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The_skip's guide to the trading post

Discussion in 'Neopets Guides' started by the_skip, Feb 13, 2007.

  1. the_skip

    the_skip Level IV

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    1. The lingo
    NFT = Not for trade, just don't offer
    Reserved = This means that it is reserved do not offer
    Auto [item or amount] = if you offer the item/amount specified you will automatically get it
    Neomail to haggle = neomail them your offer and ask what they want for the trade
    No junk items = No items that are worth very little
    Pure = This means that many neopoints plus a junk item
    Rot = If you offer junk they will not accept it or decline it

    2. What to put in the trading post
    The trading post is a good place to sell items in a seris, items over 100k, and giving items to a friend
    Good things to sell on the tp Lab map, paintbrishes, whole codestone coolections and items that people will buy for a wide range of prices
    Things for the shop wizard medicines, codestones very popular items onder 100k

    3. How to make a trade
    Ok you have items you want to sell. First go through your items and see if any items go together. You can select up to ten items in one trade.
    Then you need to make a wishlist. go to the shop wizard and find the prices of your items and add them up. If one of the items dosn't show up on the shop wiz look in the trading post and add the lowest price up. Then if you want neopoints type this
    if you want items then say
    If you want items make sure the value of the item is around the price of the items in the trade. If you want a certain item/amount put
    If you will accept a certain amount but prefer another amount say
    If you are unsure of what you want say neomail offers

    4. How to offer
    Always try to get the item/ amount on their wishlist. If you really want the item then offer a little above what they want. ALWAYS check prices before you buy. Also, if someone offers a really rare item that is worth more than you ever wanted for your trade accept it fast even if you didn't want the item you ca always sell it.

    5. SCAMS
    The deploreable switcheroo
    What happens is that someone will make an offer on a trade for a really expensive item. Then the scammer will then cancel the lot and send a message saying that he is sorry for canceling the lot and asks the person to offfer on a new lot that he just made. The item will be a very similar looking nd named item like a island paint brush was what the person offered on and the the new trade is for an island paintbrush plushie

    The lie
    The lie is saying that an item does something that it really dosn't
    An example is a cherry wish stick someone will have in the wishlist
    that really dosen't happen

    The Offer and you will win scam
    The person says in the wishlist
    that is obviously a scam another version is this
    The offer and I will tell you a secret scam
    the person says that if you offer high enough you will get a secret link that gets you cheap items , good battle pets, or lots of neopoints

    The post this message in 10 of your tades and you will get 10000000 neopeoints
    This just annoys everyone so don't do it and it doesn't work

    I'll let you be my neofriend
    Someone will post in their wishlist if you offer so much I will let you be my neofriend and I have rare items in my neofriend only items
    They willl accept the offer but will not make you their neofriend, Just like in real life you cannot buy friendship


    6. How to make money on the trading post
    This is how you can make money on the trading post. You need to have the newest 20 trades page up , the shop wiz trade up and the browse losts page up to look up how much a trade is worth. What you do is look at the newest traddes and see if threr are any trades that ask for way less than they are worth and then offer what they ask for but if it is a way low price than offer an amount so that you still make a profit when you sell it again

    7. When to accept an offer
    So you got an offer on your trade and you are wonering whethere to accept it. First check the price of any items they offer and add that toghter and see if they match what you want. If they offer an item make it worth only 90% of the value. To see if an item is going to sell look in the auctions and if the item has bids on it then it is sellable. Do not beilive the price they say it is worth if they neomail you an offer some people jack up the price. IF there is no bids on the item the person offered then tell them I will accpet this deal if no other better deals come up within the day. If the preson just wants to give you an item that is hard to sell they probley will withdrawl their offer unless they are very desperate. If you really want ot check and see if they are trying to dump it on you then say another offer came up that is 10% more than your offer I will accept your offer if you make your offer worth 8% more. If you do get stuck with an hard to sell item use it to offer on something that is around the same value of your previous trade.
    8. Closing remarks
    If you follow this guide you will be making money on the trading post on no time
    +rep if this helpes
    This was made 100% by me for you
     
  2. Philantrothy

    Philantrothy Level III

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    nice job on the guide =)
     
  3. Arson

    Arson Level II

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    Good guide for people who wanna get into the TP.
     
  4. puzzl3b0x

    puzzl3b0x Level II

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    Nice guide :) +rep
     
  5. FastBullet

    FastBullet Level IV

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    yeah very good guide ;) +rep
     
  6. ch4oz

    ch4oz Level I

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    Nice very organized and well described, +rep
     
  7. rapidah

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    nice, i still remember the "buy this codestone and ill tell u how to get to the codestone tree" scams lol
     
  8. antikitra

    antikitra Level IV

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    XD or the Enchanted Wasteland where Faerie Queen dolls were 100 neopoints each.

    Very nice guide! I'd +rep but I'm watching my dad get owned on CoD3. Maybe....ong frag grenade....

    *random subliminal message*
     
  9. tharoux

    tharoux Level IV

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    +rep for the guide...
    I'm a trading post addict and what I usualy do is look at the last 20 trades, spot trade with Codestone/Faerie/Negg/dubloon mainly and bet lower than the SW.... almost 20% of user will accept 1000 np less than the value of a single item for the above.... than it's sell time... I can put 125 items in my shop and usualy make 100K of profit.... taking about 4 hours to full the shop....
     
  10. chrstnroxxd

    chrstnroxxd Level I

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    thanks so much! i'm trying to sell the book of splinters, ive had it for ages, this guide really helped me to price/understand scammers, etc...as a scammer scammed me into buying the book for too high.
     
  11. Philantrothy

    Philantrothy Level III

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    wow... that must be a lot of hard work and time spent... for me... i'm just ab and sell it... lolx..
     
  12. tharoux

    tharoux Level IV

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    well, I was doing this before I found neofriends... I'm not good at all at RSing so that was an good way to make NP... But it was not that hard.... I found a way to have more than 50 items in my inventory and all I do is put like 100 offers on the TP and wait 1 day. After 1 day, just cancel all the offers with no answer and offers again on new lot...
     
  13. Lumbpu

    Lumbpu Level II

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    Nice guide. Thanks :D
     
  14. chrstnroxxd

    chrstnroxxd Level I

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    thats an awsome guide! keep it up :)
     
  15. the_skip

    the_skip Level IV

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    Thanks everyone I beilive that this is one of the better trading post guides on a website
     
  16. alex123kill

    alex123kill Level II

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    Yep, excellent guide for anyone who is new to the TP and Neopets.
     
  17. zxzero

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    Awesome guide. Thanks!
     
  18. akatsukibug

    akatsukibug Level I

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    Pretty basic TP points, but it'll help newbies all the same :D