What? Also I didn't fall for the scam.
What? Also I didn't fall for the scam.
Actually, he has a point. The people buying the item from the shop with the intention of trading him, are guilty of just as much greed as he is.Originally Posted by Xymorg
I got scammed out of 20 bucks IRL once bc I let greed cloud my vision. Not one of my shining moments.
But yeah, if someone falls for the scam, they're letting their own greed get the best of them.
It does not matter, he does not force a buyer to blindly buy this item from him, the buyer makes that choice. You can bash Person A all you want to but when it comes down to it you have to turn a blind eye to the shady marketeer and point and laugh at the greedy buyer.
This is a total scam BTW. Even if the victim is being greedy (which you don't know, if they are dumb enough to fall for this they might truly have no clue about item values), they are still being baited into the deal by the actual scammer.
Haha "copyright" no Jk you can use it as you please.BTW "scam handed" is my new favorite termI'm making a quick chat with it
Basically, if something looks too good to be true, it probably is.
Do your research or risk being scammed.
Since when it baiting the same as scamming? Person A did not say "buy this item from the CS and I will give you this".
It's a clever scheme and while it may prey on the greed of others, who's to say one person's greed in this situation is worse that the others?
It's ultimately Person B's decision to blindly buy this item in hopes of "scamming" Person A out of a cheap set.
Glad someone sees eye to eye with me
Because the scammer instigated the situation. They intentionally preyed upon another player. Also they are the only person involved who is directly lying because they don't trade what they had offered if the item is sold. Scam all the way sorry, also not clever. Trust me some of the biggest morons I know in this game are doing this.
Notice how les said "or risk being scammed"Glad someone sees eye to eye with me
Last edited by Royce; 01-23-2011 at 05:44 PM.
Like I said, it's shady and what not but without Person's B stupidity and greed, this scheme would fail.Because the scammer instigated the situation. They intentionally preyed upon another player. Also they are the only person involved who is directly lying because they don't trade what they had offered if the item is sold. Scam all the way sorry, also not clever. Trust me some of the biggest morons I know in this game are doing this.
Notice how les said "or risk being scammed"
Moral of the story? Don't be a stupid greedy bastard and you won't lose 200k.
He is right, the person who gets scammed was thinking they could scam the buyer. In rubes mind:
1) Hate set is worth way more then 200K
2) I can buy this item the buyer is desperate to get for 200K.
3) I can then trade it for the hate set and make a mint off this noob who has no idea what item values are ( the mark has to know enough to know hate set is worth more then 200K).
4) instead of telling the 'noob' what he is looking for is on sale in CS for far less then the value of the trade, the rube decides to make a nice profit off the 'noob'.
Now that I can agree with
Sure, I can agree with that. After more consideration, it's actually not so bad if kids learn this lesson losing 200k gold (~lost in-game proceeds of about 3.5 hours of game play, which I hope they enjoy anyway). Your $20 RL example was more painful.
I wonder what the success rate per hour is of this scam. Better than green ice drop rates?
What I don't get is that if someone knows how much shadow sets are worth, they should already know that green items are worthless when compared to pinks. In fact, they should remember that staff dropping tons of times doing AO3. Of course with all of the recent powerlevelings, this is probably not true anymore.
Royce, while I agree it's a scam, it takes both parties for it to happen.
People play the market in PL all the time. It's a risk they're taking. So is someone who buys that staff.
Personally, I don't buy anything unless I need it. If you're going to buy something from someone/CS with the intention of reselling, you are taking a risk. So don't cry when it doesn't go your way.
The funniest ones are when they cry on facebook for the scammer to be banned.
Well the best scams are the ones that make the mark think he is scamming you.
exactly...
Lol. It is him. He posted his IGN on the powerlevel thread a min ago.Why do I have a feeling that guy is probably you?.....first post.Trying to persuade yourself it's not scamming, eh?
Oh no, I hate it when peope make my ignore list before I even meet them in game. Oh well, can't stand scammers, even if they prey on greed.
Excuse me?
Oooo burn.
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