Here my little story to add.
I have what I think is a very strong NH. While it took me a while to get it going, now that it's going, we are more selective about who we let join. Everyone new is vetted by myself or one of my co-leaders. They are explained the rules and conduct allowed in the room. Lower level always goes first, without exception, until they are known the NH. If they refuse to abide by the rules of wheating, we don't play games. They are kicked out. We have had some try to attempt ripping ppl off, but by staying to the rules, we prevented problems. I have had a few members leave because they think my rules are too strict. However, many have returned with all saying they can't find another group like mine. We encourage trading, respect and interaction.
I'm not saying my group is without disagreements, but I carefully picked my co-leaders based on their ability to mediate. They all enforce the rules of wheating when trading em's and hard to find products and are constantly teaching others to be better traders. I had a good laugh the other day, when I told them I hoped eventually everyone would leave to start their own NH's with the teaching I have given them.
I dontnstop top my members from leaving our NH to trade in other, but to remember how to trade in strange NH's. We invite ppl to stay when they are visiting to do a trade from the forum and everyone is welcomed with a smile and a hello.
This is just my opinion and how I do things. I have to say after a year of playing HD, while I've been hijacked (twice), I've never been ripped off, because I follow the rules the ppl before me developed for wheating and trading.
I hope everyone has bountiful trades and Happy Farming.
hi,, i agree with you..higher level doesn't mean have to trade first
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Janilee
Agree that a player who won't abide by "higher level trades first" is a red flag.
And while scamming has been going on since trading began, I really think that neighborhoods have made it worse. There's far less accountability with neighborhoods than there is with Facebook or GC. They can change their farm name and you probably won't even be able to recognize them if they are not connected to FB or GC.
I will not trade with anyone via NH. Partly because I like the neighborhood I'm in and it's a hassle to switch, but also because neighborhoods are where the scamsters operate these days.
hi..i have a player in my neighbourhood ♥♥♥♥♥ and took away my 8 duct tapes ,,..she is in level 61 while i only 37 +level..about 4 months ago..she agree to trade with with me..but she bought the tapes and left my neighbour hood..i can't report to supercell as she left away ..
level 49..
Made some fine trades. Met nice people.
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Smoothe
I see trading ending very abruptly...
I don't.
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People are beginning to learn that there are no consequences for scamming and are therefore buying everything they can and not replying or claiming ignorance.. and its going to be happening more and more..
Is it? How can you predict the future?
I traded only with the nh for a long time. Well traded, we just sell and give stuff at will. There's some problems with that though. One is that there's shortage of one type of bem in the nh. Another is that I wheat more than anybody. I can flood the nh with my items and still have a ton of spares. So every other day I needed to sell the stuff through the rss just to be able to close the barn door. So now I try and keep a middle ground. I share my blessings with my neighbors by offering them first, offering them again the next day, and then trade some outside the nh when things pile up way too much.
So I installed kik on my pc for easy typing on a real keyboard. And made a few trades so far with people who posted on the forum. I didn't mind selling first even if I was the highest level player, and that's what I said when I kik'ed the poster, just to ease things up and get things going.
One person immediately said "come to my shop" when I joined their nh, which I did. After having bought, I just said "come to mine?" and we made the entire trade in 20 seconds. Must have been the smoothest trade ever. We had a nice talk after the trade too.
We're strangers, there's no need for them to trust me or the other way around. Yes I took a risk of losing some stuff. Before I made the trades, I sold the items through the rss though, just to get rid of it. So if someone is so pathetic to rip me for some game items, well too bad and I'll just not deal with them anymore :) Their loss, I'd say. They'll miss out on my stuff in the long run, right. Those who need my stuff probably have it as their rares and theyŽll need it more often. After the trade I said they could contact me when they need it and want to trade again.
When trading 40 items, I simply asked if we could trade smaller amounts multiple times. That wasn't a problem. All trades were at default price just to make it quicker. You could argue that if we'd trade at max price and people were to scam me for some game items, I'd still have the coin. But I've never been short on coin and certainly have plenty of it now so that doesn't make any difference to me.
There was one contact through kik that led to nothing. The guy mentioned a ratio in his post and halfway through the conversation he wanted to renegotiate the ratio in his favor, because he already got some of the items he needed and wasn't stressed out anymore. I don't say he wanted to scam me, I don't say I wouldn't trust him, I don't say he's a bad guy. Judging from his other posts on this forum, I even think he's a nice guy in general.
But it's just not the way I like to trade. If you offer something, you offer something, clear and simple. If I come for the deal you offer, and you want to change the offer in your favor during the conversation, I'll simply walk away and look for someone who isn't wasting my time with their stress issues. So I just said that wasn't what was in his post and said goodbye.
I've made some smooth trades, no items were lost, and met some nice people. Win-win, I'd say, for both sides, and I'll definitely do it again. I can see the benefits of having a regular trading group, but this has benefits too. YouŽll never know who youŽll meet and so far, all people turned out to be unique and nice persons, who just want to make an honest trade deal.
YMMV :)
