Trade References

[SomeRandomDude]

To ascertain the credibility of certain traders on the forums, to avoid being the recipient of a scam and for the mutual benefit of all members of the Last Homely House, I hereby dedicate this thread to the purpose of recommending such parties as have successfully completed a trade with you.

Translation: Post your refs here.

Enjoy!

~NB

[SomeRandomDude]

NBarden's Trade References:

MR Lurtzy. Awesome trader. Gives a good deal and is prompt in shipping, cards in excellent condition, and I got them the day before I needed them to kill a friend. Thanks!

Shieldmaiden. Great deal, prompt shipping, would definitely trade with her again.

braindamagedcarebearsrock. Great trader. Would definitely trade with again, but it seems he snagged all the cards he needed.

Olorin85. Well...I hate to post a bad ref, and I'm sure it had probably nothing to do with Olorin, since he's completed a bunch of other trades, but I have never received the cards, unfortunately. Probably some issue with customs or something like that, but I can't post a successful trade here. Sorry.

TLHH Members in bold

Successful Trades and Purchase:
Mythdracon. Very good communication, he was up till 3 AM in his time zone trying to close a trade. He's awesome to trade with, packs them well, even insured it.

Succesful Trade:
Corvus, superfast for airmail. Perfect condition, awesome, and I mean AWESOME DEAL! Trade with Corvus, if you have something he wants he'll give you TONS of cards for it.

Successful Trade:
AnxiousChieftain, nice trading with you. Good deal, cards came in good condition. Overexaggerated damage to one of his cards  . (by small nick I though you meant visible without a magnifying glass.)

Successful Trade:
OneFathom, cards received. Mint condition, well packaged. Bubble wrap and two extra toploaders! Yipee! (I'm short on toploaders). Definitely nice trading with him! Only complaint is that it took me 10 minutes getting through all the tape and extricating six cards from two toploaders...he taped the toploaders to the inside of the package. 

Successful Trade:
jws88, got the cards! Cards came in mint condition, except Ferny, which came in specified condition. MORE TOPLOADERS!!!!! Although you could cut back on the tape somewhat, took me half an hour to get the cards out...

Successful Purhase:
Takeo, WOW!  Got here REALLY fast! Seriously, very fast shipping, even if he is from Norway. Well packed, and more toploaders. Now if I can unravel the cards from the tape mess...

Successful Trade:
Pipeweed. Took a while but I got the cards. I'm now ready to slaughter everything.

Successful Trade:
Anonymous Prodigy, great communication, sweet deal. My dwarf deck is now unkillable . Oh yeah, I was able to extricate the cards from the packaging, for once.

Successful Trade:
Elf Lvr. Sweet deal. If he needs something, he'll give you a good deal.

Successful Trade:
Queleri. Great trader, cards arrived in good condition, good deal. Cards arrived VERY fast. My Eowyn wounding deck now has Eowyn, LOOK OUT WORLD!! 

Successful Trade:
Yerkamig. Great trade, awesome deal, card came in mint condition, well packaged. Only regret is that the card isn't working properly in my deck, but that's my fault. 

Successful Trade:
theHobbit13. Great trading with him, fair deal both sides. Cards arrived fast.

Successful Trade:
Celebrimbor. Small problem with proper cards, but he rectified the situation and let me keep the mixed up card. Cards in near mint condition.

Succesful Trade:
Halcyon, great dealing with him, awesome deal. Fast for overseas shipping. And he included an autographed rare companion instead of a C/U.

Succesful Trade:
NappyKorn, great dealing with him, fair on both sides, bth got what we needed. Very prompt getting cards in mail.

Succesful Trade:
josiah_of_rohan, one of those guys that will trade a lot for what he needs. I mean, a lot. He also sent an autographed rare companion...

Personal Trade:
CDT PVT Ransom, you can trust him completely. And if he doesn't need a card, he'll trade it off dirt cheap. He gives awesome deals.

Personal Trade:
Ninja Gimli, great trading with him. He doesn't have much in the way of cards yet, but he's got a few good cards. I can vouch for him as well...he is completely trustworthy.

Personal Trade:
masswelter13, very easy to trade with, he has a lot of cards, and will trade a lot for a card he doesn't have. Can't help but feeling he got scammed each time I'm through trading him .

Personal Trade:
AgentDrake. Good luck finding something he'll trade you, but he'll give you a good deal if you do. 1 for 1 Thorin's Harp for Deagol was awesome (BTW, he has TONS of Deagols).

