OMFG Is There Anything I Can Do About This? (I Got Scammed) - Guild Wars Forums

X Vanchatron X · Apr 12, 2008, 03:29 PM // 15:29

So I was selling a fellblade in Kamadan & this guy comes over to me & offers me the amount I was looking for, but when I clicked accept it said something along the lines of "the trade was cancelled". He then said "maybe it's the trade bug or something". So I suggested that we try & trade outside Kamadan in an explorable area.

We got outside and still the same problem occured. He then dropped an Elite Paragon Tome & trade with me thinking maybe his inventory was full or something, yet the same thing happened and he said "it's not my inventory, hmm". Thinking nothing of it I said to him "I can drop the fellblade, and you drop the cash?". So he agrees & I drop the fellblade thinking "he can't scam me because he's all the way over there, if he decides to run & grab it I'll just pick it back up again".

The second I dropped the fellblade, he just teleports to me & picks up the Fellblade then goes "hahahaha never drop anything outside noob" and zones. Then just puts me on his ignore list.

Fair enough, it was only 35k, but it's still annoying as hell. I just wanted to put my fist through the wall as soon as he did it, because I knew for certain he wasn't gonna give it back, and I know he's just gonna get away with it completely.

Here's a screenshot showing part of the conversation that took place, although I didn't actually get a screenshot of him teleporting to me because it was so unexpected.

EDIT: Screenshot removed.

Is there ANYTHING I can do about this at all? I don't understand how people can do this to others & not think that anything will come back to bite them in the future. I believe in Karma 100% and I could NEVER do this to anybody, because I'd feel that something like this would happen to me in the future. Even if you don't believe in Karma, I don't get how people can just do this so easily without even giving a crap about how the other person is gonna feel about it.

I doubt anything can be done and another little sh*t is gonna get away with this once again.

Floodland · Apr 12, 2008, 03:34 PM // 15:34

Oh, hell, you fell for the "trade bug" trick. Ouch. I'm not really sure that there's much you can do. You could make a report, but I'm not entirely certain how useful that'd be, especially since, as you say, you've not got a screenie of him teleporting to you.

agallor6 · Apr 12, 2008, 03:36 PM // 15:36

first off its a known rule by most everyone to never ever drop anything outside when someone looking to buy asks you no matter what he is saying. It usually ends up being someone looking to scam you, and this guy actually found someone that would agree to it. Second I do not really thing there is anything you can do unless you report it with all the screen shots,but than again you still dropped the item outside making it free to anyone I personally think.

legendary4321 · Apr 12, 2008, 03:37 PM // 15:37

some1 tryed that on me but ig ot him,i made sure of it because i wached him. anyways,my idem was worth over 100k and i made sure of it that i wasent getting scamed,sorry about your loss man. dont think there is anything u can do about it

Accursed · Apr 12, 2008, 03:40 PM // 15:40

There is nothing we could do for you. I wouldn't even bother sending a report in since you don't have the actual proof he teleported.

payne · Apr 12, 2008, 03:41 PM // 15:41

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Originally Posted by Floodland

Oh, hell, you fell for the "trade bug" trick. Ouch. I'm not really sure that there's much you can do. You could make a report, but I'm not entirely certain how useful that'd be, especially since, as you say, you've not got a screenie of him teleporting to you.

shadow-step ftw..just shadow charge or whatnot to target ally and yippee noob scams !!!

Floodland · Apr 12, 2008, 03:44 PM // 15:44

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Originally Posted by payne

shadow-step ftw..just shadow charge or whatnot to target ally and yippee noob scams !!!

Aye, the sad truth. Still, if a drop-trade's done, it's almost certainly going to happen.

X Vanchatron X · Apr 12, 2008, 03:49 PM // 15:49

What complete bullsh*t. I can't believe this. Is there even such thing as a "trade bug"? I take it the answer is no.

Floodland · Apr 12, 2008, 03:54 PM // 15:54

You would be correct.

Kook~NBK~ · Apr 12, 2008, 03:55 PM // 15:55

Nothing you can do except remove the names from the pic and learn from your mistake. There's only 5 reasons a trade won't go through:

1. Not enough room in your inventory
2. Not enough room in other party's invnetory
3. You've got too much gold on you.
4. The other party's got too much gold
5. Someone clicks on the "cancel" button.

