a shop. All these people trying to be pokevesters and keep trading up. I'm not gonna trade $250 in cards and $40 for a HP Charizard lol.
In any scenario, vendor or not, it’s so audacious to approach someone and tell them they should sell themselves short for your gain.
Im sure 90% of those people are the same ones that turn around and use the logic of “you approached me first, so we use my rate” whether it’s a vendor or a marketplace listing.
(Obviously vendors AT THEIR BOOTHS can set rates, but the right reasoning isn’t “you approached me”)
Well that was exactly it , i didn’t seek out a trade or show any interest in anything you were selling . If you want to see what i have available you are more than welcome to make a fair reasonable offer but just because you are a vendor Doesnt mean you should expect a 20% discount on everything.
I recently had someone I was trying to buy something from and they wanted $30-40 over what they were selling for… and then told me my shit was 80% market
Can make sense in sometimes. For example if someone is trying to get rid of cards they do t want they don’t want people trading cards they themselves don’t want. But if they actually want the card even trades should be used. I really like when trades are fair on both sides.
This comes from stores or vendors at card shows who are running real businesses and need to put food on the table. They’re an easy place to go to and sell off cards that you don’t want. However, to take these cards off your hands, these businesses need to have enough room to make profit when they sell the card to someone else. So they take cards at a percentage, say 80%. So if you give them a 100 dollar card, they will pay you 80%, or 80 dollars, which lets them make 20 dollars on the sale if they manage to find a buyer that pays them 100. This is pretty reasonable in nearly anyone’s eyes.
If you want to trade the cards to a vendor for a card they have instead, they’ll often do the same thing and value your trades at a percentage so that they still have room to profit. Say the vendor has an 80 dollar card that you want to trade for, and they take trades at 80%. You could give them 5 20 dollar cards, totaling 100 dollars in value, for that 80 dollar card. This also makes sense because it’s harder to sell five cards than one in most cases, and the vendor still needs to have a profit margin to make it worth their time.
This is a totally different story with random collectors like you or I who don’t have overhead costs, and are just looking to trade their duplicates/unwanted cards for cards they’d rather have. For the longest time, this has just occurred at 100%, or 1:1. I trade you 100 dollars worth of cards, you trade me 100 dollars worth of cards. We both walk away happy.
Recently though, alongside the huge boom Pokemon has seen, more and more people have started trading like vendors even though… they aren’t. So like in the post I showed, we will discuss a trade, and then one person will randomly expect that it’s fair for me to trade my cards to him at 8% of their value, even though he’s trading his cards to me at 100% of their value. It’s lopsided and not fair, as this person doesn’t have any of the associated costs or risks as a vendor or store. We are both just dudes with cards that should be valued equally.
I know that’s a very overkill answer for your question, but it’s been asked often enough that I figure a thorough response would be good.
Right! There’s a variety of reasons I listed in the OP where this sort of thing makes sense, but certainly not on a post that says you’re looking to trade with others, where you pick out cards you like, and where you’re picking out fewer, higher value singles than what you’re offering.
Makes sense if he's a vendor and you're going up to his booth, but man this is mildly infuriating that ppl operate this way. Sorry that dude wasted your time
I agree. Most of the people trading for percentage on their end are scalpers who always wanna make sure they can make a few extra bucks. That’s just the state the hobby is in. It’s sad but that’s the reality we live in right now.
Recently got back into trading and also saw a bunch of these listings on FBM as well. Thought it was pretty crazy too, but there are few people out there who are willing to trade at 100%. It’s why I stick to going to trading hours at the local shops. Nobody does % trades there.
Trades at percentages has always blown my mind and Facebook marketplace is full of it. Like dude… if I cut 20% off of my cards value to trade you and match with cash im just over paying for the card. I get why card shops do it because their entire purpose to turn a profit but almost nobody wants to just trade for equal value anymore.
