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The scamming situation.
« on: September 11, 2011, 04:05:40 am »
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Can you, if possible, add an option to sell Heirloom points on the market so we can have less threads on the forum about people who were extremely naive to trust a stranger on the internet.

If not possible, can you make it a rule that if people are scammed because they trusted someone they shouldn't have, they can go post it in a name and shame thread for all to see, which could be a stickied thread, rather than having several people all making threads on GD, QQing about it.

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Re: The scamming situation.
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2011, 06:34:10 am »
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I believe this market causes more trouble than what good comes out of it...
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Re: The scamming situation.
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2011, 08:20:20 am »
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Hmm no, I switched half my heirloom on it and i'm quite happy about it.
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Re: The scamming situation.
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2011, 08:21:48 am »
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I believe this market causes more trouble than what good comes out of it...


I believe that it has done much more good then harm, and that we naturally hear more about the scams then we do about the nice happy transfers. "The Squeeky Wheel gets the grease" is a saying where I am from that applies rather well to this.

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Re: The scamming situation.
« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2011, 12:30:28 pm »
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yes. I guess the problem is that trading with "heirloom points" was never intended when opening the market.
 
But since it does no harm other than this scamming and there is neither reason nor method to prohibit it effectively it would be only good for all involved to make it open and accessible for everyone.

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Re: The scamming situation.
« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2011, 08:35:44 pm »
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Scams should just be a part of the game like everything else, if you are dumb enough to get scammed it's your fault.

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Re: The scamming situation.
« Reply #6 on: September 12, 2011, 08:48:06 pm »
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this guy^^ = retard


Heirloom should be able to be sold on market would elminate all scamming
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Re: The scamming situation.
« Reply #7 on: September 12, 2011, 08:52:48 pm »
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I'm not sure how I'm the one that's a retard, I haven't been scammed vOv

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Re: The scamming situation.
« Reply #8 on: September 13, 2011, 12:02:29 pm »
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Scams should just be a part of the game like everything else, if you are dumb enough to get scammed it's your fault.

yeah... we also need a real money market with microtransactions! we need that with silver you buy regular stuff and purchasing gold with real cash.

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Re: The scamming situation.
« Reply #9 on: September 13, 2011, 12:04:42 pm »
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I believe this market causes more trouble than what good comes out of it...

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Re: The scamming situation.
« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2011, 12:09:43 pm »
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Re: The scamming situation.
« Reply #11 on: September 13, 2011, 12:25:38 pm »
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Here is a short guide, how not to be scammed:

Step 1) Exchange your item for an item of equal value. If you want your +1 Item (Item A) upgraded, get a +1 Item (Item B) in exchange for yours from the person.

Step 2)  The dealer puts +2 ITEM A up for trade for +1 ITEM B and the amount of cash he wanted.

This ensures that you always have insurance. If the other person doesnt come through. You lost a +1 item, you gained a +1 item and didn't lose any money.
If the dealer doesn't have any loomed items to trade, this might be a shady guy, don't trust him.
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Re: The scamming situation.
« Reply #12 on: September 13, 2011, 12:29:33 pm »
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Here is a short guide, how not to be scammed:

Step 1) Exchange your item for an item of equal value. If you want your +1 Item (Item A) upgraded, get a +1 Item (Item B) in exchange for yours from the person.

Step 2)  The dealer puts +2 ITEM A up for trade for +1 ITEM B and the amount of cash he wanted.

This ensures that you always have insurance. If the other person doesnt come through. You lost a +1 item, you gained a +1 item and didn't lose any money.
If the dealer doesn't have any loomed items to trade, this might be a shady guy, don't trust him.

This is how i've always done it too, that OR you know the person well/they have a good rep in community.

Also I kinda don't trust anyone whose forum account has been open for less than a month, I just make that my own personal rule xD
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Re: The scamming situation.
« Reply #13 on: September 13, 2011, 12:30:50 pm »
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How about instead of scammer names put a list of trustworthy people? I sold like tons of loompoints and no issues so far  :mrgreen:

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Re: The scamming situation.
« Reply #14 on: September 13, 2011, 12:40:23 pm »
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How about instead of scammer names put a list of trustworthy people? I sold like tons of loompoints and no issues so far  :mrgreen:

because there are by far less scammers than trusted people. the list will be too long.