X Vanchatron X · Apr 12, 2008, 04:04 PM // 16:04

OK

Thanks.

rose of zg · Apr 12, 2008, 04:04 PM // 16:04

rofl ....dont trust them

Someone clicks on the "cancel" button.

lol

nbajammer · Apr 12, 2008, 04:11 PM // 16:11

And you even asked if it was okay to drop the item!

mistokibbles · Apr 12, 2008, 04:12 PM // 16:12

No, you can't. It's your fault.

kobey · Apr 12, 2008, 04:14 PM // 16:14

You gave him so many opportunities to scam you. I will be amazed if he didn't.

Kusandaa · Apr 12, 2008, 04:15 PM // 16:15

It's a common scam, been talked about so many times on guru... never drop an item to trade it.

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Originally Posted by nbajammer

And you even asked if it was okay to drop the item!

Yeah, like they'd say "No don't drop it, I'm gonna scam you!", lol.

X Vanchatron X · Apr 12, 2008, 04:25 PM // 16:25

Why does this type of thread always turn into a flame fest against the OP? I asked if there was anything I could do about it, I didn't expect people to be all like "rofl n00b, you g0t pwntz0r'd, its j00r fault haha lawlz". I know it's my fault, I never said it wasn't. Who's fault would it be? it wouldn't be your fault would it, it's obviously mine.

We were like 20 paces apart, I didn't expect him to teleport to me, especially considering he was a Necro. How many people actually look at the person's 2nd profession that they're trading with? It's just not relevant to the trade, so it's ignored by most.

Quaker · Apr 12, 2008, 04:27 PM // 16:27

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Originally Posted by X Vanchatron X

What complete bullsh*t. I can't believe this. Is there even such thing as a "trade bug"? I take it the answer is no.

I'm sure there probably can be a "trade bug" under some obscure circumstances, but dropping the item ain't gonna cure it.

Two rules - never anger a Norn and never drop anything valuable.

Accursed · Apr 12, 2008, 04:29 PM // 16:29

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Originally Posted by X Vanchatron X

Why does this type of thread always turn into a flame fest against the OP? I asked if there was anything I could do about it, I didn't expect people to be all like "rofl n00b, you g0t pwntz0r'd, its j00r fault haha lawlz". I know it's my fault, I never said it wasn't. Who's fault would it be? it wouldn't be your fault would it, it's obviously mine.

We were like 20 paces apart, I didn't expect him to teleport to me, especially considering he was a Necro. How many people actually look at the person's 2nd profession that they're trading with? It's just not relevant to the trade, so it's ignored by most.

I'm going to kindly ask you to stfu

We are trying to help you with your problem and your telling us that we are turning this into a flame fest...

GG Troll

X Vanchatron X · Apr 12, 2008, 04:30 PM // 16:30

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Originally Posted by Quaker

I'm sure there probably can be a "trade bug" under some obscure circumstances, but dropping the item ain't gonna cure it.

No it wouldn't cure the trade bug, but it'd allow people to trade things... One person drops the cash, the other drops the item. Then on the count of 3 they move to the other person's cash/item & there you go, trade done. Although there's not a lot fo trustworthy people left in the world.

Apr 12, 2008, 03:29 PM // 15:29	#1
X Vanchatron X Banned Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: UK Profession: E/	OMFG Is There Anything I Can Do About This? (I Got Scammed) So I was selling a fellblade in Kamadan & this guy comes over to me & offers me the amount I was looking for, but when I clicked accept it said something along the lines of "the trade was cancelled". He then said "maybe it's the trade bug or something". So I suggested that we try & trade outside Kamadan in an explorable area. We got outside and still the same problem occured. He then dropped an Elite Paragon Tome & trade with me thinking maybe his inventory was full or something, yet the same thing happened and he said "it's not my inventory, hmm". Thinking nothing of it I said to him "I can drop the fellblade, and you drop the cash?". So he agrees & I drop the fellblade thinking "he can't scam me because he's all the way over there, if he decides to run & grab it I'll just pick it back up again". The second I dropped the fellblade, he just teleports to me & picks up the Fellblade then goes "hahahaha never drop anything outside noob" and zones. Then just puts me on his ignore list. Fair enough, it was only 35k, but it's still annoying as hell. I just wanted to put my fist through the wall as soon as he did it, because I knew for certain he wasn't gonna give it back, and I know he's just gonna get away with it completely. Here's a screenshot showing part of the conversation that took place, although I didn't actually get a screenshot of him teleporting to me because it was so unexpected. EDIT: Screenshot removed. Is there ANYTHING I can do about this at all? I don't understand how people can do this to others & not think that anything will come back to bite them in the future. I believe in Karma 100% and I could NEVER do this to anybody, because I'd feel that something like this would happen to me in the future. Even if you don't believe in Karma, I don't get how people can just do this so easily without even giving a crap about how the other person is gonna feel about it. I doubt anything can be done and another little sht is gonna get away with this once again. Last edited by X Vanchatron X; Apr 12, 2008 at 04:03 PM // 16:03..*

