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I've had an offer of Cutler for Brees unacknowledged on a league-mate's desk for two weeks. But it actually bothered me more when I proposed Holt and B. Jacobs for Portis and the offer was countered with A. Thomas and Ginn for Holt and Jacobs.I don't think anything in Fantasy Football bothers me more than when I put a trade offer before a league member and they don't have the common courtesy to even acknowledge receipt of the offer let alone respond with an "accept" or "reject" reply.
I always respond to trade offers, always do so politely, and usually offer a counter.I find that doing so has kept the trade offers coming.I've pulled off some nice trades in my favor that started out as someone offering me a crappy trade. You never know where a conversation will go, but if you refuse to talk I guarantee that the conversation is going nowhere.
I suspect that offers will soon stop coming your way, if they haven't already.
If I get a silly trade offer I respond with a link. The link is to a picture of a T-shirt showing pictures of 2 hands. The first hand has a middle finger in the air. The second hand has a finger pointing in the other direction.sometimes a will offer a trade gem just to see who responds.then will deny it.
Post the trade offer on the league message board and add sarcastic comments for all leaguemates to see.If I get a silly trade offer I respond with a link. The link is to a picture of a T-shirt showing pictures of 2 hands. The first hand has a middle finger in the air. The second hand has a finger pointing in the other direction.sometimes a will offer a trade gem just to see who responds.
The guy who offered me the trade owns Travis Henry and I picked up Young this morning. Ha.I've had an offer of Cutler for Brees unacknowledged on a league-mate's desk for two weeks. But it actually bothered me more when I proposed Holt and B. Jacobs for Portis and the offer was countered with A. Thomas and Ginn for Holt and Jacobs.I don't think anything in Fantasy Football bothers me more than when I put a trade offer before a league member and they don't have the common courtesy to even acknowledge receipt of the offer let alone respond with an "accept" or "reject" reply.
Yeah...or when they reply with a simple "No, I don't wanna do that", but no reasoning as to why not, and no counter. If you just don't want to trade that guy, at least say that, or tell me my offer sucked...or something.I always accept, counter, or say why I don't want to pursue it further. It's just (not all that) common courtesy.
I have a counter offer pending for Rudi (ME) and Lendale (Him), The guy is not smart at FF and thinks that every trade offer I do with him I am trying to shaft him so he does ridiculous counter offers like this. None the less I will wait on this offer and use it to my advantage in case Rudi does not came back then I will accept his offer if Rudi is out for long..Some people always try to get something for nothing, that is why they don't go anywhere
...and then you stop and suddenly realize.."yeah, I am high."
I agree...in $$$ leagues. No matter the type of trade offer, outlandish, one sided BS offer, I think a response is a must.Edited to state: when I say you, it is not aimed at the OP, just a general statement.In free leagues.....there is alot of grey area. If I get offers that are pure crap and have no thought (i.e. a defense that sucks, a WR that plays mostly special teams and a RB that is on the practice squad for SJax, with a comment about SJax being hurt so I should do the trade).....well please tell me why I should spend my time logging on to the web site, scrolling down to that league, find the trade offer, and reject it. Sorry, but intrigue me a little in a free league if you want me to spend any time on evaluating a trade with you. I do not and will not get into a negotiation for a trade in a free league unless you intrigue me. That being said, if you make at least a half arsed effort in a trade offer in the free league, then I'll try and explore options in a player trade you present. Otherwise, I will filter out your offer and not give a $hi_ about it at all.I don't think anything in Fantasy Football bothers me more than when I put a trade offer before a league member and they don't have the common courtesy to even acknowledge receipt of the offer let alone respond with an "accept" or "reject" reply.
Does every thread have to be about Travis Henry?
That one doesn't bother me, and I make offers without previous discussions. When I'm offering a trade it's never as a prelude to dealing with several counter offers--though I can handle that too--I try to make it a fair offer to begin with since there are no easy marks in my league anyway. I do generally include a synopsis within the official trade offer of where I think it might help both teams though.I'm with the OP--there are a couple teams in my league who historically never even respond, and it's frustrating. I made an offer in preseason and through the first week which never did get an answer, and even sent some messages simply asking that he tell me where to go if he didn't like it. I considered a second trade with an owner whose strengths and needs matched well with mine--but he's another one who never even responds so I didn't bother sending the offer.
then they get my response of: "no.... but I probably shouldn't have drank that whole bottle of cough medicine this morning."