[veBu]

veBu's TLHH Trade References:

Successful Trade:
adamos
alehaak
Anautikus x4
Anonymous Prodigy
Anvar
aperson77 x2
Apopas x3
CCCORNIV
Celebrimbor
daisukeman
Dani Ferraresso x2
Elf Lvr x2
Fatty Lumpkin x2
GarrisonofGondor
ghhhk
Gil-Estel x2
gk1964 x2
HawkeyeSPF
Hobbit Pizza
hrcho
josiah of rohan x3
legolas3333
lem0nhead
leokula x3
MADG0BLIN
Majin Saitoh x2
manson0815 x2
menace64
MR. Lurtzy x2
Mythdracon
NappyKorn x8
NateWinchester
NBarden
Olorin85
OneFathom x5
Pepin The Breve
scowiii
Shieldmaiden x9
TheJord
Treebeard13
Ulmo
ununtrium x2
Xcho

Successful Sale:
CrdTrd
GarrisonofGondor
ket the jet
MR. Lurtzy x2
NappyKorn
silver.telperion
St. Grimmin
suffocarcass
TheJord
TripleJ
ununtrium
Vroengard
Xcho

Successful Purchase:
jd
jonobgood x2
LCJK x2

Personally Traded With:
Braindamagedcarebearsrock

[Olorin]

Successful Trade:

VeBu
NBarden
MR. Lurtzy
Vroengard
Elrohir
King89
Kub
Muadib85
ununtrium
Taurnil

Successful Buy:
Lem0nhead

[Elf_Lvr]

Successful Trade
Users: elf lvr and pipeweed
Cards came in PERFECT condition

Successful Trade
Users: elf lvr and AC
Cards came in great condition. loved 'em.

Successful Trade
Users: elf lvr and Sickofpalantirs
Cards came in great condition.

Successful Trade
Users: elf lvr and bobtheorc
Awesome cards, awesome condition.

Successful Trade
Users: elf lvr and Anxious Chieftain
same old, same old. great cards, great condish.

Successful Trade
Users: elf lvr and AP
Good stuff! Cards came in perfect condition.

Successful Trade
Users: elf lvr and Ingold55
Thanks!

Successful Trade
Users: elf lvr and NBarden

Successful Trade
Users: Elf lvr and Corvus

Personally traded with:
Lordoftheshire
Anxious Chieftain
AdultLink

Successful Trade:
NappyKorn

Successful Trade:
GarrissonofGondor

[NappyKorn]

Successful Trade

User: Lord of the Shire
Excellent Trader, Will Trade With Again!! 

User: Anonymous Prodigy
Great Trader, Well Recommended! 

User: Berger850
Perfect Trader, Looking Forward to Future Trades! 

User: wraithsonwings
Great Trader, Cards Well Protected, Will Trade with Again! 

User: hawkeyespf
Excellent Trader, I Recommended 

User: AnAuTiKuS
Great Trader, Hope to Trade with Again 

User: NBarden
Good Trader, I Recommend! 

User: shieldmaiden
Great Trader, I Recommend 

User: Apopatos
Excellent Trader, Hope to Deal with Again 

User: Teolixx
Excellent Trader, Hope to Trade with Again 

User: Vebu
Great Trader, I Recommend! 

User: Lost Heir
Great Trader, I Recommend! 

User: Celebrimbor
Great Trader, Hoping to Trade With Again 

User: bunnydaman
Great Trader, I Recommend 

User: DainIronFoot
Great Trader, Will Trade With Again 

User: MADG0BLIN
Good Trader! 

User: Lem0nHead
Great Trader, I recommend 

User: Onefathom
Excellent Trade, Hoping to deal with again 

User: mm doughnuts
Great Trader, Would Recommend to Anyone

User: LCJK
Great Trader, I Recommend

User: Anxious Chieftian
Great Trader, Will Trade With Anytime

User: Leokula
Excellent Trader, Will Trade With Anytime

User: Gartax
Great Trader

User: Josiah_of_Rohan
Excellent Trader, Highly Recommend

User: Elessar's Socks
Great Trader, Will Trade With Anytime

User: Mr. Lurtzy
Great Trader, I Recommend

User: TheHobbit13
Good Trader, A bit Hard to negotiate with, LOL.

User: Mythdracon
Great Trader, I Recommend

User: GarrisonofGondor
Great Trader, I Recommend

User: Elendil!Urukfear
Great Trader, Would trade with again anytime

User: AdultLink
Great Trader, Well Recommended

User: King89
Great Trader, Easy to deal with

User: Elf_Lvr
Great Trader, I Recommend

User: CCCORNIV
Excellent Trader, Will trade again with any time.

