Trade Talks: The Good, The Bad, but mostly The Ugly

[IamQuailman]

With Trade Deadline looming, your team is on the brink of something. Brink of playoff push, brink of division title, brink of top seed, brink of trying to fall in the lotto, brink of being the worst record. Each and every one of the teams in this league is on that cusp. And when you feel you are close to something, the temptation of making a move that can make a difference manifests itself. You start overanalyzing your team on the index, looking at each of your Yellow/Yellow players and thinking to yourself:

Next thing you know, after you finish hyping yourself up that this yellow yellow player is a game changer, you frantically typing up a PM in one of the following 2 formats:

A) Subject line "Trade?", Body of PM:

OR

B) JNR's signature:

You've just spent anywhere from 10 seconds to 10 hours composing your trade proposal, convincing yourself that this is something that your potential trade partner has the biggest need. Your player will be his game changer. The time is NOW, John Cena. The time is NOWWWW. You press send, and it begins: the anxiety of the trade reply waiting game. Your trigger finger is itchy, making the F5 key or the Loopy Arrow button your bitch:

You check out your "Who's Online" hoping to see the person you PM'd, but instead you see this:

You check your Outbox to see if the message has been read (FYI - when you send a PM it sits in your outbox until read... in case you didn't know that... it's basically your Trade PM stalker read receipt):

Finally, after HOURS (probably minutes) of waiting, you see the GM you sent the proposal to sign on... FINALLY!!! You click on "Who's Online" and creep on your vict-- potential trade partner even more. You get excited when you see this:

You refresh and refresh more waiting for the word "viewing" to change to the word "composing". But instead you get punched in the face with something much worse. The user is now offline.

But wait, it's ok. Maybe his Internet Explorer crashed; I mean, it is Internet Explorer after all. So you wait. And wait. And wait. And nothing ever comes. This happens in this league often, and honestly, sometimes, people just get check their PMs on Tapatalk when they come in, and forget to reply. We all have done it before; I know I have. So you wait a little longer, giving the benefit of the doubt. But what is the rule? Is it like teenage dating with the 3-day rule? I don't want to get labeled as the desperate girl with braces and hairy armpits.

That forbidden zone depends on the person, I suppose. But generally, I feel 24 hours is plenty of time to let something sit before taking action. I mean, maybe the person is interested, but legit forgot and wouldn't check their PMs until the next PM came. You have to take it upon yourself to remind him. So you send that follow-up reply. Apologize for being a little ambitious in sending 2 PMs in a row, as it breaks Internet "double posting" code and PELICANFAN may send you an angry warning. Phew, follow-up sent. Wasn't that hard, was it?! And then the waiting game begins again. And once again, the user pops on, views PMs, and goes off-line. (SEE ABOVE PICS TO RELIVE THE NIGHTMARE) But now, at this point, the anxiety of not getting the response turns to anger... and we know where that may go:

But honestly, all this anger and anxiety can be avoided... if we all just follow proper PM etiquette. If you receive a PM (or a follow-up PM) for a trade that you don't like, there's a quick resolution:

But seriously, a simple "No thanks" would suffice. At that point, many a GM may counter with a more reasonable offer (or less of a trape, if you are NOLa) or hell, they might just leave you alone and walk away. It's just proper etiquette in general. And how a GM carries himself in one negotiations could legitimately impact how future negotiations (or lack there of) could go. So let's just remember that when engaging in trade talks this Trade Deadline. Don't be a dick and ignore; Just say "no".

[78#]

Fantastic article. In fact, I think I'm gonna start posting some old PMs from previous trade discussions to add to this discussion. Sorry Conroy.

[RPF]

i wish i still had my hr league pms from beeball, that would really help.

[NOLa.]

Excellent article, so who is it that led you to posting this? CALL EM OUT

Sent via Morse code

[IamQuailman]

Excellent article, so who is it that led you to posting this? CALL EM OUT

Sent via Morse code

Eazy, duh.

[NOLa.]

