Tricks of the Trade (Sublimes guide to trading revealed!)

[Ventru]

Holy ra, I got my moonswirl with thanks to the number game =D

Congrats.
I need to find more time to invest in doing that. lol
I only need ten more pets for a complete collection...HOW HARD COULD THAT BE?!@?! LOL

congrats =D

even rares O_O

[Pastry]

Holy ra, I got my moonswirl with thanks to the number game =D

Congrats.
I need to find more time to invest in doing that. lol
I only need ten more pets for a complete collection...HOW HARD COULD THAT BE?!@?! LOL

congrats =D

even rares O_O

Thanks, I've been at ten more pets for a while now.
I need only need the hard to get July'08 dogs.
Hence why I'm still stuck there.
I'm trying my hand at a nonswirl in Devi's auction. Just for some fodder, because she ended up trading away the nontag I was hoping to get.

[Santa Ria]

Holy ra, I got my moonswirl with thanks to the number game =D

Congrats.
I need to find more time to invest in doing that. lol
I only need ten more pets for a complete collection...HOW HARD COULD THAT BE?!@?! LOL

Depending on what they are, what type of pets are being released you could easily, how much time you can spend on here, could easily take a week.

[Pastry]

Holy ra, I got my moonswirl with thanks to the number game =D

Congrats.
I need to find more time to invest in doing that. lol
I only need ten more pets for a complete collection...HOW HARD COULD THAT BE?!@?! LOL

Depending on what they are, what type of pets are being released you could easily, how much time you can spend on here, could easily take a week.

I need all three sun dogs, both coontail dogs, all the moon dogs minus a nonswirl, and the july pps.

[Seasonal]

I usually do those things when trading, but I never thought about hovering over the names and checking the user-number. ^^; I used to go around and go to their profile and such.

I find this very helpful. ^^;

[huskynerd]

Nice, a trading guide that makes sense! I never quite understood the one that told you to trade the current month's collection for last month's, and so on.

Giving away the secrets though... This could be trouble. XD

A few additional things that could help:

1. Timing. Trade or auction your pets at the height of their popularity. i.e. Pets that everyone is looking for and paying ridiculously for when they first come out - like the May lion, Lava PPS, Null PPS, broken-heart bunny... Trade 'em while they're hot.

Also, around holidays like Halloween, the pets from the previous year will be more in demand than usual. If you're planning an auction, doing it then will get you better results. Similarly, don't auction your July and August '08s around Dec 18th since they're much easier to get then. If you're looking for those pets though, then is a good time to go for them since a ton more have just been released.

2. Stalk the Free Adoptions and Trades boards. I got my Dogtag after finding someone's random trade thread, and I even got a Sorbet for free when a user was quitting.

3. When you find a good deal, take it. "Flipping" pets helped me out a lot; let me explain. In one instance, I grabbed the auto-win on an auction where someone only wanted a store liontail for their BMD. I then auctioned the BMD and got a replacement liontail in the winning offer, along with a bunch more pets. This may fall under ninja trading, so if it's conflicts with your morals, don't do it.

That's all I can think of right now. ^^ Feel free to add it to your post if you don't think it's rubbish advice lol.

[Nico]

I've experienced a surge in "Do you want to trade your [insert Very Rare pet here]" pms. I'm not thrilled.

You might want to add that there is an easy workaround for avoiding being detected and picked out at random from the Board Index "Who Is Online" list.

Select invisible mode from your User Control Panel as follows:-

1. Board Preferences

2. Hide My Online Status (tick the appropriate circle)

3. Submit

[Santa Ria]

@Nico -- Added to the guide.

@Deja -- Added to the guide.

[legoless]

Great guide.

[Geronimo.]

Epic guide. Just EPIC.