Hello everybody and welcome to the 4th update to the long beloved exchange program we all know and enjoy.
Over the past months we have been able to grow thanks to all of the great content from all of you which is why this is an important update. With the recent transition to our own site: www.liveandletdiecast.kinja.com we are wanting to continue to branch out to all the diecast world has to offer. We want to make sure that everybody knows that the exchange is not limited to any single make, type, shape, or scale. If you have it and want to trade it, post it up! We welcome any and all subject matter as long as it fits the content of the page.
Now, most all of you are very familiar with how the exchange works but for those who are new let me start by first saying WELCOME, and also thank you for taking the time to read through this! The exchange is very simple and very rewarding as you can obtain some fantastic cars from some fantastic people. As you have seen with the history of LALD posts this all started with El_ULY, SN210, and mycarneverruns87 exchanging some cars back and forth based on good faith and fun. Soon, everybody caught the bug and started trading as well. There have been many coast to coast trades and now even international trades! It is a great program and I encourage everyone to take part in the fun!
Now, to answer some questions and concerns you may have.
"Gee, I ONLY have 6000 cars at the moment and definitely don't need any more" - YOU ARE WRONG….MOOAARRR!!
"What kind of stuff can we trade?" – die cast cars, planes, trains, transformers, whatever scale, shape, size, ect. Just try to post up what others may want. It is up to you to determine what is fair for trade.
"This sounds expensive." – Not true, you should be able to mail a single car across the US for no more than $4. Obviously the heavier/bigger the object the more expensive this will be.
"..But $4 is more than I spent on this thing?!" – Yes, but this is for fun and to try to get some really cool things from some really cool people and have some really cool stories.
"How does this work?" – This works based on trust first and foremost! A person will post something up for grabs and somebody else will make a trade offer with a picture. A trade is agreed upon and each party pays to ship their trade to the recipient based upon a GENTLEMANS AGREEMENT.
"What is a GENTLEMANS AGREEMENT?" - This is your word, your bond, your handshake, your character. If you don't have or keep any of these than you should avoid this thread. This is trust that you will actually send the trade agreed. If you break this trust you will be subject to Kinjaverse ridicule!
"Ok cool, tell me more about how this works!" – See below
Example: I will use the names Jimmy and Sampson for this
-Sampson takes a good picture of a car he wants to trade and posts it up for grabs with a good description on a new post.
-Jimmy likes it and posts a good picture of his trade offer as a reply
-Sampson accepts the trade offer and posts a way for Jimmy to contact him either by text, email, smoke signals, or however he feels sufficient.
-Jimmy then confirms the contact method by simply posting after Sampson and contacts him by desired method.
-Contact information is then exchanged and the GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT is then made
-Sampson deletes/dismisses his previous post with personal info and awaits Jimmy to contact him.
-Sampson and Jimmy then each go and buy eye drops from making lots of smoke signals.
-Both Jimmy and Sampson ship their cars.
-Upon delivery both Sampson and Jimmy restrain attacking the UPS guy and then violently tear open packages and make car noises while admiring their new rides!!
Sounds easy enough right? It is!
The important thing is to keep this simple, honest, and clear. Have good pictures and even better descriptions. Remember a picture is worth a thousand words!
Important note: when contacting another member be sure to dismiss your contact information once outside contact has been made. This is to prevent spammers from getting your info. Since we are unable to personal message this is the best we have to work with.
This is not to make money so please don't put things up for sale. If you have some things you may not want to trade but want to move you can put some contact information in your post to discuss off the blog. It just keeps things cleaner.
So, if you are ready to join the fun go ahead and make a new post of what you have to offer and state what you would like in return. As I said before, have fun with this but be honest, be fair, and trade cool stuff! This is a family here so let's keep it that way!
