How do you meet to trade?

[Opodomus]

This isn't a trade request but more a question about the process of trading. It could apply to meeting people for a run also, so I thought it appropriate to post here instead of in the trading forum.

How do you meet up with people? Do you schedule meetings? Do you just hope that they are on? The DS interface is horrible for meeting people on wifi unless you were already planning on meeting up with them ahead of time.

[Kirukia]

You add them to your friends list and then join their game.
It's usually pretty hard to get in a game without a preset plan.
But if they have a game up I suppose you can join it....Otherwise you're just SOL.

[Opodomus]

Yeah everyone I wanted to trade with was online while I was at work, then I get home and it took about 4 hours to trade with one of them, another was busy playing something else, and another was nowhere to be found. There's no way to contact them and tell them I'm ready and ask if I should wait for them or just go do something else.

[Kirukia]

You could post on their trade thread or PM them. That's the easiest way.