Trading PSA (Please educate yourself if new)

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Shovelcut wrote:

Maybe it is nitpicking. But the fact remains, not everyone is capable of using the whisper generator thingy on poe.trade. Expecting new players to do it is wrong IMO.

what do you mean not capable? how many new players use two computers for PoE? Does anyone except regulars who use other accounts for storage/trading use two computers?

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A simple "hi, wtb (item) for (price) in (league)" should be more than sufficient to facilitate a fast trade.

sure. does anyone say it is not? both me and the OP refer specifically to "hi" sayers

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Is my example absurd? Or is it more absurd that you're going to not trade because someone didn't tell you what tab said item is in?

Ive never said that. Neither did the OP. It just makes finding an item (rare item most of the time, not the currency, obviously) faster

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Ludvator wrote:

what do you mean not capable? how many new players use two computers for PoE? Does anyone except regulars who use other accounts for storage/trading use two computers?

The computer I play on is not able to alt-tab without crashing out of the game. And yeah, I know a few others that have the same issue.

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Ludvator wrote:

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A simple "hi, wtb (item) for (price) in (league)" should be more than sufficient to facilitate a fast trade.

sure. does anyone say it is not? both me and the OP refer specifically to "hi" sayers

No, but the only 'rule' listed is to use the whisper generator. Leaving it out is just as bad and only does a disservice to the community.

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Ludvator wrote:

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Is my example absurd? Or is it more absurd that you're going to not trade because someone didn't tell you what tab said item is in?

Ive never said that. Neither did the OP. It just makes finding an item (rare item most of the time, not the currency, obviously) faster

Fair enough. I just wanted to make a point that it's perfectly fine to type your own message so long as it's descriptive enough to facilitate a quick trade. But keep in mind, not everyone uses premium tabs so this should have been left out of the OP all together. It's going to make new players think they have to tell the seller where the item is stored IMO. Again, a disservice to the community.


It's just my 2c fwiw. :)