How do I know what a "fair" trade is?

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smiln32 Oklahoma City, OK(Zone 7a) Aug 23, 2003

For anyone new to Dave's Garden, it's a bit daunting to know where to start in trading, how much is fair and how to contact people? What is the best way of finding out this information?

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MOLLYBEE Villa Rica, GA(Zone 7a) Aug 24, 2003

Some people trade seed for seed, or plant for plant. Meaning 1 or 2 packs of your seeds for 1 or 2 packs of the traders seeds. Or a plant cutting for a plant cutting, rooted cutting for rooted cutting.
9 times out of 10, when I make a trade with someone and we have agreed on let say 3 different packs of seeds I usually throw in a bonus pack of seeds just because.
As with a plant trade, most of the time I trade one plant and several packs of seeds as one trade. That way I can pretty much expect the same thing in return.
If I see a thread where a member is listing the seeds they have available then I usually go ahead and post to that thread as what my wants are. If they say they want to trade then I tell them I will e/mail them my trade list.I then go to their name which is on the left side of the page and I click on that memebers name and it brings up their homepage. I then send them a e/mail from there.
Usually from there, the rest of the trade is done thru personal e/mails, in which we exchange home addresses and dates as to when we will be shipping out our end of the trade.

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mystic Ewing, KY(Zone 6a) Aug 24, 2003

There is also a Trading Primer that will answer most of your guestions about trading. http://davesgarden.com/trading_primer/

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