Rookie question about Trading Post

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Hi --

I'm enjoying the Trading post, but what do people mean when they say "FREE"
in their wishlist? On the whole, it doesn't seem to mean the obvious -- but
I haven't quite worked out what it *does* mean... Any veterans care to
enlighten me?

TIA,
Anna
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Aynathie on NeoPets
Currently in my 2nd month playing...

 

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"Aynathie" <AnnaUsenet@iol.ie> wrote in message
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> Hi --
>
> I'm enjoying the Trading post, but what do people mean when they say
> "FREE"
> in their wishlist? On the whole, it doesn't seem to mean the obvious --
> but
> I haven't quite worked out what it *does* mean... Any veterans care to
> enlighten me?
>
> TIA,
> Anna
> --
> Aynathie on NeoPets
> Currently in my 2nd month playing...

I always put "FREE!!!" on mine and I try to accept the _very first_ person
that offers something - that way no one else has a chance to offer so they
don't feel left out if I don't choose them. And when I say free, I mean
free! Even though I believe some other people just use it as an excuse
to get more people offering and probably hoping someone will offer something
worth more than what they have, that's wrong to try to trick people that way
(IMHO).

 

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"Aynathie" <AnnaUsenet@iol.ie> wrote in message
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> Hi --
>
> I'm enjoying the Trading post, but what do people mean when they say
> "FREE"
> in their wishlist? On the whole, it doesn't seem to mean the obvious --
> but
> I haven't quite worked out what it *does* mean... Any veterans care to
> enlighten me?

It means what it says, it's free. Send them a cheap item and hope they pick
you. I've got a few items to stock my shop by doing this.


Deborah
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Hamster Heaven - http://www.hamsterheaven.co.uk

 

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I personally like the "free to highest bidder"... ummm... thats not "free"
LOL!!

Ya, its a confusing statement but essentially means they will take ANYTHING
for it.


"Deborah" <deborah@nospam.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> "Aynathie" <AnnaUsenet@iol.ie> wrote in message
> news:edgvsqw272v8$.11n0f3b3eicva$.dlg@40tude.net...
> > Hi --
> >
> > I'm enjoying the Trading post, but what do people mean when they say
> > "FREE"
> > in their wishlist? On the whole, it doesn't seem to mean the obvious --
> > but
> > I haven't quite worked out what it *does* mean... Any veterans care to
> > enlighten me?
>
> It means what it says, it's free. Send them a cheap item and hope they
pick
> you. I've got a few items to stock my shop by doing this.
>
>
> Deborah
> --
> Hamster Heaven - http://www.hamsterheaven.co.uk
>
>
>

 

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On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 17:14:32 GMT, Bodcat1 wrote:

> I personally like the "free to highest bidder"... ummm... thats not "free"
> LOL!!
>
> Ya, its a confusing statement but essentially means they will take ANYTHING
> for it.

Ok, that makes sense. Yes, I've also seen things like "free to decent bid"
and similar, which is why I got suspicious about the meaning of "free"...
🙂

Thanks all for the answers!

(And yes, I did get an amazing genuinely free lot. From a girl who was
leaving neopets because she had to study. I got a full set of codestones,
for like, a poison snowball or something like that... She was emptying out
her whole inventory, many visitors must have left the trading post quite
happy that day -- the one I got was not the only amazing one I saw...)

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Aynathie on NeoPets
Currently in my 2nd month playing...