> theJaw wrote:
>> I've had a few situations where I've turned down an offer despite having my game
>> listed as available. Some of my items, I have no intention of selling or trading
>> -- right now, but that may (and probably will) change in the future. So, I
> list
>> most of it to keep a list of my "inventory," so to speak, and to keep the doors
> open
>> for possible trades down the line.
>>
>> I may have no immediate intention of trading or selling a certain item, but I'm
> firm
>> in the belief that EVERYthing has a price, so if I received an offer for something
>> I was truly interested in, I may feel inclined to accept. Items being of similar
>> monetary value is great, but sometimes the item offered just isn't something I'm
>> super interested in at the time.
>>
>> My point being that, while maybe some do, I have to imagine most folks aren't
> on
>> here JUST to find good "deals" for themselves but are instead holding out for
> trade
>> opportunities that they're genuinely interested in. Someone may have something
> listed
>> as "Wanted" but may not be looking to go out of their way for it at the time an
> offer
>> is made. It's nothing to take personally.
>>
When I tried to use the system here years ago all it did for me was lead to annoying and bad offers so I gave up on it. I just make threads when I have stuff to move and pm people based on threads where I know they are actively wanting something. Like you said with a wanted list it's easy to just add things to it even lower wants. Someone could then forget stuff is even on there, fail to remove things once they get them etc... A lot of variables that make these list systems a bad idea for trying to just cold offer based on them.
It does work for some people though, and it's always interesting to see transactions that were made seemingly purely through the offer system without a thread involved. Not how I like to operate but clearly it works for some people.
