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Posted by: Tyranisaur Sep 29 2012, 07:17 AM

So I was sort of wonder what kinds of different strategies or policies users use for their trinket trading. Also how much they use the trinket market.

So to start off, I put all my duplicate trinkets on the market. The offers I accept need to match my set of criteria. Holiday trinkets have a higher value to me, because they are obviously only obtained during a limited time. Therefore I don't accept trinkets in permanent sets for my holiday trinkets. If the user offers a holiday trinket for one of my permanent trinkets, I may accept it even if it's a rarity lower. Otherwise I only accept offers that are the same rarity as my trinket, or the rarity over. And even if I already have the trinket that's being offered to me, I will accept it if I don't already have 3 or more of it. This is because getting more duplicates can be good for trading. If I have so many of the trinket that's being offered to me, that I don't see myself trading all the ones I already have, I might not accept it anyway. And in the higher rarities, I might stop accepting trinkets that I already have 2 or more of, because I also want to have duplicates of the trinket I originally had. Btw, I currently have 765 trinkets on the market, and this is before getting any trinkets from the sixth set from my pokechests. So I also check the offers frequently.

As for offering. I do that sometimes. When I do that, I go for trinkets that are of the same rarity, holiday set for holiday set, and try to find the one that the most users need among those that have the trinket up for trade. I also try to find a trinket that is possible for find by the users that are of the affinities that the trinket is available to. If I can't find any trinkets that match with this, I just end up not offering anything, even if I have duplicates that people need, but they aren't the same rarity or in a permanent set while I'm offering on a limited set trinket. So I basically try to offer trinkets based on the same criteria as I accept offers based on.

Posted by: Gambrinous Antiscian Sep 29 2012, 06:26 PM

I prefer to gift my doubles to PalPad friends rather than make an offer and be forced to wait for a trade to be accepted. Even though I don't expect return gifts, a lot of them are pretty good about returning the favor, so I have little reason to use the market thanks to them. If I have Trinkets that everybody on my PalPad has, then I'll put them in the Market.

I'll accept anything I don't have, or anything I haven't got (many) duplicates of.

Posted by: Sweetie Bloomaloo Sep 29 2012, 06:41 PM

For trading, I trade stuff they don't have but are duplicates and sometimes I gift ones I only have one have but I can still get another one

Posted by: Synx Itax Sep 29 2012, 06:52 PM

I pretty much just make offers for things I don't have. I don't really put Trinkets on the market so much nowadays since I seem to get better results from people just accepting my offers. As far as what I put up and accept, I only put up/offer duplicates and only accept things I don't have. Doesn't matter what set it's from; if I don't have it, I'll take it.

Posted by: Thor94 Sep 29 2012, 07:07 PM

my strategie is mainly based on offers.
I put only few high rarity and cool duplicates trinkets in market (>7 shinies pokemon or legendaries related for permanent set, and >4 for limited set), because i receive few offers and more rarely good offer for my trinkets (old sets and low rarity i have ever for most of them).

I prefer send offers for trinkets in market (but it's more difficult with new system because we don't know if our trinket is interesting for owner)

same as tyranisaur, i hide all trinkets with less rarity or coming from older set i have (i can accept rarer trinket coming from the direct previous permanent set, or rarely same rarity when i have not this) and i trade limited trinket only for limited trinkets (generally from same set, except for old limited trinkets i have not).

Posted by: Mars Adept Enten Sep 29 2012, 09:47 PM

I'm not picky about offers and whatnot. I used to put every dupe I had on the Market back on old!GPX+, but now I'll use the dupes that I don't want (read: I'm not collecting them) up as offers on trinkets I do want/need. This usually means I'm missing a lot of the trinkets at or above Rarity 5.

Here's my policy on trading and such, straight from my Journal:

And my priority list goes as follows:
Self-designed and not obtainable by Mala>Self-created and obtainable by Mala>Holiday and not obtainable by Mala>Holiday and obtainable by Mala>Collecting and not available to Mala>Collecting and available to Mala>Ones I don't have not obtainable by Mala>Ones I don't have and obtainable by Mala>everything else

Regarding offers that I make for other trinkets: if I have a duplicate trinket(s) that a lot of users need, like half or more of the number, I'll usually offer those first and the ones that less users need, I'll only put up if I don't have any trinkets that don't qualify for the above criteria.

I've found that not being overly picky on rarity and affinity helps a lot in the long run. Quality standards are good when you've got a great deal of the trinkets, but if not, then don't bother with that and take what you can get.

