Trading Etiquette for Global Set Collectors
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 10:12 am
I just posted an article on the Stone Rain Project about pursuing multiple lines of inquiry when looking for cards for a global set. I'm curious as to how people feel about that, etiquette-wise?
The basic thrust of the article is that most of the people who contact me, I never hear from again. Leads dry up every day. And so if a guy says "I'll try to find X for you." that doesn't stop me from looking on my own or making deals with other people for X. Is that unethical or unfair? Potentially when the guy gets back to me, I may no longer need what he has found.
Note: I do not do this once money has changed hands or once someone has made a concrete agreement to send me something that they have on hand or can definitely get in short order (such arrangements are reflected on the SRP site as 'on order').
What do you think? Am I being a jerk? Or is it fair to say that when pursuing a global set, you have to send out multiple feelers, and occasionally you will get multiple donors?
The basic thrust of the article is that most of the people who contact me, I never hear from again. Leads dry up every day. And so if a guy says "I'll try to find X for you." that doesn't stop me from looking on my own or making deals with other people for X. Is that unethical or unfair? Potentially when the guy gets back to me, I may no longer need what he has found.
Note: I do not do this once money has changed hands or once someone has made a concrete agreement to send me something that they have on hand or can definitely get in short order (such arrangements are reflected on the SRP site as 'on order').
What do you think? Am I being a jerk? Or is it fair to say that when pursuing a global set, you have to send out multiple feelers, and occasionally you will get multiple donors?