Excellent article, so who is it that led you to posting this? CALL EM OUT

Sent via Morse code

Eazy, duh.

Ugh eazy, must be a messy situation dealing with his ol trapey ass

Sent via Morse code

[IamQuailman]

Excellent article, so who is it that led you to posting this? CALL EM OUT

Sent via Morse code

Eazy, duh.

Ugh eazy, must be a messy situation dealing with his ol trapey ass

Sent via Morse code

It's double messy since he's got RPF always right there with him

[RPF]

[RPF]

what the Frye is that supposed to mean? i dont trade with him, he tries to get over too much.

[IamQuailman]

what the Frye is that supposed to mean? i dont trade with him, he tries to get over too much.

Tryna DP trape me, m8. I'm not into spitroasting

[RPF]

what the Frye is that supposed to mean? i dont trade with him, he tries to get over too much.

Tryna DP trape me, m8. I'm not into spitroasting

[Eazy P]

Excellent article, so who is it that led you to posting this? CALL EM OUT

Sent via Morse code

Eazy, duh.

[Eazy P]

Excellent article, so who is it that led you to posting this? CALL EM OUT

Sent via Morse code

Eazy, duh.

Ugh eazy, must be a messy situation dealing with his ol trapey ass

Sent via Morse code

Messy situation? Trapery? I don't get It.

[IamQuailman]

In the last minute, I got offered Azubuike for Artest

[Eazy P]

Have you seen Azubuike's last sim?

13 points, 6 boards, and shooting 50% from the field.
from the IR to the Staring lineup


And this is his GF

[Eazy P]

Beeball was the worst person to deal with.

[coltsguy510]

i wish i still had my hr league pms from beeball, that would really help.

[LoCo89]

Didn't realize this was such a big thing that it needed a post. Will be sure to start implementing ignores into my trade talks from now on. Thanks quail!!

[IamQuailman]

Didn't realize this was such a big thing that it needed a post. Will be sure to start implementing ignores into my trade talks from now on. Thanks quail!!

No, that's not how it's supposed to work!!!!

[IamQuailman]

Also, there's an addendum to this I'd like to add in. If you want to think on it, no problem with that. But at least follow up. And if the person waits 24+ hrs without hearing anything and asks whats up, there's nothing wrong with saying "still thinking on it" or "give me til XX to decide". A little courtesy goes a long way.

[LoCo89]

Also, there's an addendum to this I'd like to add in. If you want to think on it, no problem with that. But at least follow up. And if the person waits 24+ hrs without hearing anything and asks whats up, there's nothing wrong with saying "still thinking on it" or "give me til XX to decide". A little courtesy goes a long way.

Nothing wrong with making people desperate. Probably even beneficial

[Darth Vegito]

Have you seen Azubuike's last sim?

13 points, 6 boards, and shooting 50% from the field.
from the IR to the Staring lineup


And this is his GF

Hmmm would this young lady be Jinx Maze? I know that ass.

[IamQuailman]

Also, there's an addendum to this I'd like to add in. If you want to think on it, no problem with that. But at least follow up. And if the person waits 24+ hrs without hearing anything and asks whats up, there's nothing wrong with saying "still thinking on it" or "give me til XX to decide". A little courtesy goes a long way.

Nothing wrong with making people desperate. Probably even beneficial

Nah, you're just an asshole

[LoCo89]

Have you seen Azubuike's last sim?

13 points, 6 boards, and shooting 50% from the field.
from the IR to the Staring lineup


And this is his GF

Hmmm would this young lady be Jinx Maze? I know that ass.

Was wondering why I couldn't figure out of. More covered than I'm used to

[Darth Vegito]

Have you seen Azubuike's last sim?

13 points, 6 boards, and shooting 50% from the field.
from the IR to the Staring lineup


And this is his GF

Hmmm would this young lady be Jinx Maze? I know that ass.

Was wondering why I couldn't figure out of. More covered than I'm used to

Yeah if the GIF played out she wouldn't be for long.