User: The Jord
Excellent Trader, Will trade with anytime.

User: Fingolfinfinwe
Great Trader, I recommend

User: swarmingUwithGoblins
Great Trader, Will trade with anytime

User: Hobbit_Pizza
Great Trader, Looking forward to many more trades

User: Gil-Estel
Great Trader, I Recommend

User: Beyo
Great Trader, Would trade with again anytime

Current TLHH members are in BOLD, the rest were CC members I also have several refs on Mahasamatman I can give you the link if you wish .

[CCCORNIV]

Successful Trades

 NappyKorn x2
Vroengard x2
AMFSOOK
OneFathom x2
GarrisonofGondor x2
Mr. Lurtzy
Olorin
MaudDib x3
Elendil
Taurnil
Ket_the_Jet x3
Treebeard13 x4
Ulmo x4
St. Grimmin
Vebu
Ferevendir x1
Tyrith
Adamos

[Mythdracon]

I had loads of recs on the original CC forums, but here we start again!  

Successful purchase: SwarminguwithGoblins
Successful trade: NappyKorn
Successful trades (3): Mr Lurtzy
Successful trade: TheJord
Successful trade: Fingolfinfinwe
Successful trade: Elessar's Socks
Successful trade: Anvar
Successful trade: Pepin the Brave
Successful purchase x2: lem0nhead

[swarmingUwithGoblins]

Ive done a few trades already.

I purchased some cards from- Mythdracon. Everything went perfect

Ive traded with
Nappykorn- several times already and all transactions have been perfect

********- good transaction with slight communication problems with a poster that doesnt want me to use him as a reference for some reason. But i do consider it a successful trade.

So thats all so far for me so far

[Cave Troll Counsellor]

Successful purchases (all two of 'em! But they were big-ish):

Lem0nHead (super fast, great condition, cards a little curled but I blame Royal Mail)

Mr. Lurtzy (pristine condition and a great deal!)

[Braindamagedcarebearsrock]

Successful trades:

Vebu(irl):(x)
Vebu is veBu.

Halcyon(irl):(x)
Currently fortified in his home. Looking for a medieval battering ram.

Garrison of gondor:(1)
Good trader

Nbarden:(1)
Slow answer but fast trade.

Anvar:(1)
i got rid of my mtg. thank you.

[Mythdracon]

Successful trades:
Garrison of Gondor. Hasn't replied to my messages in the last month, even though I sent my cards to him, but eventually he sent me the cards he promised. A bit slow, but he's been occupied over break so it's understandable, I guess. 

Vroengard Good communication, cards were in good condition too.

[Elrohir]

Trades Succeded:

King89
Frealaf
Olorin

[Anonymous Prodigy]

Just had a successful purchase with Fatty Lumpkin. For my references (and others' references of me) check the mother site.

[sickofpalantirs]

Successful Trade x2
Users: Sickofpalantirs and josiah_of_rohan
Perfect trade.

Successful Trade, kinda
Users: Sickofpalantirs and AnxiousChieftain
Though we sent cards I felt intimidated into trading a deal I really didn't like. we had a successful trade after it though

Successful Trade
Users: Sickofpalantirs and LOTR kid
Easy to trade with mint condition cards.

Successful Tradex5
Users: Sickofpalantirs and Anonymous Prodigy
easy to trade with mint con. cards. When he sent my cards without confirming that the trade was done and forgot one, he said just to keep them and not to bother mailing mine!

Successful Tradex3
Users: Sickofpalantirs and Pipeweed
mint con. cards packaging was excellent!

Successful Trade
Users: Sickofpalantirs and Michael Knight
easy to trade with, he even tossed in some extra stuff! Homage

Successful Trade
Users: Sickofpalantirs and Elf lvr.
lots of protection easy to trade with

Successful Trade
Users: SoP and The Shyzle
great trader picked out sweet FOILs

Successful Trade
Users: SoP and HawkeyeSPF\
easy to trade with quick delivery

Successful Trade x3
Users: SoP and Corvus
very nice and very easy to trade with

Successful Trade
Whtevr86 and SoP
Incredibly easy to trade with and sweet packaging.


Successful Trade
Apopatos and SoP
Very patient, gives great deals, and best packaging. Even sent twice so I wouldn't have to wait!

Successful Trade
Ununtrium and SoP
I got his cards quickly, they were slightly bent, but he had sufficient packaging so not his fault. he was willing to send first because of his lack of references, and even sent more than I asked!

