TRADING GUIDELINE (ideas to go by)

Trading has been around for a long time. Kind of hard to pin point when it exactly first started, but it’s been going on way beyond our lifetimes.  Trading magic cards is something I’ve started doing recently this past year. Due to the community on google+ and how awesome the people are on in it, I started trading and making my decks better.

As the trading was going on I learned how to do it the right way and make it fair for everyone. I’m not the one who wants to try and rip other people off or base it off of strictly value of the card instead of just wanting the card, there’s only certain people I know that would just trade for the sake of wanting the card, not base on values. So I came up with a guideline to follow (you don’t have to follow the guideline exactly) below.

1. Make sure it’s the right cards you are trading away. Sometimes the other trader wants specific artist or card they’re looking for.

2. There are times where they don’t state exactly what they want but the card name; there are cards that were reprinted from old sets in newer sets. So be sure to have the right card and confirm, confirm 15 times if you have to make sure it’s exactly what they want.

3. Conditions, be sure that you are trading what you stated the card condition is in. if you say your card is near mint, be sure it’s that condition; not damaged, heavily played, or taped back together. Don’t lie about your cards condition.

4. When trading through mail from websites (deckbox.org, pucatrade, etc) send your cards in an envelope with a hard top loader sleeve with the card sleeved in it. Tape the top so the card doesn’t slide out. Also get a piece of cardboard cut out to the size of the card and tape the hard card sleeve with the card in it. If trading from pucatrade be sure to write the pucatrade number on the cardboard and on the outside of the envelope.

5. Be sure the envelope is sealed shut so it doesn’t open during shipment. That would suck if the card got out while being shipped and you get the empty envelope.

        It’s not much of a guideline if you already know how to do trading, and I'm sure there are more to the list but this is all i can think of so far. But it can be helpful for newer people who are just getting into the game of magic the gathering. If you are not sure of what to do ask someone and I’m sure they would be more than gladly to help out a fellow magic player.

What card trading technique do you have?

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