Trading frees for rebate forms

[crownline266]

Question on trading free item coupons for rebate forms....how do you go about assessing a value? I've talked to another heavy trader and she kind of told me what she'd do but then other traders aren't interested when I tell them what I want for the frees. I just don't know what's right.

Do you go off the value of the rebate payout? Or do you go off the trade value (10%) for the rebate forms? I just read that frees are traded for 30% of value, but is that fair when trading for rebate forms? Most of the rebate forms I'm trading for I'd need to buy other products in excess. Spend $10 get $6 back.

Any opinions? I''m not new to trading...just normally trade coupons for coupons or rebate forms for PP. Thanks!

[amylynne01]

If you're going off 30% for frees and 10% for rebates, I would make sure the values are the same. For example:

You send 4 frees worth $5 each, so 30% is $6.00.
Trader sends 10 rebates worth $6 each, so 10% is $6.00. (The fact that you spend $10 to get $6 doesn't matter to me.)

Maybe? Frees are so subjective. Some people "pay" almost the max value for them, even if the max value is super high. I typically stick to pp with frees and rebates - just seems easier that way.

[crownline266]

Thanks for responding! My frees I have are free Coffee-Mate and two coupons for free coffee (one of which is up to 10.99). I know some people are very big on coffee and coupons for coffee are worth a lot to them. I said 30% because that's what I just read under the Q&A section on here...but maybe that's a little low? IDK!!! I'm just trying to put it in perspective. I don't want to not be fair to the other person but I also don't want to not get the full extent of the trade.

You are right...might be better to trade frees for PP and then buy the forms with the PP! I just thought more traders with forms would jump on the chance to trade forms for a free coupon that they could use if they drink coffee.

Thanks again so much for responding!!

[ScrappyDoo]

I think it really depends on the trader and what the item is worth to them. Some rebates are really hard to come by so those trade higher than other ones.

[caylascreations]

For that reason, I try to trade my frees for other frees or hard to find WL Q's.