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Originally posted by DJSmurfy:
I would put money on that sender being that couple who write erotic fiction. I got so sick of seeing constant retweets from them on the Pucatrade Twitter account.

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There's a story here, and I want to hear it.

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Originally posted by revenger:
How the hell are able to get dual lands on there? I've had 3 dual lands wanted for like 6 months and not a sign of getting them. ( cept for one idiot selling them with a 300% markup).
And I'm still waiting...

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Originally posted by wayne:

You probably need to offer at least a 10% bonus

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I suppose. I had someone message me saying he wanted a huge bonus for a nm savannah. then messaged saying he was offered a 13% bonus. I did not reply.

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Originally posted by iccarus:
How does the bonus thing work? I assume you are just sending the extra points after the card arrives.

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That's how it usually works, though I always send a message to confirm prior to sending out. I wanted to get 1k BFZ block full art lands and offering a 10% bounty over 500 points really encouraged people to send in higher numbers. Right now I am offering 15% on a NM Abyss, full puca value on SP. In order to differentiate yourself from the other "buyers" out there I feel this is a necessary thing.

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Originally posted by iccarus:
How does the bonus thing work? I assume you are just sending the extra points after the card arrives.

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Originally posted by wayne:

And you advertise the bonuses in your display name and user profile.

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You do have to upgrade your account to "uncommon" or "rare" to be able to send points to other people.

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Originally posted by moxdiamd:

You do have to upgrade your account to "uncommon" or "rare" to be able to send points to other people.

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Originally posted by wayne:

You can still gift points by confirming receipt of cards (which were not sent) that correspond to the bonus values.

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Because gaming the system is totally legit!

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Originally posted by chaos021:
It smells like a pyramid scheme with pay-to-play aspects. It totally undermines the idea of trading imo.

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Originally posted by Demilio:
The site was pretty good for a while. I went from 3 to 15 EDH decks. I have over 10k worth of trades. I even signed up for a lifetime membership (what a waste). Current status: It's been over a year since I've had anything sent to me. My points are just rotting. I have a 50% bonus listed. The site is dead beyond repair.

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This pretty much nails it. As early as last spring, I had a hard time keeping points in my account for longer than an hour or two. I sent out some stuff earlier this year before realizing what had happened to the site, and I've been sitting on those points since.

I have well over 100 items on my want list, and only a handful of those are worth more than 500 points.

EDIT: A lot of people have done well with Facebook groups, if you're looking for other options.

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Originally posted by B-Town:
Thanks for the advice, everyone. Follow up question. Beside MOTL, is there anywhere else that I should be posting a trade list? I've had a lot of success here, but I'd like to widen the net, if possible.

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Originally posted by Vegas10:
DeckBox is pretty good also Facebook groups.

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I promoted a trade, then cancelled it. Promoted another trade then cancelled it.

They kept all the points. Lost like $25. It sucks.

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Originally posted by iccarus:
Unless your want to do a paid account, don't bother with Puca. The updates they did last year chased a ton of people away, and now points just sit in your account forever if you can't pay a bonus/bounty on stuff, which requires a paid account.

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Which changes chased people away? Is it a case of giving too much of what people asked for and making it too complex? Leading up to the updates, it seemed they were trying their best to listen to what users wanted (while adding in a few things they thought necessary to make their balance sheet sustainable).

I was a heavy user for about a year or so on Puca, but around last summer stopped trading much simply due to not building any new decks. I cancelled my uncommon level subscription when it came time to renew since I wasn't using it, but didn't know the site's usage was going downhill over-all.

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Originally posted by superpup:
Which changes chased people away? Is it a case of giving too much of what people asked for and making it too complex? Leading up to the updates, it seemed they were trying their best to listen to what users wanted (while adding in a few things they thought necessary to make their balance sheet sustainable).

I was a heavy user for about a year or so on Puca, but around last summer stopped trading much simply due to not building any new decks. I cancelled my uncommon level subscription when it came time to renew since I wasn't using it, but didn't know the site's usage was going downhill over-all.

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Pretty sure this sums it up;

"now points just sit in your account forever if you can't pay a bonus/bounty on stuff, which requires a paid account."

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Originally posted by paragondave:
Pretty sure this sums it up;

"now points just sit in your account forever if you can't pay a bonus/bounty on stuff, which requires a paid account."

From the beginning, it was bound to happen. Giving points away for free devalues points. There was never a way to account for this without monetizing the site so they monetized the site which caused the drop off.

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So there was literally a "fake money" inflation spiral. Hilarious.

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