How to safely make trade?

[steve92407]

ftf only!

[chillincody]

im thinking it smell like bs to me

[Steve1968LS2]

Third party? Got some CGer in the area you trust to?

You can each send the items to me.. when they are here I will let you know they look ok and then you can send each other the money.

When it clears I will send you each the trade item.. like an escrow.

Hey, everyone trusts me, would be happy to help.

If either item is a fake I will smash it with a hammer and put it on YouTube ... lol

[elf]

Hey!
I resemble that remark!!

The sellers user name looks ok, but what about the op, elf! I mean who trusts an elf.

[elf]

Hehe, that sounds like you could make a good business out of that service.
The guy said hes gonna get his brother who's here in LA to meet up to make the exchange, told him its face to face or nothing as per your guys advice so now I'm standing by to hear back from him.
Thanks again for the words of wisdom!

You can each send the items to me.. when they are here I will let you know they look ok and then you can send each other the money.

When it clears I will send you each the trade item.. like an escrow.

Hey, everyone trusts me, would be happy to help.

If either item is a fake I will smash it with a hammer and put it on YouTube ... lol

[bsg]

PM sent.

[d4v0s]

The last trade i did involved taking pictures of drivers licenses and a recent bill to prove we lived where our Ids said we did. We also spoke on the phone a few times and made sure that we trusted one another.

We arranged for a date, and then sent pictures of the item being packaged and shipped out. That way if one person backed out, I could retrieve my package from ups. Worked out pretty well.

I have been thinking about a business that does trades or even sales just like an escrow business. I think there is a good market for it, especially in los angeles and northern cali. I think i will incorporate the smashing crappy items with a hammer and posting them on youtube into the business model.

[The_Tinman]

I prefer to ftf at Starbucks. Let us know how it works out, good luck.

[Apec]

I spent most of my time on bladeforums. People there have traded and bought items running 500-1000+$, sometimes without prior feedback. Usually things go smooth, but on the rare occasion something goes wrong. Even guys with a couple dozen feedbacks, 100% on iTrader have been the bad side of a deal gone sour.

Sometimes, trust is the only thing you have.