(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); As almost all of us indulge in Trophy trades (buying, selling or trading), i thought it might be useful to compile some guidelines for people to bear in mind, in order, for the transaction to be pleasant.

I have had input from Shadymathers on this and collaborated my work with his to make the list. Please point out anything that you think should be in list and that i might have missed.

Here goes:

- DONT go online on someone' account unless its for syncing or doing trophies that require online gaming without his/her permission.
Agree on an approximate day or time beforehand. Better yet, add each other on PSN and communicate there when you need the account.

- DONT look through the other person' friends list or send messages. His/Her account is none of your business, do the trophies and thats that!

- Put a comment of the person' choice in the comment box,or if the person hasn't told me,then put 'NOT AVAILABLE' and not advertise yourself either.
You can leave comment box blank if you prefer not to write anything.

- PASS all messages that you recieve on someone' PSN account, to the respective person. Everyone communicates on PSN on varying degrees and it helps the person not to loose that continuity for various reasons.

- DONT go on someone' PSN store. Its none of your business and thats not involved in the deal. Do your end of the deal (syncing or playing for online trophies) and just stick at that.
Remember, if you even download one item from the person' account, he loses his free slot.

- If you have downloaded something from the person' account for doing trophies for him/her, then DEACTIVATE the account once the deal is done.
Simply deleting wont help, as the person cant use that free slot.

- STICK to the original deal agreed by both parties. A change in a deal has to be AGREED by both parties. Many a times trophies are not acquired on estimated times, just because trophies took longer than expected, doesnt mean you demand more from the buyer - its NOT the buyer' fault.

- DONT forget to delete the person' account after deal is done.

- Take only as many deals as you can handle in a timely manner.
On the other hand, please try to accomodate some delays in case they happen for genuine reason.

- EVERYONE make a second account, which is on the friend list of your Main account. This way you can log on the second account and have a look if someone is playing on your Main account for online trophies and then you wont Accidentally log him off.
This saves a lot of work, hassle and argument between 2 parties.

- Sync only till around 10% for someone' trophies to reflect on their account. No need to sync till 100%, it takes a very long time and is waste of time for both parties involved.

- BE careful that you dont play any other game on the person' acount. Nobody likes an extra 0% on their trophy list and quite a few of us have been the victim of it.
IF you have done this by error, then please OWN up to it.

- And remember to Communicate about everything and be Polite, hand-in-hand it goes a Long Way!!! Also, constantly update the other person about trophy progress, so they know where they stand.
Use MSN or AIM if both of you have it, helps in the aid of communication too

- Once deal is done, can both parties please leave feedback for each other as soon as possible. It only seems a decent thing to do, considering the seller has spent quite a bit of time on the deal.

- It is recommended that you check this You must login or register to view this content., after every transaction. This will help you determine if the person syncing trophies on your account, actually downloaded something from your account.

PS: For guidelines regarding how to make a second/dummy account, check this excellent thread by Jedt You must login or register to view this content.

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Feedback:
Some sellers usually message the buyers as soon as the deal is done to leave feedback. I think the Buyers should leave feedback first,

Either way if the seller does leave feedback the buyer should return the feedback. There are some that don't despite reminders which is not really cool especially in Paypal/Cash trades.

You're spot on there mate, I've had one or two like that, I find it very odd that we spend so much time on their account, deliver what we said we would in a timeframe that was agreed by both parties and they can't take 30secs to write up a quick note in the itrader thing...peculiar if you ask me.

Yeah maybe we should have a list for these guys and call it "Ungrateful Bxxxxxds List"

done and you are quite right there...i would have had so much more feedback if buyers spend a minute on feedback

Here's another suggestion. Its not really related to the trading guidelines but should be considered by staff perhaps.

They need to remove all dormant shops or shops that belong to unreliable people who are no longer active. Many of us know these guys but to new people who log in for the first time ...they could message these guys and get scammed or get into a deal where money is taken but the work is not done.

Ya good suggestion but as you said something that staff can do or everyone should look at trustworthy list and referrals and itrader ratings.

I've requested that umpteen times, it really grates at me that some shops are still open even when there's a proven scammer.

I guess from our point of view, we should email the url of the shop to the mods and request it gets trashed.

Thread updated...

Good Tips dude