Trading is HARD on BGG... but not impossible. If you're lucky, maybe 30% of your trade suggestions will even get answered. Then it comes to what kind of trader they are... and you are. I'd say at least 75% of the replies you get will be from traders who think they're involved in some sort of gamer's stock market. They think their game is worth $30 and yours is worth $29 so the story ends right there. It's like they can't turn off their gamer brain and they're deathly afraid of being out $1. I think they're looking at it all wrong. I PLAY GAMES. I don't collect them. I don't keep unplayed games in a special cellar so that they can age to perfection. An unplayed game goes OUT the door and is replaced by something else that I think I will play. If I pay $30 for a game, play it a few times, and then trade it off for a $25 value, have I lost money? No. I paid $5 to play game #1 a few times. Fair enough. Or another way I look at it, am I REALLY better off with a $50 game that sits on my shelf month after month unplayed than I would be for a $40 game that's getting played every other week?
OK, I'll step down off of my soapbox now. That rant has worn me out and it's time to hit the sack. :) On Friday, August 3, 2012 11:15:33 PM UTC-5, Wolfe13 wrote: > > When trading is it fair market, BGG market, eBay, Amazon or supply and > demand. Reason I ask is it seems I can not get a trade to work for me and > the other party... frustrated > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BGG Down" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/bgg_down/-/PB3boHcjq_UJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bgg_down?hl=en.
