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 Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 4:45 pm Post subject:  The Newbie's Guide to Trading - VERY IMPORTANT |
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If you're just starting on trading, its important that you know how things work around here.
Head on over to the announcements forum and read all the topics:
http://forum.freeipodguide.com/viewforum.php?f=30
Pay special attention to the rules (there are special ones for newbies). We are reasonable people but we have little patience for people who cannot read.
Also, since you have to use the trade module to get credit now, read Peksim's excellent tutorial: http://forum.freeipodguide.com/tmodtutorial/index.php
Here are some valuable tips courtesy of forum members kposse77 and slease:
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| Hope the mods don't mind if I put this in here, but I have found over the last week since I've joined the trading post that there are quite a few people who will jump all over fresh meat in a most unscrupulous manner and felt that there may be something good that could come from my experiences if at least someone learned from them. |
When agreeing to a trade, always ask to see what offers your trading partner has available. There are times when the person you are trading with are either unaware or choose not to let you know that they only have offers where you have to shell out $40 up front and will openly offer trades with you when you have free/s&h only offers available. That is clearly not an even trade!
Be weary of anyone asking you to complete an offer for immediate credit who then offers to complete one for immediate credit once you turn green. An unfortunate side effect of the TR system, which in general is helpful, is that people that have a higher TR rating get to wait for you to go green first. Although I'm sure there are people out there that make this offer and then reciprocate immediately, I personally have been burned (user name here pending credit showing up eventually or not).
TR should be a guide, not a strict gauge of character. Use common sense here. If a person is pming or iming you and trying to rush you or is overall a jackass, you may want to tread carefully.
Always ask for user name and insist on that person to initiate a trade through the system. Again, not foolproof, but it does provide a little coverage. Never assume that someone iming you with a username from the board is that person until you receive a trade request through the system.
You have more power than you think. Use it wisely. Yes it's cliche, but if you're truly a newbie and you haven't signed up for too many sites, you're got a lot of cards in your hand. There are ALWAYS more people looking for that last referral than there are people who haven't signed up for a site yet. My advice would be to put your floater out there and see what comes in. Your first impulse will probably be, "Hey I can get 5 referrals in an hour! This is awesome!" The reality is that it can be a slow process and you need to be patient.
Don't pay with paypal if you have to go first. Everyone loses money this way. If you are a newb, use your trades before you open your wallet. You should be able to do about 20 trades easily before you start running low on offers. By then your TR will be high enough that if you want to pay for trades you can.
Keep track of everything! You can not be too meticulous. Keep track of who you traded with, what offer you did, how long the offer took to go green, how long you have to try out the product before you get charged for it... anything else you can think of. Some people use excel, some people use word or notepad, some people use the notes section of this site.
Read the Terms and Conditions for every offer for which you sign up. Just do this.
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| Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 12:10 pm Post subject: HELLO |
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| Everyone should read this!!!! |
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fattybank164
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| Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 2:49 pm Post subject: |
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That tip on trading to boost Tr befor dishin out cash is good
thanx |
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dms61
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| Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 5:30 am Post subject: |
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| Excellent information to have. |
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spaceman2005
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| Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 4:28 am Post subject: |
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| I have read it - thank you very much |
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| Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:12 am Post subject: new to forum - good info |
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| hi there- just joined, first post and all -- good info here on what to do/ what NOT to do - - - tks!!! |
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| Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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| just started and it sounds like a lot of sound advice thanks. |
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| Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 11:59 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks for the good info. |
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| Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks for the information, have never traded before, but will see what I can do. Your information is understandable. |
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| Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 6:46 pm Post subject: |
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I'm new to this thanks for all the helpful tips. Good luck to all the other newbees |
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| Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:31 am Post subject: |
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| Great Stuff. Hope to make lots of great trades! |
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| Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 1:16 pm Post subject: |
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| newbie thanks for the start!! |
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| Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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| This is a very interesting site. Very helpful info. |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:10 am Post subject: |
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| thanks for the heads up! |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:14 am Post subject: |
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Another Newbie here. This looks like fun; hope we all get the hang of it quickly. And profit too!  |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:16 pm Post subject: Tips |
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 Thank you so much, this was very helpful. Can't wait to get started with the trades. |
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| Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:23 pm Post subject: |
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I'm a newby and I like the guidance here, thnx  |
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| Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 6:12 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for all the work you moderators do - I'm new on the site (was sent by Project PayDay, if y'all keep track of that) and read most of the rules and such before I even signed up. I think I'll lurk awhile - I've been burned a lot lately . . .
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| Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:35 am Post subject: |
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New to this forum, great read, a lot to digest, little overwhelm
I think i will start slowly move in to trade area
Thank you
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| Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 1:31 am Post subject: |
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| newbie here, read the lit. seems helpful, just want to get started with the trading |
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| Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 7:29 am Post subject: Info |
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Hi Guys,
I'm new here too. I have done the reading which is quite informative but it's a lot and overwhelming sometimes. I am confident that I will soon get the hang of it. Good job guys.
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| Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 1:01 am Post subject: |
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| new here.. lots of good info. thanks |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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| newbie, read and ready. |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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| read it. will keep in mind. good think to look back to time and time again. |
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| Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:23 pm Post subject: A New Start |
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Like many others, I'm also new to all this. Thanks for providing the great info. I have read the rules and guidelines and excited to begin. I also appreciate the tip on exchanging trades before purchasing them. Altogether, I hope this opportunity turns out as well as I'm hoping for.
Thanks! |
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Ok what do I do next?  |
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Figure out what you want your first freebie to be..an iPod? a tv? a gaming console? cash? etc. Once you figure that out, browse the trading post for sites that are giving away the item you want. You can probably do a search with specific keywords related to the item you want and then find people that are offering money or link exchanges for referrels. People can offer as much or as little as they want for refs so look carefully for the best deal. Everything after that is explained in the first post.
Just some important things to remember:
- make sure at least you or the trader has a minimum TR of 4
- if your TR is lower then you will have to complete your end of the deal first even if you are the one paying for refs
- whenever you're in doubt ask in the help section. It's better to be safe than sorry, especially when you're dealing with money. Also, check the scammer section frequently. |
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| Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:42 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks for the info.. already learned one thing the hard way and this is day 2.. ugh .. my mistake appreciate the advice |
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| Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 1:57 pm Post subject: |
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| New here ~ thanks for all the info. ~ Very excited about trading, and hoping to do well. |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:55 am Post subject: |
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| I am a newbie, and this was some well needed advice. Thank you so much. |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:11 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks for the info! This is my first day and I look forward to learning and completing some trades soon. |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 2:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Very helpful information. thanx alot. |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:44 pm Post subject: Thanks a lot |
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Great info!
Thanks a lot |
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| Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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| thanks for the info |
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