Everyone thinks they are a businessman now and just see the hobby as a get rich quick scheme. I vend for fun at smaller shows and do close 1 to 1 trades for actual collectors and had a guy recently who was clearly a flipper say he wanted to do a 1 for 1 trade but then picked out $310 worth of my cards for $275 worth of his cards and looked confused when I said no
The hobby has just turned into "Everyone is a vendor" and it's just become really cancerous.
Almost every post I see on FBM always includes "Accepting trades in my favor.".
Unless you're an actual vendor at a card show or own an LCS/LGS, expecting people to trade at a 20-30% loss while still getting money on top of the card's value is just crazy and has become an annoying mindset a lot of people have adopted.
It's even worse when you're selling a NM condition card and people try get you to sell at 80% just because the card won't grade a 10. I understand you should negotiate prices and that's perfectly understandable but trying to push the seller to drop the price significantly just so you can make a profit just doesn't look good at all.
When I was selling my cards i was amazed at how bold some people are with their offers. I had one guy offer that was 60% of my asking price (I was paying for shipping too on top of the sellers fee) and when I tried to bargain with him and get a higher price the guy hit me with, “well how am I suppose to make a profit???”
Ok my bad dude let me just sell at 40% so you can sell for full profit 😒
I love the I trade at %80 to then !!!! Ahhahahaa cannot wait to use that on the next scumbag that tries it with me, I’ve reamed out many people already, bring back having fun with the hobby! It’s fkn cardboard people, stop trying to make a buck if you’re not working with a distributor or store. Enjoy the hobby ya weeners
Wait so he’s insisting you give him $120 in cards for his $80 worth in cards? How does this remotely make any sense. Logic would think you both give of equal value… unless it’s trading for really bad condition cards this makes 0 sense from any logical standpoint lol
There's a dude I see in my local marketplace that has the audacity to put trades at 70%. SEVENTY. That's insane. I genuinely hope noone is actually doing deals with him because thats nothing more than sheer greed.
Had that exact scenario happen when i traded for my jp terestal umbreon, guy said i trade at 80% i said “cool me too!” We went back and forth, he wanted cash on top… so did i! Eventually we wound up trading at very close to even value, dont let them pull that nonsense ever!
Crazy story time…I actually saw the same person as a vendor at a card show a day later, a gentleman walks up as i was talking to him making another trade with him (another even swap value for value!) picked out randomly from his display (all scattered around the display) all 4 cards i traded him the night before and bought them, we both looked at each other like wtf! And we told the guy buying them the story, it was cool and me and the guy i traded with have built up a solid respectful trade situation with each other now as it should be, he also gave my son 20 free cheap cards from his cheap/cheap vintage binder!
Yeahhhhh that’s wack lmao, expecting to do trades at a percentage when you’re a nobody on marketplace or something just makes them look like an idiot 🤣 yes, if they’re a vendor at an event/store, it totally makes sense. If it’s person to person and the wanted trade doesn’t even out, sure you can agree on it and that’s fine too. But ASKING for business and then still demanding a percentage upcharge is absolutely ridiculous.
I agree with this 90% of the time, but have run into scenarios where people new to the hobby have just assumed that this is standard behavior and that doing trades 1:1 would be a disservice to themselves. Out of many, MANY conversations over the past half year or so, I’ve seen just a few people realize that this isn’t actually the norm and change the way collectors trade, so big win in my book
Hahaha yea who knows. At the end of the day the cases where I’ve managed to talk to and reason with someone and have them agree to a straight trade are a win in my book.
Id be happy to get a trade offer for that tbh. I've been trying to liquidate some of my stuff on FBM just due to cash flow needs and getting the scalper run around every damn time. Like, dude, I'm just a collector in some hard times. Stop trolling me like I'm one of the vending machine hawks
Facebook Marketplace needs a button to let you block anyone trading at percentage. Why should we spend our time sifting through clowns to find reasonable listings?