Apr 12, 2008, 03:34 PM // 15:34	#2
Floodland Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Apr 2008 Guild: Syphon Squadron [SS] Profession: Rt/	Oh, hell, you fell for the "trade bug" trick. Ouch. I'm not really sure that there's much you can do. You could make a report, but I'm not entirely certain how useful that'd be, especially since, as you say, you've not got a screenie of him teleporting to you.

Apr 12, 2008, 03:36 PM // 15:36	#3
agallor6 Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Jul 2006 Profession: N/R	first off its a known rule by most everyone to never ever drop anything outside when someone looking to buy asks you no matter what he is saying. It usually ends up being someone looking to scam you, and this guy actually found someone that would agree to it. Second I do not really thing there is anything you can do unless you report it with all the screen shots,but than again you still dropped the item outside making it free to anyone I personally think.

Apr 12, 2008, 03:37 PM // 15:37	#4
legendary4321 Krytan Explorer Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: nomads isle Guild: I Savant I[Crew]4life Profession: W/	some1 tryed that on me but ig ot him,i made sure of it because i wached him. anyways,my idem was worth over 100k and i made sure of it that i wasent getting scamed,sorry about your loss man. dont think there is anything u can do about it

Apr 12, 2008, 03:40 PM // 15:40	#5
Accursed Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Sep 2007	There is nothing we could do for you. I wouldn't even bother sending a report in since you don't have the actual proof he teleported.

Apr 12, 2008, 03:49 PM // 15:49	#8
X Vanchatron X Banned Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: UK Profession: E/	What complete bullsh*t. I can't believe this. Is there even such thing as a "trade bug"? I take it the answer is no.

Apr 12, 2008, 03:54 PM // 15:54	#9
Floodland Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Apr 2008 Guild: Syphon Squadron [SS] Profession: Rt/	You would be correct.

Apr 12, 2008, 03:55 PM // 15:55	#10
Kook~NBK~ Grotto Attendant Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: A little chalet outside Drok's Guild: Natural Born Killaz	Nothing you can do except remove the names from the pic and learn from your mistake. There's only 5 reasons a trade won't go through: 1. Not enough room in your inventory 2. Not enough room in other party's invnetory 3. You've got too much gold on you. 4. The other party's got too much gold 5. Someone clicks on the "cancel" button.

Apr 12, 2008, 04:04 PM // 16:04	#11
X Vanchatron X Banned Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: UK Profession: E/	OK Thanks.

Apr 12, 2008, 04:04 PM // 16:04	#12
rose of zg Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: croatia Guild: [CM] Profession: Mo/	rofl ....dont trust them Someone clicks on the "cancel" button. lol

Apr 12, 2008, 04:11 PM // 16:11	#13
nbajammer Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Iowa Guild: Blade And Rose [BaR] Profession: Mo/	And you even asked if it was okay to drop the item!

Apr 12, 2008, 04:12 PM // 16:12	#14
mistokibbles Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Mar 2008 Profession: N/A	No, you can't. It's your fault.

Apr 12, 2008, 04:14 PM // 16:14	#15
kobey GW Retiree Join Date: Nov 2005 Guild: Sg Unknown [KATE] Profession: W/	You gave him so many opportunities to scam you. I will be amazed if he didn't.

Apr 12, 2008, 04:25 PM // 16:25	#17
X Vanchatron X Banned Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: UK Profession: E/	Why does this type of thread always turn into a flame fest against the OP? I asked if there was anything I could do about it, I didn't expect people to be all like "rofl n00b, you g0t pwntz0r'd, its j00r fault haha lawlz". I know it's my fault, I never said it wasn't. Who's fault would it be? it wouldn't be your fault would it, it's obviously mine. We were like 20 paces apart, I didn't expect him to teleport to me, especially considering he was a Necro. How many people actually look at the person's 2nd profession that they're trading with? It's just not relevant to the trade, so it's ignored by most.