Scammers putting junk on the AH.

[Viisari]

Quest items on the Auction house that are useless,( those that should Drop on quest completion, yet do not for some reason are still allowed to be kept?, yet are for sale by scammers in the AH for a lot of plat?

The game allows this even though they say this is against the rules and if caught you will be banned.

Is this enforced?

Next time use your head and eyes before using the auction house.

Results in fewer stupid forum threads.

I don't see why scamming should be against the rules in the first place *unless* it exploits game mechanics.

[arkonas]

if you buy an item off the auction house its not scamming. if you don't know what it is. why are you buying it? if you pay a million for an item that doesn't do anything. Who's fault is that? no the seller but the buyer.

[notte.oscura]

Oh my... it's just common sense... do you go in a store and buy an expensive merchandise without knowing what it is??
Ask around or check the wiki -> solved.

[Dysmetria]

This is FAR more likely a situation. Spend $5 online, receive instructions to put up a Gilded Scroll Case on the AH for 7m plat, receive 5m plat in return after AH fee. Give the Chinese and the Russians your credit card number!

I don't think it is likely at all.

Why would the seller eat 2 mil plat when they could trade character to character and not lose 1 plat?

Why would anyone want a 5 mil plat piece of mail they can't open and will expire since the character limit is less than 5 mil?

Finally, why would anyone commit the account bannable offence of buying plat from a third party when they can buy turbine codes and raid timer bypasses and creature companions and sell those to other players for plat legally?

[Alrik_Fassbauer]

Since no one knows the seller it could be some newer player to the game.

My thoughts, exactly. I assume that the person doesn't even know a "rule of conduct" on what to sell and what not for the Auction House. Where from ?

Me, I've been trying to sell items by it which I thought would be nice for low-level characters. A few of them sold, but not all.

If they don't want it, then I'll sell it. It's as simple as that.

But before - I'm giving low-level characters a chance to get this item, if they want it. For a resonable price, of course. I'm never charging more for "my" items than a few hundred Plat. I'm not exploiting. I'm not a capitalist.

And of course anyone in the higher levels regards this as "trash". Of course. We low-level players are the inferior folk.

[Cogdoc]

This is FAR more likely a situation. Spend $5 online, receive instructions to put up a Gilded Scroll Case on the AH for 7m plat, receive 5m plat in return after AH fee. Give the Chinese and the Russians your credit card number!

Max AH price is 2M though.

[Dragavon]

A scam is when someone tricks you into paying for something. I don't see how it's possible for anyone to trick you into buying this.

Chances are, they're not trying to scam people, they're using the auction house as storage.

This.

If someone puts something useless on the AH and an idiot buys it then good for them.

When you bid on something it is your responisbility to understand what you are bidding on and decide if the price is fair or not.

[ddo.rsmo.pt]

This is FAR more likely a situation. Spend $5 online, receive instructions to put up a Gilded Scroll Case on the AH for 7m plat, receive 5m plat in return after AH fee. Give the Chinese and the Russians [and the Americans] your credit card number!

...those might have slipped your mind there for a second...

[nibel]

The Pit Start Up Guide.

This one isn't bugged. You get it outside of the quest. And I recommend everyone to read it at least once. There is a few funny things here and there.

[Memnir]

This one isn't bugged. You get it outside of the quest. And I recommend everyone to read it at least once. There is a few funny things here and there.

Never said it was bugged - I was answering the question about useless items that can be sold on the AH. I had a guildie who made 35k selling one on the AH, and it remains hilarious.

[bigolbear]

on orien at the mo some arse is flooding the ah with +5 theives tools.

sold individualy.

technicaly not breaking the rules but...

showing the name of the poster would go a long way to cutting down on this sort of ****.

[bigolbear]

My thoughts, exactly. I assume that the person doesn't even know a "rule of conduct" on what to sell and what not for the Auction House. Where from ?

Me, I've been trying to sell items by it which I thought would be nice for low-level characters. A few of them sold, but not all.

If they don't want it, then I'll sell it. It's as simple as that.

But before - I'm giving low-level characters a chance to get this item, if they want it. For a resonable price, of course. I'm never charging more for "my" items than a few hundred Plat. I'm not exploiting. I'm not a capitalist.

And of course anyone in the higher levels regards this as "trash". Of course. We low-level players are the inferior folk.

Actualy im a 'high lvl' player and one of my characters - a lvl 24 wizy, regularly buys up every item on the AH that costs less than 500 plat and can be deconstructed.

Not only are you providing a decent price service to noobies, your also providing a decent price service to crafters. nothing wrong in what your doing - one mans junk is another mans treasure.

[Chai]

on orien at the mo some arse is flooding the ah with +5 theives tools.

sold individualy.

technicaly not breaking the rules but...

showing the name of the poster would go a long way to cutting down on this sort of ****.

No. Dont do this.

I dont feel like getting tells from people every 5 minutes who arent satisfied with my prices who think they know what the only real absolute price for everything on the server is.

[fco-karatekid]

on orien at the mo some arse is flooding the ah with +5 theives tools.

sold individualy.

technicaly not breaking the rules but...

showing the name of the poster would go a long way to cutting down on this sort of ****.

I found those handy when I was F2P, actually. Prevented walking and running out before I started hoarding them

[Druggo]

Quest items on the Auction house that are useless,( those that should Drop on quest completion, yet do not for some reason are still allowed to be kept?, yet are for sale by scammers in the AH for a lot of plat?

The game allows this even though they say this is against the rules and if caught you will be banned.

Is this enforced?

What item did you see on which server? Just curious. I don't think this is a scam in fact it's impossible to discern the intent.

[bigolbear]

fair comment chai.

What would you suggest to cut this kind of behaviour down - or dont you view it as an issue?

[fco-karatekid]

Actualy im a 'high lvl' player and one of my characters - a lvl 24 wizy, regularly buys up every item on the AH that costs less than 500 plat and can be deconstructed.

Not only are you providing a decent price service to noobies, your also providing a decent price service to crafters. nothing wrong in what your doing - one mans junk is another mans treasure.

Good idea, but out of curiosity, why 500 vs. a lower price? Just 'cause that's what you can stomach?

[fco-karatekid]

No. Dont do this.

I dont feel like getting tells from people every 5 minutes who arent satisfied with my prices who think they know what the only real absolute price for everything on the server is.

Yah, that's inviting grief. Even if you price too low purposefully, you will get "hah! noob! I just bought yer item and am reselling it higher"... great, Warren Buffet, knock yerself out.

[Luxgolg]

You mean the AH isnt meant as an auxillary bank?

[Druggo]

Quite frankly nine times out of ten I come into contact with gougers and scammers when trying to negotiate through pst. I've met some incredibly nice people through sales negotiations, they are very few and far between. But no hard feelings really. This is a game and people are free to play their strengths w/in the rules imo. If a person is scammed intentionally by another player they should file a report and follow up. I also find that scammers don't usually scam just once ...