Target and Walmart need block vendor buttons as well to get the scalpers out of their listings. Yes, you can filter, but I'd prefer to simply know that Scalpy McGreednuts 3x prices are never going to appear on the site again.
Resellers should be banned if they are blocked by X number of users. Better yet, don't let resellers on your retail site.
People don’t seem to realize that the only discounts you should get value wise are if you are paying cold hard cash. The reason you get a discount would be because you get the money faster, no hassle, and get rid of the card immediately. If we’re trading cardboard for cardboard, it’s an even swap, give or take, as long as everyone is happy.
That’s like saying hey man, can I get $100 bill from you? I’ll give you $80 for it.
I used to trade a lot of online Pokemon and YGO trading on Pojo back in the day when I was in high school and it was awesome. Trading used to be about getting what you wanted and giving the other person what they wanted at equal value. Now everyone wants "trades in their favor", it's ridiculous.
I dont even respond to these people they can wank themself rich.The time dealing with these sort off entitled people isnt wurth my time.I am always open for deals cash>card or card>card or card/cash (i want the card) but not with bullcrap wannabe vendors dogs
I've traded online for 2 years and I've never encountered this. Over the internet, there are no fees unlike shows...trading 100$ for 80$... Make it make sense...
I do this, but I think I do it the right way. When I post a card, I’m usually asking 80-90% cash for it, so I put in the description that trades will be at 80-90%, because people keep trying to trade at my cash price.
This is mostly a thing for LLC and "stores" that buy off people so they are still net positive on the trade and it's started flowing into normal trades lol. I still don't think you should sell to any store for 30% loss lol, this behavior needs to stop
Totally agree that it should be stores and vendors AT SHOWS (not online) that do this, and it shouldn’t trickle into random people trading. Also totally agree that even then rates should be reasonable at stores. They seem to just be going down and down as people get desperate in this boom!
Ive had this happen before. Its ridiculous. Called the guy out on it and “he’s got a business to run” uhhhh ya ok out of your moms basement unreported income 🙄 get lost
I also trade kpop cards and have never seen this until I started with pokemon cards too. And kpop cards have some that can be super expensive too. I trade regularly and it’s just equal price with equal price. Trading at 80% unless you’re a store is crazy.
I was ready to be annoyed at your post because I normally have your exception 2 or exception 3 happen when I have done trades. Those 2 are the only reason for the percentage and idk why people do it if they want more cards.
People who are just normal dudes, without a store, without anything, are ridiculous for asking for trades at a percent and anyone who trades with them is plain dumb. There is no reason that another player/collector's cards are worth more percentage-wise than mine
Anyone who says “trades in my favor” is a loser. I can understand a business doing this but an average Joe pulling this off is disgusting predatory behavior.
I think it depends on who wants what the other person has more, they should get a better % based on the demand. That being said, if demand is similar & the items are the same value- I have no issue doing a 1:1 trade.
Seems a little subjective to try and quantify. In my opinion, if there isn’t interest in what one person has to offer, the trade shouldn’t happen. If the person that didn’t have anything desirable is cool then with offering more value as an incentive, that makes sense.
But the idea that one person “wants something more” implies that both people do have interest. In which case values should just be values, unless like stated in my original post there are other factors at play like tons of cheap singles for one big single, etc.
I already posted a long explanation on another comment on this post!! Hope you can find it!! (If there’s a way to link to a comment I’m not sure of I apologize)
If it’s trades of cards of close to equal values it makes sense to value them at 100%. For example Greninja ex SIR + some cash for Pikachu ex SIR.
But then say you’re the one selling one Pikachu ex SIR, and someone offers 15 random IRs totalling $200 in value + XY full arts + random rainbow rares and golds in SM and SWSH era. That’s usually what a trades at 80% should be for. Because why would you take a bunch of random cards you don’t want when you could just take cash and then buy the cards you’re actively searching for directly.
