How long would you wait and what would you do...

I think it's a little early. Doesn't sound like he has great communication but a couple days isn't a big deal. As far as the trade request I forget about those all the time. Usually don't think about them until the trade is complete.

 

what kind of trade history did he have before this?

 

Shoot him a message and ask what's up. See if he responds or if he doesn't. See if he reads it or he doesn't.

 

Maybe it is too early some people have a more laid back "it will get done,it's just beer" attitude about trading, drives me nuts but not much you can do about it.

 

Unless there are good feedbacks in the new trading system, a repeat trade partner, or that I've seen good words from other people from the forum, I will not ship my box unless the trade request is accepted.

I'd give him more time to ship before calling him out, but he needs to be communicative about delays given that he said "Saturday at the latest". You are not impatient or expecting too much, at least with communication.

Good luck and hope he comes through for you, but please keep us posted.

 

this. /thread

sorry, too many new traders that just don't "get it" IMO. on the plus side, every single time I've politely asked someone to ship first, they've said they expected to, and did. 100% success rate

 

Way too soon to be worrying or calling someone out.

 

I know there are varying opinions, but I'd disagree. Strenuously.

It takes thirty seconds to send an update. Is that really too much to ask? If someone doesn't have thirty seconds, where are they going to find the time it takes to buy beer & pack a box?

 

At the very least I would expect a reply on the day the trader received the box you sent. You cannot ask for a better reminder to contact your trade partner than getting a box of beer dropped off at the door. Being online on BA and not opening email does look like he's trying to avoid you to me. People often forget that you can look at a persons profile and see when they were last "seen". The downside to sending a box before accepting the trade on BA is you then cannot leave a negative score or negative feedback for them and they can then screw someone else. Good luck man, keep us posted.

 

I'd politely ask him in this thread if he has received the beers you sent and if he has been able to send out your package as he indicated.

 

FYI....Anyone can read their messages without actually "opening" them. You can have all messages sent to your email account and open them from there without showing that you've read them on BA. So don't assume that he hasn't read the message. I would just out him now, as he's obviously avoiding contact with you.

Edit: I didn't notice the last post by OP.
If he doesn't reply to that, I would out him in the public forum to make sure all traders are aware of the risk.

I hope you get your beer OP

 

The guy told you he was busy at work. It has only been what, 3 days since he got your box. Relax. You are going to feel very silly when your box shows up on your doorstep soon. It took a week for your box to reach the destination, if he sent out on Saturday, box won't show up till end of this week.

Lets call off the lynch mob. I am all for outing bad traders, but this is very premature.

 

I don't know, bro. If I'm going to trade with you one day, I hope you won't tell me that you will ship by x date at the latest because you're busy with life, logged onto BA AFTER you got my box, no "hey, your box is here and everything is safe and sound', still made no confirmation of shipment by the promised date, but wouldn't accept trade request or respond to my messages.

Neither the OP nor anyone here is lynching the other trader for the box, all we wanted to see is some communications of what's going on or calling him a bad trader. It's not just 1 things, it's multiple expectations that aren't met that could easily be put at ease by a 30-second message.

 

Pretty sure this has already been said, but it bears repeating, evidently.