One of the best things to do is to put a price tag on each trader you bring. Another is to remember that the price guides are just that. They will will give you an indication of the nornal retail price of a chip. If someone wants to trade his $8 chip for your $9 chip do you really worry about that extra dollar? If you do you probably won't be a sucessfull trader. My advise in this case is to not worry about it - you will get the better end of the next deal. There is at least $100,000 worth of trades done at the pre-convention banquet and if I have a chip you want and you have a chip I want then we have a deal. I don't think that there are very many people out there who will cheat you but if you offer them something at a huge discount they may take advantage of you. After all YOU made the offer.

I found that the biggest problem for a newcomer is that you may not know the person on the other end of the trade. Or may not know who to search out to get chips you want. After a few years of putting names with faces it gets a lot easier. Yes it can be intimidating but there are a lot of newer members at every banquet and they need almost anything you have. One way to get your trading partners lined up is to reserve a whole table. No matter what just remember that it is all supposed to be fun.