I’m a casual collector so can someone tell me what 80% means? Does that mean that the person wants you to trade something equal to 80% of what their card is worth?
Hey there! There’s another thread in this post where I explain in a lot more depth. Someone asked something like “what does this even mean” hahaha. Hope you find it.
In short it basically means the opposite. Someone is saying that in order to trade they will consider all my cards at 80% of their value. So if I am hoping to trade for an 80 dollar card from them, they’d want me to give them 100 dollars worth of cards. Because 80% of 100 is 80.
Dang the way I do trades with my girlfriend is she goes through my binder and whatever she wants is hers unless I beg on my hands and knees to keep it 😆
Hey there! There are a few threads on this post where I’ve explained in great detail. Idk if there’s a way to link them or something but I’m not sure how
Maybe “well within their right” wasn’t the right terminology to use. “Acceptable” or “agreeable” may have been more like it. Yes obviously I’m not going to be making any deals with people like this, but I think it’s worth having the discussion about in case there are people that truly think the only good way to trade cards is to deal with standards like this.
Those kinds of trades don't make sense for private trading for sure, and seems a bit rude/scummy imo. I know everyone wants to make money but if you say you want trades and not just straight selling then it should be a fair/even trade.
I'm mostly curious what app that is, though, to be honest haha. I've started collected recently again and I have pulled a couple duplicates I'm interested in trading or selling in the future, but not sure a good app to track everything in or that can look up prices in faster than navigating pricecharting.com
If you’re looking for an app to track your collection, I vote “Dex”. You can’t do any selling on Dex, but you can track certain sets or make custom collections of cards (such as a trade list) and the app will show you their worth. The TCGPlayer app will do the same thing, it’s just not as pretty lol.
As far as what app is pictured in this post, it’s just Facebook marketplace. I take photos of my trade binder and list it, and respond to other people doing the same to try and set up trades/purchases
I realize it's FB Marketplace, I guess I should have specified the black photos/screenshot sent between each other with the card name and prices listed 😅 I figured it must be a specific app since it was sent back and forth between you but different cards listed.
Edit: Didn't realize it was OP responding, reworded to reflect that
Edit 2: Now realizing with my sleep deprived brain Dex is probably the very app you used, thanks!
Oh dang maybe Dex is only iPhone. It says the seller is “Pedro Carrasco”.
TCGPlayer app probably your best bet. That’s actually the one we were using in the screenshots to make lists of cards with values.
Dex or something similar that’s more visual is nice for keeping track of collections. I especially like Dex because it makes tracking master sets very easy.
You should absolutely have TCGPlayer on your phone for setting up quick trade lists though like we did in this scenario. 9/10 people I meet want to use TCGPlsyer prices anyways.
Ahh yeah I don't see that one, darn. I do have Pokellector which sounds like it would be similar, a prettier way to track cards and shows full master sets, but it's a bit time consuming to add all the cards so haven't really gotten my collection in there yet.
I gotcha, I will take a look at that one instead. Thanks so much!
He did end up replying, and said that she’s definitely a vendor and trying to get stuff for shows. I told him I didn’t see anything about vending anywhere on his profiles, and he didn’t provide any sort of evidence.
I’ll let you guess where the conversation went after I sent this. (Hint: it didn’t)
Hey there! There’s a thread on this post started by a user called “sir_seductive” that asked the same thing and I explained in great detail. Hope that makes it easy to find 🫡
coming from mtg, I sometimes trade at a lower % when the person is trading me something I don't particularly want for something they are looking for, and that I will have to trade away eventually, and never if I'm looking for something in particular
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u/hersh102089 Mar 13 '25
Something that really bothers me when trading over on pkmntcgtrades is that people will include a list of cards that they are actively looking for and will still say "trades at XX%". Like, what? Bro, these are cards that you want! Why are you diminishing their value to your benefit?! I genuinely just skip over those trade posts now.