I suspect you guys allready know about this one, but the trade missions that require you to collect cargo from station <blah> where "unfortunately we havent been able to contact any of our agents at the station, if you buy the cargo we'll pay you back" dont pay you back. They give you the reward for the mission, but dont pay you back what you spent on the cargo. This doesnt affect me much since i now have the centaur and approx 3mil credits, but it could be a problem for a new player.

Well .. for some reason (laziness) i rarely go to that particular station and buy cargo there.. i just come to the nearest that have it, pack and just go back (i have 40 itani electronicks in s9 and even more in s11). The answer for that problem is to raise (a little) bountys for doing that mission within timeframe (double the normal bounty for example). If you are good trader you can even get good money from it.. if you are not..then.. it's your problem..

BTW accomplishing mission within timeframe should raise xp a little.. (i belive that there is a thread about this)

Besides.. good trader will take something extra and sold it with a profit (which would compenstate the money loss during the mission)