soul stone scam?? - Guild Wars Forums

kosh · Apr 11, 2007, 10:56 AM // 10:56

ok i see ppl trying to sell and buy the soulstone:
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/The_Soulstone
for like 60-80k...
now this guy tired to seel this:
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Soul_Stone

now... i know thats a scam... but does the real monk items going for 60-80k this days?

BenjZee · Apr 11, 2007, 11:05 AM // 11:05

omg, i know the name but honestly when people buy stuff they know what it looks like first. There will always be people scamming , we just have to put up with these useless atempts and tell them its not works.

Cacheelma · Apr 11, 2007, 11:12 AM // 11:12

OMG They look SO similar. People beware!

I MP I · Apr 11, 2007, 11:21 AM // 11:21

LOL Most retarded scam ever. According to the tyrian green pricing sticky, it goes for 3-5k and it's mispelled.

freekedoutfish · Apr 11, 2007, 11:23 AM // 11:23

OMG, thats uncanny. How can Anet ever let such an obvious scam continue. Those two items are virtually identical!!!!!! *glare*

The soul stone = a purplish, shiny, glimering rock.

Soul stone = something that looks like an eye!

Who in their right mind wouldnt click to trade, see the scammer sticking a dirty looking eye in the trade window and think "Hang on a minute.... "!

As another poster said, you would either have to be retarded, or not be paying any attention at all, to fall for that.

If your stupid enough to fall for that, then you deserve it.

You would also expect that if someone is wanting to buy "The soul stone", they must have done their research and know what it looks like. So they would know whether it was a big, ugly looking eye thing.

kosh · Apr 11, 2007, 11:25 AM // 11:25

strange thing is i sew ppl spamming wtb wtb it for that price... the guy that tried to scam me (i screen shot him, sent to a.net) tried to tell me that u can salvages it into a perfact +20% df.... sigh

freek, trust me i know

i think after 16 months of game i deserve that

im just saying in the last few days ive seen lots of fuss about soulstone. now there nothing new about those items, so... i just wonder.

all i can see is that soul reaping monk using hb might get some extra duration on ha out of it. but ppl tring to buy it for 60k? and yes i sew a guy spamming TOa for an hour with wtb wtb,

so again.. my q is: whats the big fuss out of the blue?

p.s i have a soul stone from back in the days when boon prot was leet so i know how it looks taste and even sound, ive just traded with that guy to see if im missing anything cuz the just sounded bad to me paying 60k for that ( even if it was the real one) (lol he said is a discount and guru say its worth 85k...lol )

Mike_version2 · Apr 11, 2007, 01:43 PM // 13:43

they look nothing alike...you don't even have to pay very much attention to notice that

Konrow · Apr 11, 2007, 01:46 PM // 13:46

it also isn't worth 60k. Thats way too overpriced imo for The Soulstone.

Jetdoc · Apr 11, 2007, 01:46 PM // 13:46

It's probably the same people that fall for the Glob of Ectoplasm for the "new fangled" Frozen Glob of Ectoplasm trade...

zwei2stein · Apr 11, 2007, 02:40 PM // 14:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by kosh

but ppl tring to buy it for 60k? and yes i sew a guy spamming TOa for an hour with wtb wtb,

so again.. my q is: whats the big fuss out of the blue?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shill

basically, some buddy of seller shoults extraordinary WTB to make people believe.

Its easy to fall for it ... random person shouts WTS junk, 20k while someone else WTB junk 80k ... chance are, you will see it as opportunity for quick easy buck that you dotn want to miss, buy junk from WTS guy, but then WTB guy just ignores you or tells you he got one already.

then both WTs and WTB guys share profit.

Basically, yeah, its scam.

lakatz · Apr 11, 2007, 04:16 PM // 16:16

You didn't say how much you saw the soul stones (two words) from the Echovald Forest sell for, but it's not a scam unless the price was seriously inflated. It's common practice to buy and sell soulstones and other drops used for trading with collectors. I've seen the price vary considerably determined by what the buyer is willing to pay. They're not a real common drop, but they're common enough I personally wouldn't pay more than 100g each. Hmmmm... Yiwong, the collector in Imperial Sanctum, has a flame artifact for 5 soul stones I think I might get.

The 60-80k for The (Gardock) Soulstone (one word) is a super inflated price. Guru PC has it at 3-5K.

HawkofStorms · Apr 11, 2007, 05:30 PM // 17:30

Agree with Lakatz. It might not neccessarily be a scam. Might just be a somebody who thought you really were looking for a soul stone (collector item). When Factions first came out, some guy in alliance chat spammed that he was looking to buy a soulstone and I thought he meant the collectors drop.

Now, obviously if the guy in alliance chat had said he was paying 60k, I would have realized he was probablly talking about something else. But unless you specify that you are looking for the green, there is no way to know if this is an active scam or not.

TheLichMonky · Apr 11, 2007, 10:51 PM // 22:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by lakatz

You didn't say how much you saw the soul stones (two words) from the Echovald Forest sell for, but it's not a scam unless the price was seriously inflated. It's common practice to buy and sell soulstones and other drops used for trading with collectors. I've seen the price vary considerably determined by what the buyer is willing to pay. They're not a real common drop, but they're common enough I personally wouldn't pay more than 100g each. Hmmmm... Yiwong, the collector in Imperial Sanctum, has a flame artifact for 5 soul stones I think I might get.

The 60-80k for The (Gardock) Soulstone (one word) is a super inflated price. Guru PC has it at 3-5K.