Kub and SoP
cards came very quickly, and in very good condition.  I'd asked for an extra foil or rare, just to give me a suprise, i got a promo black rider!

Fatty_lumpkin and SoP
For the gory details see my thread something funny with the USPS. not his fault though.

Mr. Lurtzy and SoP
when cards were delayed because he mispelled the address, he added a FOIL crown of gondor! w00t!

Vroengard And SoP

[King89]

upadete my reference list. --> http://lotrtcgwiki.com/forums/index.php?topic=643.msg10480#msg10480 (on trop)

[Olorin]

update!

[MuadDib85]

AMFSOOK
LCJK  
Silver.telperion
Ununtrium
King89
ghhhk
Olorin
Hobbit_Pizza
MR. Lurtzy
Aragorn_Ellessar
CCCORNIV  
Vroengard
Gil-Estel
Sweet_Stuff
silver.telperion
Treebeard13
scowiii
OneFathom
ket-the-jet
rubbercarp
KingofMen
Anautikus  
spacemarine17
TheJord
NappyKorn
St.Grimmin
visi
Smeagollum
Taurnil
Hadafang
Witchkingx5
dalkilthur
KANEfreak69
Mythdracon
Blarg
HawkeyeSPF
Fierce
Rktekk
gk1964
Tyrith
uncle_elrond
pepi
Legolis
TheHobbit13
BenY
Blimey2342
elendil
manson0815
jonobgood
 

[Fatty_Lumpkin]

Pepin the Breve has been a very patient trader. The first time i sent to him the package was returned because the ink on the front had smeared from getting wet. He was fine with that and the little delay as long as the cards were alright. By that time I had recieved his cards in perfect condition. I then mailed the cards again but a couple months (I believe it was 3) had passed and he still has not recieved them. During that entire wait he hasn't complained once, but has been patient and wiling to wait a little longer as long as the cards arrive and aren't damaged. I felt bad for having him wait because he seems like a pretty decent fella. So I'm going to send him some more cards to replace the first trade that was lost in the mail.

I highly recommend him as a trader.

[suffocarcass]

Successful buy vebu
saltzaile oso ona eta kartak oso azkar iritxi dira.

[Olorin]

Successful Trade:

VeBu
NBarden
MR. Lurtzy
Vroengard
Elrohir
King89
Kub
Muadib85
ununtrium
Taurnil

Successful Buy:
Lem0nhead

updated!

Andrax added!

[Andrax]

I got ripped off by vroengard. He got sixs expensive RoS rares and only send me half the cards I should have gotten. At first I was told that he will still send the missing ones, then I heard some cheap excuses and since weeks he doesn't answer any pm's. I don't think I will get the missing cards ever, so I can't recommend him.

Olorin
OneFathom
Sickofpalantirs

where nice traders!

[Vroengard]

Incredible! We had this several times before dude, I even resend you your offers and showed you what you offered, maybe you should next time first think, then do a deal.

[Andrax]

So you really say there are no cards left you have to send me? Even if the others here can't proof it, at least you know that is a lie.

Funny that this is your first sign of life when I make your trade behaviour public, my PM didn't get answered or cards send for weeks.

[King89]

Incredible! We had this several times before dude, I even resend you your offers and showed you what you offered, maybe you should next time first think, then do a deal.

sorry to interrupt you, but that counts for you too, my friend.
i actually didn't want to give my 2 cents about your discussion, but as you know we had these "problems" too...

[daisukeman]

Succesful trades:
(excellent card-condition, deal and timing)
veBu
Pepin the Breve
Ununtrium
ghhhk
Mr. Lurtzy
St. Grimmin
Majin Saitoh
Gandalf_The_Black
OneFathom


Unsuccesful trades:
Fatty_Lumpkin (kept repeatedly telling me he couldn't find the cards, didn't remember if he sent them and other excuses more)

My trading list:
http://lotrtcgwiki.com/forums/index.php?topic=1547.0

[Vroengard]

haha you are not the only one mate.... 
mister lumpkin never send any of 2 packages he was supposed to. I lost 2 masterwork cards and an rare promo.

[scowiii]

I have had successful trades with the following.

Trades Completed

MuadDib
veBu
OneFathom
Rubbercarp
St. Grimmin
Majin Saitoh

and have trades currently with Majnn saitoh and Mr. Lurtzy in the works.

[daisukeman]

haha you are not the only one mate.... 
mister lumpkin never send any of 2 packages he was supposed to. I lost 2 masterwork cards and an rare promo.

