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Last Update: Thursday Dec 08, 2005

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Sorry, I'm not currently trading - time/money, the usual reasons

Apologies to anyone who hasn't had a reply to a trade request, I've had no internet connection for several weeks and a substandard one for months before that (if you're in the UK: stay well clear of freedom2surf)

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MY TRADING RULES

RULE 1: CHECK ALL DISCS BEFORE YOU SEND THEM Don't just play them for a few seconds -?extract the disc again to check?it properly. Exact Audio Copy is the standard program for CD traders. For DVDs there are many good programs, I use DVDdecrypter.

RULE 2: SEE RULE #1 I really can't stress this enough. I don't send bad discs and I don't want to receive bad discs, but I still get them even from "good" traders who have sent perfect discs in the past. This pisses me off because I have to waste time checking every disc and then emailing the trader to sort it out, just because they didn't spend a few minutes checking them in the first place. If you don't want to spend time?properly checking the discs then don't ask me for a trade! Simple.

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For future trading purposes, I'd like to know the source and generation of the show, if this is unknown, please warn me of this first.
MP3 sourced shows are only acceptable if unavailable from other sources, but must be stated before we trade.

I AM PRESENTLY BURNING TO:

  • CDs:?Taiyo Yuden unbranded 700mb/80min 1x-52x Professional Grade CDR made in Japan
  • DVDs: Datawrite 8x or 16x DVD-R (Fuji dye)

I use quality discs and I expect quality discs in return

Please don't ask me for:

  • DVD trades if you haven't any DVDs to trade! I'm not really interested in DVD for CD trades. Actually I'm not really interested in CD trades at all any more
  • B&Ps - I built up my collection without receiving B&Ps and I haven't time to do them for others, sorry

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New to trading? then please read on...

THE RULES (pretty standard rules expected by all good traders):

  • Honesty and good communication are the absolute laws of trading!!
  • If you contact me, then you send first. Exceptions made for those with good feedback/reputation
  • I nearly always turn trades around in 1-3 days and I always email when I receive/send discs. I would appreciate the same
  • Always use EAC for CDs and DVDdecrypter for DVDs (or a similar program) to extract to hard drive before burning. Do not?copy on-the-fly, this will be more likely to cause discs errors.
  • Use brand name CDs/DVDs, I won't send you crappy cheap generic discs and I won't accept them in return.
  • Always check your discs before you send them, make sure they will extract again without errors as well as play. I'm fed up with getting bad discs that play but can't be copied. Please don't waste my time and yours.

PACKAGING GUIDELINES:

  • I follow this: http://www.mcnichol.com/bnp/
  • Do not include jewel cases, they only get broken on the way. Use protective paper/pvc sleeves (one per disc!!)
  • No fibre mailers (if they get torn en route the fibres get all over the discs and damage them), use jiffy-type bubble envelopes instead or pack securely with cardboard/bubblewrap
  • DO NOT?write on discs. Use a post-it note or put?a slip of paper in with the disc instead
  • Include a note stating: who you are, what you have enclosed, and what you are expecting in return
  • Always send by airmail if you're not in UK, otherwise it can take about 6 weeks for surface mail to arrive
  • Not sure of anything? Just ask :-)

BURNING GUIDELINES:

Never use on-the-fly copying, you will have more discs errors. I use Exact Audio Copy or DVDdecrypter to extract to the hard drive and then for CDs I burn Disc-At-Once, never Track-At-Once. After burning, all discs are then re-checked for errors before I send them by extracting the disc to the hard drive again with Exact Audio Copy or DVD Decrypter . I expect the same in return. In particular, I get sent a lot of DVDs that won't copy. I check DVDs in dvddecrypter (or Nero toolkit) as soon as I receive them: I won't accept discs with read errors so don't send me them!!?

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