Well ... I opted to never give up and never surrender; so I finally discovered the minute detail that I had been missing to make interacting with the games traders possible.
It really should not have been that hard to parse that out. I came to gaming rather late and as a mature adult. I've been playing games for over a decade and this was obtuse as far as I'm concerned.
Gonna wish everyone else the best with it and head back into the game.
