In a general sense, it helps if you participate in conversations on the board. As you'll see, I don't have a high reputation count, but there was no problem in setting up and executing on the trades I wanted within a few weeks of joining.
If your only interactions on the site are for trading, people won't even get an informal idea of what your reputation might be, and so they tend to be cautious. That's just the way of the world.
As a low-reputation-score participant, expect that if you want to trade, you'll have to do all the travel and make sure you turn up, pay what you agreed to pay, etc. While many ODTers are quite prepared to haggle a bit on prices, don't expect to have much success if you try and beat them down too much. There are few registered charities on here.
Also, if you and someone else with a higher reputation score are in competition for an item on offer, most ODTers will prefer to trade with the higher reputation, if all other things are equal. Them's the breaks.
It also helps to understand that a lot of the regulars on here can be total pricks at times, and that's just their idea of fun. ODT's not for sissies.
If your only interactions on the site are for trading, people won't even get an informal idea of what your reputation might be, and so they tend to be cautious. That's just the way of the world.
As a low-reputation-score participant, expect that if you want to trade, you'll have to do all the travel and make sure you turn up, pay what you agreed to pay, etc. While many ODTers are quite prepared to haggle a bit on prices, don't expect to have much success if you try and beat them down too much. There are few registered charities on here.
Also, if you and someone else with a higher reputation score are in competition for an item on offer, most ODTers will prefer to trade with the higher reputation, if all other things are equal. Them's the breaks.
It also helps to understand that a lot of the regulars on here can be total pricks at times, and that's just their idea of fun. ODT's not for sissies.
