This is a sample guest message. Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!
A simple, "I'll get back to you" would do.So what should they do if the answer is the following?
"I'm not sure. I have a job that I work at during the week and can't focus every second on fantasy football. I'd like to look on the Internet to see if there is something I am missing (like T Rich being traded) and then evaluate how the change impacts my team before making a decision. If you can't wait for me and need to make a move elsewhere I understand. Feel free to withdraw the trade offer and approach someone else. Bear in mind that most people in the league don't do a lot of trading so approaching someone else may be just as difficult as waiting for me. Also consider that your offer was not so tempting that I feel like i must jump on it or miss a season changing opportunity."
That is a lot to type in a text message.
It is still annoying but hardly worth league rules dictating responsiveness and such measures.
Easy. "Let me think about it and get back to you."MIMN said:So what should they do if the answer is the following?
"I'm not sure. I have a job that I work at during the week and can't focus every second on fantasy football. I'd like to look on the Internet to see if there is something I am missing (like T Rich being traded) and then evaluate how the change impacts my team before making a decision. If you can't wait for me and need to make a move elsewhere I understand. Feel free to withdraw the trade offer and approach someone else. Bear in mind that most people in the league don't do a lot of trading so approaching someone else may be just as difficult as waiting for me. Also consider that your offer was not so tempting that I feel like i must jump on it or miss a season changing opportunity."
That is a lot to type in a text message.
It is still annoying but hardly worth league rules dictating responsiveness and such measures.
The messages were sent a day after the original trade was proposed. If you cant check you league page 1-2x a day then really what are you playing for? Don't get me wrong, I'm all about the fun of FF but if you pay $50 to play a game the least you can do is be active and attentive 1-2x a day. Success in a league is judged (league as a whole) by communication between owners. If I can't make some kind of contact with you or you simply don't respond to contact why should the league want you around? In my Yahoo league we have a group text that we all monitor and usually deals are typically taken care of and done within 10-12 hours. The ESPN league is hit and miss, partly because a lot of the guys are afraid to trade but mostly because guys only get on on Sundays and Monday to adjust teams and then just leave them be until next week.
I don't mind a single text telling me that he proposed a trade. Sometimes, I won't check the league website if I already have my lineup in and I'm not interested in picking up any free agents. But if they continue texting me, then I'll tell them to chill out.
Being courteous is why. If you check it every five minutes then why cant you simply hit reject trade? It's sitting right there for you to use, it's not like you have to go through a strenuous process to do it.
Agreed, simple text saying "Hey, dunno if you have been on lately. When you get a chance I have sent you a trade. Would you mind checking it out and getting back to me" or an email with the same message. Bombardment is not what i did. Each owner was sent a single message following a day of no response to the trade.
"Why cant you simply hit reject trade"? Well, the obvious answer is that they haven't decided. So then what, courtesy dictates sending a meaningless message? Why?
I get trade offer notifications to my email, which generally makes my pocket vibrate, so anything besides that is overkill. I guess I just feel that if the other guy hasn't responded, he hasn't decided. Never really bothers me.
But didn't you admit you were trying to take advantage of a guy who might not have enough time to keep up with intra-day NFL transactions as readily as you are? You were basically trying to pull one over on someone and then are upset that he was "rude" by not responding to you in a more courteous manner.
LOL.Ebaker5 said:
"When someone tries to hand me a flyer, it's like they're saying 'Here...you throw this away'"
Yeah I'm with ya but you can't really complain about a lack of response to your attempt to "pull one over" on a guy. It's not like you sent him a legitimate trade and he was just ignoring it. Hell, he very well could have known about the Indy/CLE deal and didn't respond b/c he was on to you.
also to add to this.
I can respectively agree with that. It's not like I offered him something he COULDN'T pass up. Was simply R.Bush/J.Gordon for Trent. By far a trade leaning in my favor, but could very well back fire with the new O trent is going to.
As far as wanting to trade with me again... Could really care less, there are only a handful of trades I do every year. This would be THE ONE i want. I just picked up J.Jones and gave up T.Smith/D.Richardson which everyone thought was an "Even Trade". I also grabbed Tate as SOON as i heard Foster was having back trouble so the Foster owner couldn't use him. Like I said, its part of the game and some of us will make slick/ shark like moves and some of us try to play a fair game and be nice when offering trades. I paid my $50 to go and put together the best team possible to win the league. If I ruffle feathers while I am at it, sorry I don't have a conservative mentality. I paid to play and play to win.... nothing more nothing less. I have fun doing it this way and it has worked for me thus far.
Ha, that was a tough one to figure out.JuniorNB said:A simple, "I'll get back to you" would do.MIMN said:So what should they do if the answer is the following?
"I'm not sure. I have a job that I work at during the week and can't focus every second on fantasy football. I'd like to look on the Internet to see if there is something I am missing (like T Rich being traded) and then evaluate how the change impacts my team before making a decision. If you can't wait for me and need to make a move elsewhere I understand. Feel free to withdraw the trade offer and approach someone else. Bear in mind that most people in the league don't do a lot of trading so approaching someone else may be just as difficult as waiting for me. Also consider that your offer was not so tempting that I feel like i must jump on it or miss a season changing opportunity."
That is a lot to type in a text message.
It is still annoying but hardly worth league rules dictating responsiveness and such measures.
See, this is why I let trade offers dangle, especially if it is a no-brainer rejection. If Richardson ruptures his achilles in practice, I am going to stick the other owner with him.
Ebaker5 said:
Read a little further, said it was a generalization. Wanna quote this as a response too?
This. Just move on if someone isn't responsive. I had a commisioner of a league I played in for many years, always paying my fees on time, that booted me from a league because I wasn't responding to his bad trade offers in May. Just know some people are not as gung ho about fantasy football as you are or are not comfortable trading.davearm said:
I try to do this. I actually got a deal done recently that took 2 weeks to do but ended up being my first offer. He gave me the this is your first offer, you have to give me something. I told him I want to get the deal done, this is the most I will give, it is a fair price.
It's what you said in a nutshell of your own words.You want to take advantage of someone, want them to capitulate quickly, and think it's rude when they don't.
All of my leagues run waivers on wednesday. So any trade offers made on monday and tuesday are likely to be responded to on wednesday. I feel no need or desire to check everything every day. No big rush early in the week anyway.i know it's unpopular but I do kind of agree with this. It really isn't hard to check the league page once a day (although you shouldn't even have to because you get trade alerts via email). I just had a trade offer lapse after a couple of days, which is pretty frustrating, and while I know sometimes people agonise over a trade decision (you only need to spend 5 mins in the assistant coach forum to see this), I do think most of the time, you know pretty much right away if you are interested in an offer or not. If you aren't, just click decline. It always seems to be that way though, especially in larger size leagues - even when you do your best to weed out the more inactive owners or have a league buy in, there are always 2 or 3 teams who it is just pointless to send a trade offer to because you know they're hardly ever doing anything with their team.
That's fine if it were a redraft league, but a real killer for dynasty leagues. These types of owners should only play in redraft leagues if all they're interested in is drafting a team and leaving it as is and disappearing into the sunset.
I think that's a mistake if you really want to trade for TRich. You should make your best offer right away and tell him that you're making your best offer up front to show you're serious about trading. The hell with this haggling. Some owners haggle their way right out of a deal ,then they are left sitting with a blank stare on their face, along with drool seeping down their chin.
But you were trying to pull a fast one on him. hoping you wouldnt have to give up spiller or a better wr.
