how does trading work?

[twoodcc]

so how exactly does trading work? do they both ship at the same time or what? also, if let's say i ship my side, and the other person doesn't ship their side, and just keeps mine, what can i do?

[ChrisBrightwell]

Contact the authorities and submit fraud reports.

[twoodcc]

Contact the authorities and submit fraud reports.

and who are the authorities?

[livingfortoday]

and who are the authorities?

Usually the police, but in my neighborhood it's me and "Mr. Breakface", my baseball bat.
I did not come up with Mr. Breakface, btw. It's from some online comic.

[twoodcc]

Usually the police, but in my neighborhood it's me and "Mr. Breakface", my baseball bat.
I did not come up with Mr. Breakface, btw. It's from some online comic.

so i see.

well i can tell that i'm not getting much help here.

who or what decides who ships first?

[WildCowboy]

There are no rules...it's completely up to the parties involved. If you don't have a reasonable level of trust in the person, you shouldn't be doing the trade.

If I did trust the person, I would just cross-ship...everybody gets to their respective mail drop as soon as is conveniently possible.

[twoodcc]

There are no rules...it's completely up to the parties involved. If you don't have a reasonable level of trust in the person, you shouldn't be doing the trade.

If I did trust the person, I would just cross-ship...everybody gets to their respective mail drop as soon as is conveniently possible.

well i'm sure people do trades on here with people they've never met before

[uicandrew]

i usually ask for ebay references and then contact the person using the ebay messaging system just to confirm that they are who they say they are. (otherwise, i can just pick a random ebay id with a high feedback rating and claim that it is mine).

if it is high enogh for my liking, then i will cross ship

[xfiftyfour]

It's also common practice that someone who is more trusted on the site (ie: has done a lot more transactions, has more references, has been there longer, etc) would get their item first, and then would ship to the other person.

I've also heard of using a mod or someone highly trusted as a third party.. ie: you both ship to that person, and he/she then forwards the stuff on once he's gotten both items. Costs more in shipping, though.

[twoodcc]

thanks for the responses.

[tobefirst]

I've traded once on the forums here, and we both shipped our items at the same time. Turned out to be a very pleasant transaction. Thanks, dan-o-mac! (:

[ChrisBrightwell]

who or what decides who ships first?It varies from trade to trade, but my basic rule is this:

If we both have a good background of feedback, send at the same time.

If you have **** feedback, you send first.

If I have **** feedback, I send first.

Also, typically, if I post a list of items for sale and you offer a trade instead, you will send first. Once I get the trade and am happy w/ it, I'll send the item you want. Otherwise, I'll send your item back to you.

[mustang_dvs]

Why doesn't MacRumors implement iTrader (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=102965) -- which is a sale/trade feedback system for vBulletin?

[CTSxViper]

Why doesn't MacRumors implement iTrader (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=102965) -- which is a sale/trade feedback system for vBulletin?

Well heatware has been around for a long time and is pretty reliable. Plus you can email the person from within heatware. EBay really is not that great.

[rmhop81]

it kinda depends on the situation and the people that are involved. Chrispy and I didn't know of each other at all and i posted i wanted to sell my 12inch powerbook. Well i was in the market for my dell 700m in my sig.....so i just asked him if he wanted to buy it from dell and have it shipped to my house. As soon as I got it I shipped the PB to him. Probably the best transaction i've had yet. It worked out well....just a matter of trust, which is very hard over the internet.....

[badabing2005]

I kinda wondered about this. Glas youasked. And Thanks for the responses.