Question on Trading Etiquette

lykhaos117 • 23 August 2014 at 8:17 PM

I am not sure if I have posted this in the right category, but oh well. I need some advice.

User A made a quitting forum and was giving away free creatures. I asked for some, and she said she would give them to me. When I saw that no lot was set up, I made one and posted the link on the forum. No response. Five days later, I reposted the link on the forum and on her profile just in case. Today, I looked on her profile to see if she had already quit and to check on the creatures that I wanted to see if they died. Two of them were there in their original states, one had evolved, and the last was missing. Just to make sure it hadn't died, I typed its name in the search bar... and found out that User A had traded it to someone else.

I looked through User A's and User B's walls and found a conversation something like this:

User A: Hi! I know you! We're friends on site blablabla! 😃
User B: Hi! nice to see you here! 😃
User A: Welcome to Egg Cave!
User B: Your cove is very pretty. Is your [insert creature] UFT? I really want one.
User A: Sure! Here it is. 😊

And they traded. What should I do about this? I'm more than a bit upset, yet should I have done something different? Was this okay somehow? It is now thirteen days since User A said I could have them. I have never experienced anything like this on Egg Cave.

Pings: (Sorry; it's just that you seem like you'd know what to do.)

@shun-m
@bang14982
@immortalraven
@promise

promise • 23 August 2014 at 8:21 PM

@lykhaos117
It happens, you can't do anything about it. It's not polite but people can do whatever they want with their creatures.

Deleted • 23 August 2014 at 8:21 PM

@lykhaos117
Hi bby ❤️

Oh. well... OH this is hard XC I haven't experienced this one before, well maybe close enough ones like promises not fulfilled but anyway, have you tried sending her a private message? just to clarify things? and are her creatures ufa or uft? ('cause you said she's quitting)
what else did she said when she said to you that you can have the creatures?

bang14982 • 23 August 2014 at 8:30 PM

@lykhaos117
I'm not sure if there's anything you can do about it. Maybe she just forgot she had an agreement with you. Did the user respond to your messages yet? And what about the other creatures she said she was giving to you?

lykhaos117 • 23 August 2014 at 8:32 PM

@bang14982

Ever since she agreed to give me them, she hasn't responded to anything I've posted, both on her wall and on the forum. The creatures are neither in any of her lots nor offered on any of mine.

bang14982 • 23 August 2014 at 8:36 PM

@lykhaos117
Does she still have the creatures and has been on recently? If she's not answering you, maybe you can talk about this to some of her friends and see if she still responds to them.

lykhaos117 • 23 August 2014 at 8:38 PM

@bang14982

She was last online 18 hours ago, and she still has three of the creatures. Would it be rude or okay if I were to ask User B for the creature and show her the forum?

Thanks for being so helpful!

hippy • 23 August 2014 at 8:41 PM

@lykhaos117

Take what people say with a grain of salt. If someone agrees to their creatures FOR FREE and then backs out, theres no harm done. Its not like you got scammed. It is their creatures and unfortunately, people do this, but you just got to be persistent and vigilant with trades and stuff. Also, don't expect it to be a done deal until it is a done deal.

I've had people become really wishy-washy at the closing of the trade, either cancelling it or trying to twist my arm for more than the original price/making me overpay.

lykhaos117 • 23 August 2014 at 8:46 PM

@hippy

Thanks for your advice! 😊 I wish that she could've at least let me know, though. ☹️ Good luck with your future trades!