I just started recently as well, and totally agree with Sheherezade and Longshanks. You can read the questions in Forum, or go to Wiki and educate yourself on how to play, and how to get more out of the game. What in the world are you sitting around stuck waiting to trade, anyway? Why not figure a way to produce whatever it is? There is much to learn by reading the Guides provided, Nobody is going to come to your couch and hold your hand and tell you what to do. That would be no fun. Part of the fun is figuring out how things work, and how to get around something you think is a roadblock. Whining never solves anything. If others have figured it out, and you can't, maybe the problem is you? You've probably given up by now, anyway.