Trade Backs

april__ • 23 December 2012 at 11:45 AM

I'm curious, this hasn't happened to me yet.

But if someone suddenly changes their mind about a trade, do you trade back? Do you think it's polite to trade back? Do you think it's rude to not?

Or do you think once a trade is made, if that person decides to keep it, would you frown upon that if the other person changed their mind?

bubblez • 23 December 2012 at 12:02 PM

@april__

I, though I've never done it, don't do trade backs. Once in my cove, I consider them mine. So I don't see it as being rude if the other person wants them back and I don't trade them back.

april__ • 23 December 2012 at 12:05 PM

@bubblez

I'd never ask someone to trade back, and I can understand some people asking for trade backs. But when they get mad at the person for not wanting to do it, I find that a little rude.

thursdays_dove • 23 December 2012 at 1:44 PM

I think it's extremely rude to ask for your pet back at all. A trade is a trade. Once the trade is complete, the new pets you acquired are officially yours, unless like the two of you are friends and you're babysitting or something like that.

I think it's weird for people who are quitting to give away their pets, yet one of their stipulations is you have to give the pet back if they return. I think that's silly - either keep your pets or don't.

Anyway. That's what I think. 😋

april__ • 23 December 2012 at 1:47 PM

@thursdays_dove

I definitely agree with all that you said.

Especially the quitting thing. What if they quit for over a year? And you really don't want to hold the pet anymore. V_V

Or what if you want to quit? It's silly.

Zac • 23 December 2012 at 2:03 PM

@thursdays_dove Agreed, I don't trade much at all anymore, but I do remember people asking for tradebacks. I found it extremely rude, but I always did reverse it for them... after making a note not to trade with them again. 😉

My favorite are those trades where users request that you never trade the creatures you receive and then end up trading yours. 😋

barbyka • 23 December 2012 at 2:15 PM

@april__

It hasn't happen to me yet, that somebody would want to trade back. I did trade a creature waaaay below it's value once but I din't ask for more or trade back since it was a mistake on my part cuz I didn't look into the value more. I also got a better offer when I already finished the trade and I told the person that they were unfortunately too late. So I don't think it's polite to ask for a trade back.

I mostly do trade too keep creatures but I don't expect others to keep creatures from me. There isn't that much to do on here then trade.

cubexline • 23 December 2012 at 6:48 PM

@april__ : Yes, this has happened to me before, sadly I gave in on one, the other I stood my ground and didn't trade back. I hate trading, the thought of being ripped off or the person wanting a trade back is too much for me lol.

sprite • 23 December 2012 at 8:01 PM

I hate trading here for the most part. Never been asked to trade back. All these stipulations people demand would not happen if people would stop giving in to them.

pipkitten • 23 December 2012 at 8:07 PM

I've had someone ask me for a trade-back once... It was over a year after the person and I had made the trade, and I really regret giving the critter back.
I normally wouldn't have traded it back, but I felt like I'd be branded as a bad person if I didn't. *sigh*