Posted by: Chiiyo Sep 30 2012, 10:50 AM

I try to put all duplicates on the market, though I'm to lazy to keep track of it sometimes. ^^;
Also, I keep high rarity duplicates to trade them. I get better results if I send the offers myself. If I own more of two of any high trinket, I put it on the market.

I'm not too picky.
If someone sends me a fair offer, I mostly accept it even if I already own the trinket. Putting a trinket on the market means I don't really need it anymore, so I'm fine with helping other users.
I prefer accepting offers of the same set and same rarity, though. If I offer rarity 3 only available to Malachite and someone offers me rarity 2 available to all affinities, that's what I will most likely deny.

Trades which are really important to me are the ones I send to other users. I try to follow some "guidelines", just because I experienced they do work pretty well. =)
- mostly within the same group (especially concerning the newest group), holiday for holiday only
- same rarity (or even higher if I can afford it and badly want a certain trinket xD)
- ones that aren't available to the user's affinity, of course, work always best

Well, mostly the basic "rules" I guess. ;P

Posted by: Samoo Sep 30 2012, 10:53 AM

I offer stuff which most of the people can't get.

If 1 person can't get it, I'll try and give them a higher rarity, perhaps a more holiday set trinket. If say, 7 people offer and I have something 5 of them don't, I'd be more inclined to offer that opposed to something say, 2 people don't have.

Posted by: Eucharistica Sep 30 2012, 12:12 PM

I normally gift rarity 5 or lower trinkets to people on my Pal Pad, and then put everything rarity 6 and above on the market. I sometimes go and ask for trades myself, but people take forever to respond.

Posted by: PokeNOM NOM NOM Oct 2 2012, 10:45 AM

Hm. Strategies...

All my duplicates go on the market, except if I know someone from my Palpad is looking for that specific trinket.

I accept any trinket that's being offered, that I don't have yet.
I'm not picky. x3

Haha, that's just about all there is to my trinket strategies.
Oh, or maybe this, too:

I occasionally go through the market to offer some trades.
I always try to offer something that's exactly the same rarity as what's on the market.
I don't know why, but it just feels right. xD

Posted by: GrayGriffin Oct 18 2012, 08:36 PM

I put every single duplicate on the market, and prioritize trinkets that Wulfenites can't get. That's about it.

Posted by: Darth Krytie Oct 21 2012, 01:43 PM

I generally check my palpad to see if my favourite people have the duplicate trinkets first. I often make offers on items based on what the most amount of people who are offering a trinket need. I don't always check what set the trinkets are from. Sometimes, if what I have is rare, and there are under 1000 available on the site itself, I'll put it up for trade and see if there are already offers I don't have. Sometimes, I'll leave it up if there isn't. Sometimes, I'll take it back down.

I tend to accept whatever offer people make if it's for a trinket I don't have if it's for an affinity I don't have access to or a set I don't have access to.

Posted by: Chrome Oct 21 2012, 02:01 PM

I just put my duplicates for offers and I just wait around. O_O

Posted by: Orenji Nov 13 2012, 03:59 AM

If I put stuff on the market, it normally takes me a while before I even get an offer, and in most cases it benefits me in no way.

So I like to search the Big Book and choose what sounds nice based on name. I keep it at a set rarity (like today, I felt like going for 1) and if I find something, I'll try to gift a duplicate. When doing so, I try to get the '?/x users have got this trinket' to be as high as possible so the person receiving it has a relatively good chance of finding something of equivalent value.

It gets a bit harder with holiday-based trinkets though...

Posted by: CherryGryffon Nov 13 2012, 05:03 AM

I'm pretty simple when it comes to trading my trinkets.

If it's something I'm offering on, I offer whatever I have more than one of, that the most number of sellers need.
If it's something I have put up for offers, if I don't have it: I accept it. If there are more than one I don't have offered: I pick the one with fewest available. :]

Posted by: Zaltys Nov 13 2012, 07:50 AM

All of my dupes are up for trade and I always accept all offers for trinkets that I don't already have. Except R10, those are too rare to trade for R9.

I don't make any difference between holiday and normal trinkets. There's always an another chance to get those, if you play long enough...and I'm not planning to quit permanently anytime soon. I've missed most of the holiday trinkets so far though, since I'm usually busy/on hiatus during those times of the year.

Offers with trinkets that I already have? Auto-hidden, unless it's something uncommon (<2000 in existence). Those are sometimes worth a second glance...and sometimes I trade for them just to gift them away.