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Tips

• Ask for a valid email address from traders, this helps if you need to report this member as a bad trade to lists such as garnetts bad trader list.

• Check feedback of the person you are trading with. It is ok to ask for feedback from other sites via pm, but not ok to post links to outside sites in the public forum. remember, having an itrader rating does not mean the member is a trading member at HCW.

• Trade with trading members only. Trading members will have user rank of trader or trader in training under their member name.

• If doing a large trade with a new member it is perfectly ok to ask to hold your end until you receive their end. But if you are going to hold, you MUST disclose this to the trader.

• Put your HCW name in or at least on the envelope so that the recipient knows who its from. You can use trade slips to make it easy: HCW_Trade_Slips.pdf

• Keep a record of your trades (Name, address, HCW screen name, what you sent, what they are suppose to send, date you mailed your end, date you received their end and if you left FB. I use excel to do this for me).

• You can put the other members name in the envie so if it is returned to you for any reason you know who it was going to.

Etiquette

• Be considerate of other traders!! If another member contacts you about a possible trade, please try and respond to them in a timely manner. It's no fun to miss out on potential trades because you are holding coupons waiting for someone to respond!!

• Please remember that unlimited posting does not mean you can post for the same iso or trade offer over and over to keep your posts at the top of the forum.

• The same goes for bumping. Do not bump posts more than 3 times in 24 hours including the OP. It is considered bumping when the op periodically adds to his or her op with updates periodically throughout the day vs. editing the op.

• Help keep our trading froums clean!! Once a trade has been made and coupons are no longer needed, please update the title of your post to either "traded" or "delete" so a mod can remove the post.

• Leave feedback in a timely manner. Feedback can be left for raok's, trains and all trades. It is not required but is appreciated.

• Backing out of a trade once the terms have been agreed to is poor trade etiquette.

Please feel free to add any trading tips to this thread. The OP will be updated as needed.