Yeah, sux.
I lost 4 rare foils

[Fatty_Lumpkin]

As some of you may know, i have sold my cards and do not collect anymore. I do still check the boards from time to time but not that often unfortunately. Anyways here's my list of trades I did while here (Note: I think that i'm forgetting one or two trades):

Successful Trades:
veBu
sickofpalantirs
NappyKorn
King89
Thranduil
GarrisonofGondor
Elendil!Urukfear
AMFSOOK 
ununtrium
OneFathom

Unsure of ATM:
MR. Lurtzy
Pepin the Breve

Unsuccessful Trades:
Vroengard
Daisukeman

With the unsuccessful trades it's not their faults, nor mine, the trades that i sent out were lost in the mail. Pepin the Breve was very pleasant to trade with and am really hoping he recieves his cards (although his keeps getting sent back to me.
Mr. Lurtzy I haven't heard from, but last i knew he didn't get them.
Vroengard's cards arrived damaged but i didn't really care because i was in the process of selling them (although he didn't mention they were damaged). Unfortunately he wasn't a very pleasant person to trade with and demanded cards right away (his personal emails weren't very nice either).
Daisukeman, i have no idea what the heck happened to your cards. i recieved yours and was hoping for a lot of future trades together (can't now because I sold my cards  ) anyways it's unfortunate you never recieved your cards.
Anyways, that's my small list of trades. Some of the successful trades were multiple times (veBu, King89, Elendil!Urukfear, etc) I highly recommend these traders because they were fast deliveries and just friendly to deal with.

[Vroengard]

I think now you reached the limit dude! My cards arrived what?? How poor is that? Now you invent this story, you never ever got a comment on damaged cards, I never knew that nice story    Very interesting. There seem to be people who never know when its time to just be ashamed and and not to spread lies.  Very poor

[daisukeman]

Daisukeman, i have no idea what the heck happened to your cards. i recieved yours and was hoping for a lot of future trades together (can't now because I sold my cards  ) anyways it's unfortunate you never recieved your cards.

Well, it's either you having issues with writing down addresses correctly, some local post-office stealer lotr tcg collector (yeah, right), or as Vroengard says: just inventing plain BS.

[Fatty_Lumpkin]

 

[Vroengard]

no no, you misunderstand that it seems, this is just a thread to post references, we wrote ours, nothing more, why should I try to send you PM's? Wouldnt change anything, so why you comment that again and again? There are facts, no more. Just stop posting here stuff. We wrote our posts, just serious and true. We just responded to your strange explanations. over and out

[TheJord]

Let me lay down some ground rules for this particular thread.

1) If you have an unsuccesful trade, feel free to state who it was and why (politely) as a bad reference
2) If you receive an bad reference and feel that this is unfair, please PM the person involved. DO NOT spam up this thread with flame wars about trade references.

I would rather hope that we could all settle any issues by PM. If not, leave a POLITE bad reference and if the situation is made unpleasant, ask a mod to talk with the parties involved.

Thank you

[MR. Lurtzy]

Just a note, I never did recieve Fatty Lumpkin's cards.

[Elessar's Socks]

Anyone traded with Josh Blackmon before?

[MR. Lurtzy]

Sounds familiar, why?

[Elessar's Socks]

Well, I'm afraid I'll have to recommend caution when trading with him. He's gotten my end of the trade but I haven't received his after a month, and he hasn't responded to my email request for an update. I'll amend this if the cards do arrive one day, but at this point I'm not holding out hope.

[Gandalf_The_Black]

I have a question about the seller "Wildthingsgames" on ebay. This guy has been selling pretty much a foil set a week of MoM, SoG, and MD, (and he also has a lot of RotEL which he doesn't put up for bids for some reason) since the end of May when I started checking Ebay.

Does anybody else find it suspicious that he has so many foil sets of only these particular sets? I mean, if he has such a "vast collection" why doesn't he sell any BoHD or EoF. I've also noticed another seller consistently selling foils from these sets. Is there something special about these sets that make them so common or something? Especially since I thought SoG was a rarer set. Could they be fake?

[scowiii]

I spoke with the owners. They bought tons of cases of product and have opened tons. And they still have tons of unopened merchandise. I have bought from them on many occasions and they are great.

[spacemarine17]

Awesome trades with:

MaudDib- Awesome trader! I recommend.

Heron- awesome packaging, and fast shipping. Highly recommended.

-adam.

[Heron]

Excellent trade with spacemarine17, got the cards to me quick.