In my league, if you are high you get suspended for a year without pay. We have random drug tests.
agreed. I find that many times, its fruitless to try to make trades..you have so much more power,if you let them come to you with an offer for one of your guys..I stopped offering deals in my leagues..I mean, in one, I have Peyton and Romo..I've posted something three weeks ago, to the guy who owns the following three QBs: Harrington, Alex Smith, Bulger..never heard a peep out of him..to think the guy wouldn't even respond about Romo or Manning, is comical..not even an answer like 'I hate both of them!'so , if he contacts me now, I'll ask for the Moon in return..other than that, I'm done with trying to make trades..I don't think anything in Fantasy Football bothers me more than when I put a trade offer before a league member and they don't have the common courtesy to even acknowledge receipt of the offer let alone respond with an "accept" or "reject" reply.
Yeah, that happens all the time.
That flat-out sucks. Honestly, trade activity needs to be encouraged, and this just does the opposite.
If I get a silly trade offer I respond with a link. The link is to a picture of a T-shirt showing pictures of 2 hands. The first hand has a middle finger in the air. The second hand has a finger pointing in the other direction.sometimes a will offer a trade gem just to see who responds.
Care to share that link?
The best way to do a deal in my experience, as well as the most fun way, is to pick up the phone and have a dialouge - sometimes over the course of several days or weeks. I love it when I have several discussions going on with multiple owners relating to some of the same players. When someone sends me a trade offer via cbssportsline without having first closed an agreement, or sometimes even without the benefit of any prior discussion at all, they place the burden on me to essentially begin the negotiation process in a response. If you want to approach someone unsolicited to do a trade, you should do some leg-work in advance, preferably by picking up the phone and discussing the deal.
People are so afraid of getting ripped off that trades in most my leagues have completely stopped. I can understand their mindset at times- it is better that I make no move than to trade for a guy and get 'the short end of the stick'. I have tried to encourage trading in the leagues I have commished - even dropping the trade fee, but over the past 5 years there has been only 3 trades (I was involved in two of them).Some of the more inexperienced players in FF are made to feel very ostracized - this is regrettable since not everyone can spend hours and hours on a fantasy website; as a matter of fact many only use weekly cheatsheet from ESPN, TSN, or others. I know this will come as a shock to many people on this message board but sometimes not ripping someone off is better than doing it.Tanner9919 said:agreed. I find that many times, its fruitless to try to make trades..you have so much more power,if you let them come to you with an offer for one of your guys..I stopped offering deals in my leagues..I mean, in one, I have Peyton and Romo..I've posted something three weeks ago, to the guy who owns the following three QBs: Harrington, Alex Smith, Bulger..never heard a peep out of him..to think the guy wouldn't even respond about Romo or Manning, is comical..not even an answer like 'I hate both of them!'so , if he contacts me now, I'll ask for the Moon in return..other than that, I'm done with trying to make trades..On The Rocks said:I don't think anything in Fantasy Football bothers me more than when I put a trade offer before a league member and they don't have the common courtesy to even acknowledge receipt of the offer let alone respond with an "accept" or "reject" reply.
So a guy should make trades because he's out of it.What I hate is people whining about collusion when they are perfectly willing to make trades having the expectation of worsening one of the teams.
I don't get your response. He's not out of it yet as it's only been 4 weeks. But if he continues down the same path with marginal WR's, he's surely not going to win. It's a re-draft league. If he makes the trade, his RB's decrease a little bit (he still has Ronnie Brown, Jamal Lewis & Foster) but his WR corps improves greatly. This gives him at least a shot at going on a run.Instead, he's probably thinking he can't trade his #1 RB even though he hasn't done much yet. And he'll ride it all the way to a 6-26 record. Yippee, at least you still have Larry Johnson in the Toilet Bowl.As some posters above said, at least email back and say, "I think LJohnson is going to produce and I think Welker will be ok if they tighten up on Moss. Thanks for the offer but I just really want LJ this year." That's cool.
For an ##### you give some pretty good advice (and I think Redman offered the same tip somewhere). I am taking my Brees for Cutler down before Sunday.