No its not, if someone is selling an ecto for 100k each thats not a scam, simply because its just stupidity =O but if they say selling ectos and they give you muursat tokens then its a scam =p

Thom Bangalter · Apr 12, 2007, 01:09 AM // 01:09

wts soul stone 80k.

lakatz · Apr 12, 2007, 02:40 AM // 02:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheLichMonky

No its not, if someone is selling an ecto for 100k each thats not a scam, simply because its just stupidity =O but if they say selling ectos and they give you muursat tokens then its a scam =p

Good point... taken.

Apr 11, 2007, 10:56 AM // 10:56	#1
kosh Krytan Explorer Join Date: Dec 2005 Guild: hydrponic agriculture society [Herb] Profession: Mo/	soul stone scam?? ok i see ppl trying to sell and buy the soulstone: http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/The_Soulstone for like 60-80k... now this guy tired to seel this: http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Soul_Stone now... i know thats a scam... but does the real monk items going for 60-80k this days?

Apr 11, 2007, 11:25 AM // 11:25	#6
kosh Krytan Explorer Join Date: Dec 2005 Guild: hydrponic agriculture society [Herb] Profession: Mo/	strange thing is i sew ppl spamming wtb wtb it for that price... the guy that tried to scam me (i screen shot him, sent to a.net) tried to tell me that u can salvages it into a perfact +20% df.... sigh freek, trust me i know i think after 16 months of game i deserve that im just saying in the last few days ive seen lots of fuss about soulstone. now there nothing new about those items, so... i just wonder. all i can see is that soul reaping monk using hb might get some extra duration on ha out of it. but ppl tring to buy it for 60k? and yes i sew a guy spamming TOa for an hour with wtb wtb, so again.. my q is: whats the big fuss out of the blue? p.s i have a soul stone from back in the days when boon prot was leet so i know how it looks taste and even sound, ive just traded with that guy to see if im missing anything cuz the just sounded bad to me paying 60k for that ( even if it was the real one) (lol he said is a discount and guru say its worth 85k...lol ) Last edited by kosh; Apr 11, 2007 at 11:33 AM // 11:33..

Apr 11, 2007, 04:16 PM // 16:16	#11
lakatz Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jun 2006	NOT necessarily a scam... You didn't say how much you saw the soul stones (two words) from the Echovald Forest sell for, but it's not a scam unless the price was seriously inflated. It's common practice to buy and sell soulstones and other drops used for trading with collectors. I've seen the price vary considerably determined by what the buyer is willing to pay. They're not a real common drop, but they're common enough I personally wouldn't pay more than 100g each. Hmmmm... Yiwong, the collector in Imperial Sanctum, has a flame artifact for 5 soul stones I think I might get. The 60-80k for The (Gardock) Soulstone (one word) is a super inflated price. Guru PC has it at 3-5K.

Apr 11, 2007, 11:05 AM // 11:05	#2
BenjZee Forge Runner Join Date: Dec 2006 Guild: The Overacheivers [Club] Profession: Mo/	omg, i know the name but honestly when people buy stuff they know what it looks like first. There will always be people scamming , we just have to put up with these useless atempts and tell them its not works.

Apr 11, 2007, 11:12 AM // 11:12	#3
Cacheelma Desert Nomad Join Date: Jun 2005 Guild: The Ascalon Union Profession: Me/Mo	OMG They look SO similar. People beware!

Apr 11, 2007, 11:21 AM // 11:21	#4
I MP I Hustler Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: in between GW2 servers Profession: Mo/	LOL Most retarded scam ever. According to the tyrian green pricing sticky, it goes for 3-5k and it's mispelled.

Apr 11, 2007, 11:23 AM // 11:23	#5
freekedoutfish Furnace Stoker Join Date: Jun 2006 Profession: E/	OMG, thats uncanny. How can Anet ever let such an obvious scam continue. Those two items are virtually identical!!!!!! glare The soul stone = a purplish, shiny, glimering rock. Soul stone = something that looks like an eye! Who in their right mind wouldnt click to trade, see the scammer sticking a dirty looking eye in the trade window and think "Hang on a minute.... "! As another poster said, you would either have to be retarded, or not be paying any attention at all, to fall for that. If your stupid enough to fall for that, then you deserve it. You would also expect that if someone is wanting to buy "The soul stone", they must have done their research and know what it looks like. So they would know whether it was a big, ugly looking eye thing.

Apr 11, 2007, 01:43 PM // 13:43	#7
Mike_version2 Krytan Explorer Join Date: May 2006	they look nothing alike...you don't even have to pay very much attention to notice that

Apr 11, 2007, 01:46 PM // 13:46	#8
Konrow Krytan Explorer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: NY, New York Guild: Warlords of Earth [WAR]	it also isn't worth 60k. Thats way too overpriced imo for The Soulstone.

Apr 11, 2007, 01:46 PM // 13:46	#9
Jetdoc Hell's Protector Join Date: Jul 2005 Guild: The Eyes of Texas [BEVO] Profession: D/A	It's probably the same people that fall for the Glob of Ectoplasm for the "new fangled" Frozen Glob of Ectoplasm trade...

Apr 11, 2007, 05:30 PM // 17:30	#12
HawkofStorms Hall Hero Join Date: Aug 2005 Profession: E/	Agree with Lakatz. It might not neccessarily be a scam. Might just be a somebody who thought you really were looking for a soul stone (collector item). When Factions first came out, some guy in alliance chat spammed that he was looking to buy a soulstone and I thought he meant the collectors drop. Now, obviously if the guy in alliance chat had said he was paying 60k, I would have realized he was probablly talking about something else. But unless you specify that you are looking for the green, there is no way to know if this is an active scam or not.

Apr 12, 2007, 01:09 AM // 01:09	#14
Thom Bangalter Grindin' Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: MO Profession: E/Mo	wts soul stone 80k.