Also another most excellent trade with ghhhk.

[spacemarine17]

TREEBEARD 13- Great trader. Ships quickly and safely.

-adam.

[Elrohir]

I have to agree! Treebeared is fast, safe and great!

[ket_the_jet]

It is probably a moot point as most of the traders here have dealt multiple times with other traders here, but if anyone ever wanted to inquire on my opinions of other traders on this site I have dealt with, I would give positive reviews to:
Rktekk
MuadDib
Mr. Lurtzy
Sweet_Stuff
Ulmo
ghhhk
silver.telperion
Treebeard13
CCCORNIV
Chang
Thranduil
rubbercarp
fereveldir
OneFathom
smillington
Witchkingx5
tristelune
Frosty
category1games.com
Gil-Estel
jonobgood
hrcho

Additionally, I have sold to these people:
putridbreath
5tein
Anautikus

If I have dealt with you here and your name is not on the list, feel free to PM me because my trade ledger from earlier than August was deleted so there may not be all of my trades on here.

Anyways, I just wanted to post this to thank all of my past trading partners and encourage new trades as well!
-wtk

[Hobbit_Pizza]

I am in a trade pending with daisukeman.
My card was sent and received, but haven't received his after a month.
He has communicated with me and has assured me that the card was sent, and doesn't know why it hasn't arrived.
I understand that postage goes wrong sometimes, so please do not treat this as a negative ref.
Any feedback from others who have traded with him is appreciated.
I'll leave positive ref it card arrives.

[ket_the_jet]

I am in a pending trade with daisukeman and he agreed to send first. I will report when the cards arrive.
-wtk

[ket_the_jet]

I received daisukeman's cards in the mail today. I will give him a positive reference, but as a reminder, I did request he sent first and he happily obliged.

This is not specific to any one trader, but always remember to exercise caution when making trades online and check out gabtraders.com if you have any questions about a person's trade history!
-wtk

[Elrohir]

Hi
I have to list Vroengard, so be aware!

He is unpatient and did not mail all of my cards. I thought this can happen, so he promised to mail the missing card by the next order.

But I never got it - all though he got both payments from me.

Furthermore, he ignores my mails or any other contacts, I start. I thought, he might be busy, or something happend - but he is still active here.

So this were many months ago, no apologize for his behaviour or compensations for his faux-pas by now.

[ket_the_jet]

'Faux-pas' in English translates to be accidental mix up. A little different than in French! Just so you know!
-wtk

[ket_the_jet]

Hey guys, I received notification from daisukeman that he has not yet received my cards. It has been just over a month (17 November sent) and I have not abandoned hope that they will arrive (US to South America can sometimes take up to seven weeks).

My recommended course of action was patience at this point; certainly the USPS slows down considerably around holiday season, but I also understand the problems that the STPC (Colombian Postal Union) has had in the past and would not be beyond belief if it was indeed taken en route. If this is the case, I have made it abundantly clear that I have no problem sending his cards back; I also have multiple copies of three of the four cards I sent originally that I had no problem including with his cards.

I did want to publicize this as he is rather upset (and accusatory) so anyone can feel free to exercise caution when trading with me until we get this cleared up! I appreciate the support of my trading partners and the references they have given me to point on this site, gabtraders.com, mahasamatman.com, and ebay.com, and I certainly want to do everything in my power to maintain my reputation as a good trader!
-wtk

Edit: Because daisukeman had not received these cards as of the 5th of January, I had offered to send him monetary compensation via PayPal; however, he has not responded to my private messages since then. I believe it is more than fair to leave the offer to compensate him open for a month as of the time of the original offer (7 January 2010). If he does not respond, I can only presume he has gotten the cards. If anyone has any further recommendation on how to deal with this situation, feel free to send me a Private Message. I have kept all Private Message interactions since our deal was being negotiated if a moderator does feel the need to...well, moderate.
-wtk

Edit 2: Still no response. Four days left on my offer.
-wtk

[legolas3333]

hmm my references

From CC
Anutikas
Celebrimbor
Yerkamig
Gil-estel

Recently
ket_the_jet
OneFathom
Treebeard13
Rubbercap
Witchkingx5
ununtrium
CrdTrd

[putridbreath]

Successful Trades:
Witchkingx5 (2)
CrdTrd (2)
ununtrium
vadetek
Legolis
Jackmaclintock (in person)

Successful Purchases:
rubbercarp
ket_the_jet (3)

Trades/Purchases Pending:

[Witchkingx5]

Successfultrades:

MuadDib
Lem0nhead
ket
Lego
Colin
King89
ununtrium
CCCORNIV
putridbreath
CrdTrd
macheteman
ghhhk
fierce

pending:

fierce
MuadDib
Lem0nhead
CrdTrd

[ket_the_jet]

As I mentioned in my previous post, I believe that now is a good time to withdraw my offer. I have not heard from daisukeman since 5 January and most of the private messages I had gotten to that point were less than polite.

