I’d love to hear some though on the benefit of fed-up users cashing out, vs. just not using their account any more. Technically, any unused account with a balance is service as a point sink, right? I understand that they won’t necessarily stop being negative while they still have points in the system. Cashing out doesn’t necessarily mean they will stop being negative either. I don’t think I have a stance on this, just curious if you see more of a benefit to one or the other.

Down the line you can essentially “expedite” getting cards by overpaying, and those willing to be patient can take advantage of this and gain value long term.

Also, last but not least – your point of this allowing fed up users to “cash out” is huge. Not only does it get these people out of the system with one or more cards they wanted, but it also helps reduce the number of people spreading negativity about the site in places like /r/pucatrade, something that affects point value almost more than all other factors combined.

I’d like one or two more point sinks implemented, but already the number of points is shrinking fast enough that I see people actually getting desperate to acquire more. It’s great that reciprocal trades are working for some users, but most people did not come to PucaTrade to move and acquire cards like that, and personally I actually feel reciprocal trades are quite harmful to the perceived value of PucaPoints. My hope is that Promoted Trades will take a chunk out of that trading and get people just sending cards without asking the recipient for cards to get sent back.