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I've only recently become active on this site and it's been an awesome experience so far!  The fact that this issue came up is unfortunate but I trust that you will find a solution, it might just take some time. 

I personally will keep my account active and trade based on an agreed upon 3rd party site (e.g. one I buy cards from) and just look up values the way I do trades with friends and at the shop - that isn't a deal breaker for me!  It means a little copy and paste and a couple more messages in trade.  Though I can totally empathize with all the folks that are reactively putting their account on hiatus, I do think it's a little too soon.

I also understand the need to monetize the site.  This is a fact of life for every website/program and their users once it develops.  I think you actually went a very fair route by offering a new service rather than phasing out the existing trade system or forcing people to pay to trade.

I think the one suggestion I have that I think there is a reasonable consensus on is that some advance communication with the user base about the upcoming changes would have been appreciated.  Sure things happen on a tight schedule, but some notice is better than none.  This would also have given you an opportunity to get the buy in of your users by pitching the benefits of the change or its necessity.

~Tigerballs!