I have archived each of the private messages in the case that he does return and if not, then it is okay as well. If anyone has other suggestions, please let me know, but I think I can put this case to bed (please don't post unless you read the previous post linked here.
-wtk

[sharkey]

Treebeared is fast, safe and great!

That's what she said...

Sorry, just had to.

[daisukeman]

As I mentioned in my previous post, I believe that now is a good time to withdraw my offer. I have not heard from daisukeman since 5 January and most of the private messages I had gotten to that point were less than polite.

I have archived each of the private messages in the case that he does return and if not, then it is okay as well. If anyone has other suggestions, please let me know, but I think I can put this case to bed (please don't post unless you read the previous post linked here.
-wtk

Hi Ket, I officially gave up.
I didn't receive the cards and I suppose you are not to blame; I grew tired of encountering problems.
It seems paypal does not allow me to have an account that receives money because of my Country's policies, so I can only send money.
It sux, I know so I guess this is it for me.
Cheerio!

[ket_the_jet]

Hey guys,

I just wanted to let you know I made my first purchase from Category1Games.com recently and it was a real pleasure doing business with Scott.

While my purchase was a small and specific lot of Vs. System foils (including several uncommon and common foils that had to be searched for), c1g went to great efforts to make sure they had the cards I was looking for. As a further testament to the Scott's efforts, he gave me a great deal on the prices when a disparity between his price list and website occurred.

The cards arrived in a small bubble wrap envelope in fantastic condition. And as an added bonus, Scott included a Vs. System promotional foil card from the early sets. It certainly was a great surprise.

Most of you who have traded with me on this site know that I take positive references very seriously and usually go out of my way to transact with someone who I hear is a good trader or seller. Hopefully you guys take a look at the site and things work out as well for you as well. I'll certainly be purchasing from c1g again.
-wtk

[HawkeyeSPF]

Successful Trade: ununtrium (large overseas trade; >100 cards each way)
Successful Trade: Rathmaker (large domestic US trade; ~$100 worth of cards each way)

[Mythdracon]

Note that I have an earlier entry of recommendations, here are the more recent traders and purchaser recommendations:

Successful purchase:
Abbott465
dalkilthur
jd

Successful trades:
Kub
Legolas3333
MakoSlade
Pepin the Breve
Minion of the White Whale
MuadDib
Ununtrium
Vebu
Zadetek

[Elrohir]

Trades with Garrison of Gondor are fine 

Oh, do not trust Vroenguard! Just to be sure all of you know.

[MR. Lurtzy]

Oh, do not trust Vroenguard! Just to be sure all of you know.

Explain.

[Mythdracon]

I agree, don't trust Vroengard. He started a trade with me and didn't send the cards from his side.

[MakoSlade]

Thanks to all!

Successful trade with:
Mythdracon
Minion of the White Whale x2

[Fierce]

I would like to give positive trade feedback to:

Witchkingx5 (3 trades)
legolas 3333
Pepin the Breve
Gil-Estel
zadetek
GarrisonofGondor
AMFSOOK (bought from me)

Thx guys

[manson0815]

Traded very well with:

VeBu
Kub
gk1964
Pepi


Buy cards from:

King89

[rubbercarp]

I agree, don't trust Vroengard. He started a trade with me and didn't send the cards from his side.

Yep, I've gotten burned.
He got me good too.

Class act that Vroengard

[ket_the_jet]

Traded very well with:
Ket_the_Jet

I have no recollection of trading with you.
-wtk

[MR. Lurtzy]

I agree, don't trust Vroengard. He started a trade with me and didn't send the cards from his side.

Yep, I've gotten burned.
He got me good too.

Class act that Vroengard

IMO there should be a banned trader's list to prevent stuff like that from happening.

[ket_the_jet]

Stopping...what? Preventing someone from posting in the EM boards?

Just report them to GABtraders.com. That's what they're there for.
-wtk

[MR. Lurtzy]

Preventing them from trading on this site.

[ket_the_jet]

Preventing them from trading on this site.

I don't see how that can be prevented. Ban their IP? Prevent them from making Private Messages? Turn off their posting function? Make a moderator be an escrow for trade?

