Schmitty22 gave me a good idea. I was thinking of starting a "NEWBIES Trade Info" thread for the trade board like the "NEWBIES" thread on the Cigars and Related. Since I've only made a few trades, I'm a newbie at this too so I'm not the man for the job.

If you want, you can post suggestions here and I can compile it, or any of you can feel free to take the ball and run with it.

Anything you can think of in the way of trades. Schmitty was looking for some trade-specific acronyms as well as box-pass and newbie trade rules etc.

Whatd'ya' think?

I think that is a excellent idea! You should put in too the descriptions of the acroynms with basic idea/rules of the game ie:

TTT = Top This Trade. Whoever is up will ask the question "Who wants to top this trade". The first to answer "I will" enters into a trade agreement with him. The asker, sends a package first to the topper. Once received it is now his turn to "top that trade" by sending better than he received, either in like quality but more quantity. Or by sending better quality, usually in at least same quantity. The next day after answering the challenge, it is now your turn to ask "Who wants to top this trade"...and so on. And of course there is flyboy's great "sadistic Saturday" rule, where the question can be asked over and over again until the day is done.

Like that?

Dave

Nice, Dave. That's a good start. Who's next?

PIF - Pay it forward

In a pif, somebody asks "Who wants free cigars?" The first person to respond that they want free cigars then gets to receive free cigars from the person offering. It is then their turn to ask if anyone wants free cigars. It is then their job to send free cigars to the first person that responds. And so on and so on...

PIB - Pay it back

In a PIB trade, the intiator asks, "Who wants to send me free cigars?" The first person that responds gets to send the person free cigars. Upon sending out free cigars, the sender gets to ask, "Who wants to send me free cigars?"

Are those reasonable explanations?

Used to see a lot of these but unfortunately they have dwindled big time:

Trade
ISO - in search of
FT - for trade

Post what you have and what you want in return or vice versa.

For example:
FT 5 pack of PAM 64 Diplos looking for = value of ISOMs.

And the old situation for all newbies . . .
Don't forget to send SteveS a cigar, heheheeee!

I've had the pleasure of doing this in person (more than once) and you too should attempt to enjoy a fine cigar with him.

Knof

NEWBIE Trade - This thread is where newbies should go to develop a positive rep with the vets on the board. Any newbie will be paired with a veteran. The veteran will ask for something, and if the newbie agrees will send the package. Upon receipt the veteran will put together a generally too big, and too generous package to kick start the newbies cigar obsession. See the Newbie Trade thread and Post there to be included.

Good work fellas. Anything else?

Toppin' it one more time before I compile it.

One more thing - be proactive and by more storage NOW.