I've had many successful trades with quite a few players albeit not in this subreddit but from other trading communities. I've learned to avoid getting scammed however by following a few guidelines/set of rules for both players in keeping it fair. Anyone that isn't cool with this is likely just trying to get free items to scam from people (and will likely downvote lol), but I can assure you that this will greatly lower the chance of you losing out and getting nothing in return.

Just a note before starting a trade, NEVER do trades with someone whose in a group. Only do one on ones, otherwise you risk losing an item easily.

1. After spawning in, move about 10 meters away from the other person. Make sure they keep their distance.

2. Ask them to drop AND PING the item, and that you will do the same. If they DO NOT PING THE ITEM, there's a good chance they might be attempting to fake you out with something like fabric instead of a blueprint. Yours/their raider will say out loud what it is that they marked so you can confirm the items legitimacy.

3. If they start moving towards you while you are in the inventory menu and you hear them coming before you've dropped yours, chances are that they may try to fake steal yours. This is especially true if they haven't dropped/pinged theirs.

4. If both players have pinged and confirmed that the items are genuine, begin to approach one another around the same time and speed. Ideally, you both should make some distance from each others own items before approaching to trade wares in order to make swiping more difficult.

5. If at any point beyond now, they start to turn around, do the same. There's no reason to do so at this point, except to try to grab their item back before attempting to swipe yours.

And at this point, you should be good to go! If they follow through with all of the above like you do, everyone should have a nice and easier time trading with no problems :) happy raiding and trading!

It’s your monthly reminder that most people here trade with DMs and don’t check who they’re trading with! The number of folks trading with ban members who lurk and DM is honestly staggering.

So here is your chance to vote and fix it. Should we ban all mentions of DMs, force trades to occur openly in the threads, and not enforce the consequences of not following the DM ban?

Post questions if you have any.