I attempted to make a trade with an unnamed person and I received an e-mail stating that due to overwhelming responses they will review all trade proposals and then a decision will be made. Is it me or is this trade starting to stink? Granted I am a "noob" but I thought that trading was supposed to be a friendly, relatively even exchange of cigars where this seems to be nothing more than an auction where whomever gives the best deal Is this how trades are supposed to work? I didn't post this to offend anyone but I am curious in finding out if this is the "norm" or not. Please remeber that I am a "noob" and if this is the norm or if you are offended I apologize.

most guys that are looking to trade will work their way down the list of people who have contacted them in the order that they received the trade offers...

without wanting to make a judgement on anyone since I don't know who you are talking about, if it is a large number of smokes, it could be taking that person longer than they originally thought to make trades that work for both them and multiple other people.

-ody

that may be true but that does not seem to be the case as here is the e-mail:

Since my response has been so big, I`m giving everyone time to send

you`re best offers IE: want/how many you want for what/brand/how many

your will trade me for. Let me know with more specifics. I`ll review

all the offers in a day or so. Any padrons or fusions? I`ll send a

reply weather we are trading or not in a day or so, after I get a chance

to reviews all the offers.

I have to step in and say no this trade is not starting to stink.

thsdesigns is a great BOTL.

Most likely what has happened is there are numerous emails all wanting the same items. In which case I would say the same thing...review and then decide which offer suits my wants at the time.

And also, as you stated, you are a noob to these boards. Not much track record yet, and some look st that more than others before trading.

Be patient and quite possibly your trade offer best fits ths's desires

That is extactly the case engletl, thank you.

Maybe I should have worded my responses different.

I have emails and offers all over right now, and I am deciding what goes where and if I have more of these and who wanted what. Trying to be more than fair and taking a long time doing it turned into all that?

welcome to the board cut up your credit card now... before its tooo late!

I guess I misinterpreted your e-mail. From your e-mail I thought you were going to entertain offers and pick whichever one offered the most. Sort of making us bid against each other for the trade. I didn't mean to bash you. I was trying to find out how these trades actually work. I guess I could have used more tact in my post and if I caused you any inconvenience I apologize.

Jim

ok so it is the trade i thought you were talking about and it is for the reasons i thought as well...

GROUP HUG!

I agree with Todd. Although I do not know thsdesigns personally, I would take Todds word for it. Unless it is a certain person that received a whole bunch of ROAKs from many BOTLs that he didn't even know and did not give so much of a thank you...Todd, you and many other know who I am speaking of and thankfully they are never on the boards.

But, back to the point at hand. This may be the case with this trade. And with that many items on the list I am sure that the reason for the delay is just. But, also keep in mind that there are some people that post trades looking to profit from them. Be wary of that, but in this case, its a whole other circumstance. Be patient and everything should work out fine.

Gramps

Gramps-

aren't we being a bit vindictive? let bygones be bygones...

and hope i never meet him in person...

i have an excuse at least... i'm irish

thsdesigns is a fine BOTL. I've done box passes, bombs, trades with him in the past and have never been disappointed.

His list of tradeables is pretty lengthy and I'm sure people are asking for X of this, Y of that and a couple of those. They then offer in return Z of this and V of that W of those…

He probably has multiple requests for the same items and it probably take some time to catalog all the offers so as he doesn't promise the same stuff to a couple different people. That would leave someone even more POed.

He has a right to review the offers and decide which ones he wants to work with. Maybe someone is offering something he already has a ton of while another person is offering something he wants more of. It’s his right to pick the offer that works best for him.

*threadjack on* Whatever, F that SOB! You know how I feel. A simple thank you would have sufficed after so many put for such an effort to help out a BOTL in "need". Hes a piece of garbage in my eyes and I as well hope that he and I will never meet. I would have a tough time holding my tounge.

Gramps

*threadjack off* - I always feel dirty when I type that...LOL!

If you ever feel slighted by a trade with thsdesigns, get a hold of me and I'll make it right from my stash.

I can say this because I know it will never come to it.

(PS haven't seen you around here for a while Dave, nice to see you're still alive and kickin').

Hey Bucky, thank you bro, that is it.

Nice to hear from some of the FOGs from way back when.

Hey Gramps, what happed with your story? I haven`t been on the boards for sometime so you gotta fill me in on the details.

(that would be a threadjacked threadjack)

Still alive and trying to kick. Yup, been absent for sometime, but happy to be walking the earth with the wife.

ths...I can fill you in also on what Gramps & Ody are refering to...

email me @

Todd dot Engle at NGC dot com

ths, shoot Todd and email. He can fill you in since its ALL his fault anyway! Waste of a pefectly good OpNSB hit!!!!!! LOL! Matter of fact the bastid in question might be from your CBid generation...

Gramps

I will take the blame for that.