If people want to attempt trades with someone that they know has a faulty reputation, let them. Like I said, report them to GAB if you are unconvinced of a trader's references.
-wtk

[MR. Lurtzy]

Not everyone knows/uses G.A.B. Even so, these theives may not be on there. Bottom line is, there's no reason not to have one, it has no downside. You can be pissy all you wan't, but I've been screwed by several traders here myself, and others shouldn't have to go through that, just because you don't want it.

[MuadDib85]

Bottom line is, there's no reason not to have one, it has no downside.

Does that mean because I have received damaged cards from you before that you would go on this 'banned traders list'?

It wouldn't work. There are always two sides to every story.

[Legolis]

Not everyone knows/uses G.A.B. Even so, these theives may not be on there. Bottom line is, there's no reason not to have one, it has no downside. You can be pissy all you wan't, but I've been screwed by several traders here myself, and others shouldn't have to go through that, just because you don't want it.

I'm with Mr. Lurtzy on this why should I have to go to another website that I have never heard of to see if someone at this website is legit? If people are to be put on a bad trade list for a trade here, the list should be here. If cards are received damaged are not received at all, that can be stated in the reason that person is adding them to the bad list. If it is because the cards are damaged then I can decide for myself if the risk is worth it or not.

The truth is that this thread itself is the thread just for this. I have already read and decided on people I will exchange or not exchange with from it alone, and so far so good.

So while I'm in here let my put these names in the good exchange list!
Rubbercarp
ghhhk
Witchkingx5
Fierce
GarrisonofGondor
jd
silver.telperion
putridbreath

Thanks a bunch!

[MuadDib85]

Putting people on a bad traders list and banning people isn't really the same thing.

[manson0815]

Traded very well with:
Ket_the_Jet

I have no recollection of trading with you.
-wtk

ups my mistake. must ne someone other. i mailed him. forget the right username^^

[ket_the_jet]

90% of bad trading experiences turn into "he said, he said" shouting matches on the boards (let's face it, there are no girls here). The other 10% has someone who just disappears.

The point is, we have a trading references page. If people choose to use the advice of other traders, great. If they still receive that offer that is "too good to be true" (warning sign number one!) and choose to trade anyways, go for it.

There is no way to verify whether or not both traders are indeed "good" traders unless every card is sent to a middle-man moderator who confirms the cards were shipped. Accidents do happen, and while some people do cheat out other traders, there are times where it is a legitimate accident.

If you are uncomfortable with a trader's lack of references, request that they send first. In your case, Lurtzy, and in the case of many others here, people will agree to send first as they are building their trading references.

What's the point of GAB Traders if people don't report bad traders? You should always check out that list before trading with someone you have never traded with before, even if they claim to have references.

I'm sorry that you've been burnt in trades before, but a lot of people have. I think taking precautions is the easiest way to prevent this stuff, but even if you take every precaution in the book you can still get burnt. It's the risk of trading online and even if you check through this thread, there are all sorts of accusations so it's not like the word doesn't get out.
-wtk

[ket_the_jet]

Also, if I have traded successfully with you in the past, I have no problem being a reference for you. I update the list that I keep here from time to time, but checking my mahasamatman.com page (in my signature) or my GAB Traders page (linked in my trading list), you can see other references there.

I also have 100 feedback on eBay and don't mind giving references for eBay sellers if I have purchased from them. I can tell you good experiences and bad there.
-wtk

[Gil-Estel]

I would like to higlhy recommend Kettie here. He can be a pain in personal debate, or public debate for that matter, but he sure trades great and is even willing to learn your language to finalize the trade

[Doom]

Here's my 2 cents of refs!

Waldron_Man
Hawkeyespf
silver.telperion

[Beyo]

My trades:

NappyKorn - great trader and nice contact

[supermidget]

Successfull Trades With:

Nemesis x3
Bolgerfattie
Kauai1964
OneFathom

[Corbag]

Successfully purchased cards from:

Finrod
Vroengard
Hawkeyespf

Easy to deal with, friendly and efficient. Thanks!

[malo]

succesfull trade with alatar, carl333, enola (on a french site)

[Mythdracon]

It might be helpful to make trading references into some kind of wiki--it's really hard to track down the number of times people are referenced (because that would require going through this entire thread to be really thorough). Glad to see that people are still trading!

[HalbaradDunadan]

I have traded successfully with:

thetimewarptrio
davidsolt

hopefully more to come soon!       HalbaradDunadan