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Old Sep 16, 2005, 03:35 AM // 03:35   #1
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He claimed it was the first time he was trying to scam anyone, but who knows. I didnt believe him.

He's trying to scam people into believing that Enslavement Stones can be used to get Greens from Collectors. I knew it was crap.

So be on the lookout for him, and make sure he doesnt scam anyone else.

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Old Sep 16, 2005, 03:39 AM // 03:39   #2
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Thing is...If you're dumb enough to believe that you kinda deserve it :/
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Old Sep 16, 2005, 03:40 AM // 03:40   #3
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Hey, new people cant know better, you have to remember that. Not everyone has been here forever.

And no one deserves to be scammed

No matter how stupid they are.
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Old Sep 16, 2005, 03:44 AM // 03:44   #4
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and what is he getting out of this? Seems to me like he is just giving false information, nothing scamming about that. O yah also arent u not suppose to post ppl's name on these boards?
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Old Sep 16, 2005, 03:46 AM // 03:46   #5
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LOL scam's! who can be so stupid to belive him c'mon peps y u even bother posting dis it general knowledge m8 LOL
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Old Sep 16, 2005, 04:31 AM // 04:31   #6
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Hey, new people cant know better, you have to remember that. Not everyone has been here forever.

And no one deserves to be scammed

No matter how stupid they are.

I disagree wholeheartedly. All those scammers deserved to be scammed in a massive bout of poetic justice, leaving them broke and naked in Ascalon city post searing for everyone to laugh at.
Along with the idiots who wear starter armour in the desert, the smiter monks who pretend to be healers to get into Tombs parties, the asshats who run off and aggro 60 things assuming themselves immortal because they're an uber leet W/Mo with a protector monk in the team...

Basically anybody who hasn't a lick of sense.
This will promote the skilled people to get OUT of Ascalon as quickly as possible and out into the rest of the game where they can trade fairly in Lion's Arch and be useful party members for Ascension missions and the like.
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Old Sep 16, 2005, 05:24 AM // 05:24   #7
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Thing is...If you're dumb enough to believe that you kinda deserve it :/
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Old Sep 16, 2005, 05:25 AM // 05:25   #8
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[QUOTE=Haku_Fudomine]and what is he getting out of this? Seems to me like he is just giving false information, nothing scamming about that. QUOTE]

unless of course he is selling enslavement stones for 500 gold each after telling people that, kinda like the people saying you can salvage ecto from dark remains, while their friend is in the same district selling dark remains for 200 gold each
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Old Sep 16, 2005, 05:28 AM // 05:28   #9
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Know your sources don't believe everything you hear. That's all there is to it.
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Old Sep 16, 2005, 05:42 AM // 05:42   #10
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LOL scam's! who can be so stupid to belive him c'mon peps y u even bother posting dis it general knowledge m8 LOL
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...?p=779#post779

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Old Sep 16, 2005, 08:23 AM // 08:23   #11
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I am always against scammers and I always say that fault is only on the side of scammers but in this case I wouldn´t consider it as scam.
In my opinion, scam is when someone tries to trick innocent person for his profit. I don´t see any profit for him here. It is the same case as for example : "You have to buy these musli bars, they will make you stronger". Is this statement true ? Of course not. Can uninformed person be tricked by it ? Yes. Do I have any profit from claiming that ? No. Did I scam you by claiming that ? In my opinion I didn´t.
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Old Sep 16, 2005, 08:39 AM // 08:39   #12
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depends on what you mean by profit. Humiliation could be profitable.
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Old Sep 16, 2005, 08:56 AM // 08:56   #13
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or like i said, if they or a friend are then trying to sell the stones for a high price, then they are profiting off of their lies
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Old Sep 16, 2005, 09:41 AM // 09:41   #14
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or like i said, if they or a friend are then trying to sell the stones for a high price, then they are profiting off of their lies
Yes, if he was selling it I would consider it scam too. But in other case I wouldn´t.
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Old Sep 16, 2005, 05:27 PM // 17:27   #15
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It's not a scam, it just sounds like a bit of misinformation to play on the gullible.

I've not exactly been an angel when it comes to giving out accurate info. Once in ToA, I told someone who was spamming the public chat with "Where is UW", that it's south of ToA, then left at the first portal. Also, restarting the game after a patch (the one after the economy reset), I replied to everyone's question of "What's New?" by saying that the underwear of female characters has been changed.

Even I fell for the dark remains/ecto salvage rumour, but I had so many dark remains anyway, it was better to sell them off and buy and ecto rather than to waste it on expert salvage kits just for the chance of salvaging one.

Moral to any kind of rumour is just to think about the plausibility of the whole thing.

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Old Sep 16, 2005, 05:32 PM // 17:32   #16
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What goes around, comes around. Make sure you have a karma surplus before you go out scamming.
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Old Sep 16, 2005, 05:32 PM // 17:32   #17
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It's not a scam, it just sounds like a bit of misinformation to play on the gullible.

your Vocabulary needs some help
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Old Sep 16, 2005, 05:53 PM // 17:53   #18
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"WTS green item for 200 gold"
trade pops up
I bid one green dye and say: "use it on any item to make it green"

Laught is on my side even though its a scam!
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Old Sep 16, 2005, 05:59 PM // 17:59   #19
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Well, you have to admit the guy's pretty smart. That would fool just about any newbie rolling in to post ascalon for the first time. But its wrong wrong dirty and wrong!
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Old Sep 17, 2005, 03:13 AM // 03:13   #20
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Wasnt aware I needed to post he was doing this for money, figured that was common sense.

Guess I was wrong.

He wanted 1.5K a pop.
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