How Do I Present Myself As Trustworthy As A New Swapper

Hello! 

I’ve been on Numista for some time now, mostly as a lurker. I’m thinking to start swapping, however I realise I don’t have any references, reviews or swaps under my belt here, which could give possible swap partners peace of mind.

My question is, what do people want to see when they swap? 

The only things I can think of are:

- Show clear images of coin/s on offer (with username and date written on a piece of paper)

- Pictures of certificates, if available 

- Especially because there’s no info on me, offer to post the coin first (as long as my swap partner is reputable?)

- Maybe use a middleman?? Perhaps if both of us are ‘new swappers’. However, do we even have a middleman service here in Numista? 😆

Anyways, these are it, but they seem obvious and basic. Don’t know what more I should do. Any suggestions and help from more experienced swappers would be appreciated 🙏 

It's easy, you need an interesting doubles list. (Not the case for the moment).

You have to pay a lot of attention to the YEAR of your doubles and their grade (quality).

You need to accept to send first, and your partner will only send, when your coins have arrived at his address.

That's how we all started.

After 10 successful swaps, you're like the rest of us, a respected swapper.

Sjoelund

It's easy, you need an interesting doubles list. (Not the case for the moment).

 

You have to pay a lot of attention to the YEAR of your doubles and their grade (quality).

 

You need to accept to send first, and your partner will only send, when your coins have arrived at his address.

 

That's how we all started.

 

After 10 successful swaps, you're like the rest of, a respected swapper.

Thanks for your reply!

Well, I mostly collect very ordinary world coins, so I know I don’t have anything special to offer 😆  In the future of course I’ll mostly be happy with other very ordinary world coins.

But for now, I have this one coin I want to get rid of, which I don’t think it’s too bad and hopefully will attract some interest:

N#302736

 For me it is good that you have been a member for 7 years. 

Since you live in the UK maybe you should think about checking your pocket change every evening and make a strong and differentiated amount of UK coins giving their years. That policy will hardly cost you a fortune. I collect UK coins by year and variety, and it's always hard to get the newest coins, when you don't live in the country…. I had expected to see many more UK coins in your doubles list. Worth thinking about, isn't it?

There are basically 2 types of questions discussed in this thread so far, so I will comment on both of them.

1. How to present yourself as trustworthy. Honestly, you don't need much. Usually, it is very often to spot a scammer here. They always ask for some more valuable coins or banknotes and are very quick to jump into agreeing, even though it seems not to be fair from their side. But there are not that many scammers here, fortunately. So, just start negotiating as a real swap you want to complete, and agree to send first. Sometimes if the swap is not that valuable, people will be ok sending the coins at the same time, even though you are a newbie, but still propose to send first. And just do a regular negotiation/discussion, without being unfair. If you are sending coins first, there is almost no risk for the other swapper, he will just wait for your coins to arrive and then send his/hers. So, don't worry about it.

2. The more complicated thing is actually to agree on the swap. Because you need to have some coins that the other person needs as well. And it needs to make sense to ship them, especially abroad. As Sjoelund mentioned, you should add more coins to your swap list. It may seem that your British circulating coins are not of interest to anyone, but they are, especially for those who live abroad. So, just add a bunch of British commemorative circulating coins to your swap list, especially of the very recent years because those will be that people miss in their collections. Add even a few 2022-2024 non-commemorative regular coins, some people would even want those.

Start swapping with people that you have a low postage cost first to build your swap ratings.

I also commented at some point earlier here about swapping, maybe read this thread, I am sure it will be useful.

Cheers!

Sjoelund

Since you live in the UK maybe you should think about checking your pocket change every evening and make a strong and differentiated amount of UK coins giving their years. That policy will hardly cost you a fortune. I collect UK coins by year and variety, and it's always hard to get the newest coins, when you don't live in the country…. I had expected to see many more UK coins in your doubles list. Worth thinking about, isn't it?

Very true. Sadly UK society is pretty cashless right now. Can't remember last time I paid in cash. I never thought about it as I am far more interested in foreign coins than this country's own 😆

I'll try to get back to it and see what comes through my fingers 👀 

iiruig

There are basically 2 types of questions discussed in this thread so far, so I will comment on both of them.

 

1. How to present yourself as trustworthy. Honestly, you don't need much. Usually, it is very often to spot a scammer here. They always ask for some more valuable coins or banknotes and are very quick to jump into agreeing, even though it seems not to be fair from their side. But there are not that many scammers here, fortunately. So, just start negotiating as a real swap you want to complete, and agree to send first. Sometimes if the swap is not that valuable, people will be ok sending the coins at the same time, even though you are a newbie, but still propose to send first. And just do a regular negotiation/discussion, without being unfair. If you are sending coins first, there is almost no risk for the other swapper, he will just wait for your coins to arrive and then send his/hers. So, don't worry about it.

 

2. The more complicated thing is actually to agree on the swap. Because you need to have some coins that the other person needs as well. And it needs to make sense to ship them, especially abroad. As Sjoelund mentioned, you should add more coins to your swap list. It may seem that your British circulating coins are not of interest to anyone, but they are, especially for those who live abroad. So, just add a bunch of British commemorative circulating coins to your swap list, especially of the very recent years because those will be that people miss in their collections. Add even a few 2022-2024 non-commemorative regular coins, some people would even want those.

 

Start swapping with people that you have a low postage cost first to build your swap ratings.

 

I also commented at some point earlier here about swapping, maybe read this thread, I am sure it will be useful.

 

Cheers!

Thanks a lot! It was very helpful! I'll try to add more to my swap list and start searching for trades of ordinary coins within the UK, to raise my ratings a little 😊

Your swap list has still not advanced with the common UK coins?

Sjoelund

Your swap list has still not advanced with the common UK coins?

Hahaha, no, sadly I've been very busy lately. Coins were the last thing I have been thinking about 😅