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Old Aug 24, 2007, 03:17 AM // 03:17   #1
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Default New Scam: Moa Eggs for sale!
I've been receiving reports of players trying to sell Moa Eggs for outrageous prices. While this has only been introduced today, it's already causing a riot. Someone put an end to this madness! I mean, you can obtain them for free.

Scammers have been spotted at:

Lion's Arch
Kamadan
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Old Aug 24, 2007, 03:17 AM // 03:17   #2
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-.o are you fricking kidding?
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Old Aug 24, 2007, 03:18 AM // 03:18   #3
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No, 100k was a price someone asked.
There are always scammers.
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Old Aug 24, 2007, 03:20 AM // 03:20   #4
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One guy in Kamadan was saying that these eggs will hatch you into gwen......
Another said (with a disclaimer) that it may turn into a new mini pet.....
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Old Aug 24, 2007, 03:23 AM // 03:23   #5
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What are the eggs for? And where do you get them?
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Old Aug 24, 2007, 03:24 AM // 03:24   #6
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This is not a scam. It is trying to make a profit on an item that may be unknown to the buyer...There is NOTHING wrong with that. Especially for players who do not own prophecies.

If players choose not to find out for themselves how to get one, thats their own problem.
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Old Aug 24, 2007, 03:24 AM // 03:24   #7
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And this image supports the idea that it might turn into a minipet: http://flickr.com/photos/mmognation/1047945257

Just like any Green item that can be obtained for free, and like any glob of ectoplasm that can be obtained for free, the Moa Egg can be obtained for free. Selling it is not a crime, just as selling a green weapon, altheas ashes, or minipet is not a crime.

Scammers are people selling who say it WILL turn into something. Selling it and saying you have no clue what the hell it will do is an entirely different story.

Also, please direct attention towards the guildwiki post for more information on it, speculation, and how to obtain it:
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Moa_Egg
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Old Aug 24, 2007, 03:25 AM // 03:25   #8
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well its bad to scam but i guess you gotta know that it sometimes is very unrealistic.

Gwen wouldn't hatch from an egg lol.
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Old Aug 24, 2007, 03:32 AM // 03:32   #9
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But it's way easier to obtain than a unique weapon or a Glob of Ectoplasm. Such items require work, but items like the Moa Egg, Gwen's Broken Flute, or Beautiful Pearl are simple to aquire. Why not sell a Red Iris Flower for 25k or a Flute for 30k?

All you have to do to get a Moa Egg is run outside of Fort Ranik...
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Old Aug 24, 2007, 03:33 AM // 03:33   #10
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I've seen people selling them in Kamadan for 1k to people who can't get to Tyria. >.> It's not a scam to sell the egg, unless they're asking for 100k.
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Old Aug 24, 2007, 03:35 AM // 03:35   #11
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I said outrageous, not something as low as 1k.
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Old Aug 24, 2007, 03:38 AM // 03:38   #12
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unless they're asking for 100k.
No, it's not a scam then either. People can charge anything they want. People can choose to buy it at their own discretion.

If I start shouting "WTS non-max dmg fiery dragon sword 100k", I'm not scamming. I'm charging an outrageous price. I'm selling exactly what I'm advertising, and if someone buy it - they are getting exactly what they expected.
If I go "WTS bugged fiery sword which will oneshot shiro, 100g", I'm scamming.
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Old Aug 24, 2007, 03:47 AM // 03:47   #13
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LOL that was probably me messing around in keineng trying to sell one for 100k.
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Old Aug 24, 2007, 03:51 AM // 03:51   #14
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It is a Scam because player are advertising them as turning into minipets, I have a screen of this from acouple min ago
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Old Aug 24, 2007, 04:05 AM // 04:05   #15
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Healers, try not to make such broad statements. Please refine to something to the effect of: Many people ARE scamming, by advertising them as turning into minipets.

The new scam is not selling Moa Eggs, the new scam is falsifying the Moa Eggs for profit.
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Old Aug 24, 2007, 04:07 AM // 04:07   #16
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Volcanic rocks now as well at Perdition Rock (North/North East). Time to scout Tyria me thinks
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Old Aug 24, 2007, 04:10 AM // 04:10   #17
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Volcanic rocks....
a new item? ooo


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Old Aug 24, 2007, 04:21 AM // 04:21   #18
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Anvil rock is clear, no new items
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Old Aug 24, 2007, 04:30 AM // 04:30   #19
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...wtf is going on? I seem to be missing something :S
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Old Aug 24, 2007, 04:41 AM // 04:41   #20
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I just checked Tangle root. MEH, nothing, but I'm not sure I checked it properly I was zooming along . Kendel, there are 2 new items in game. 1 is a Moa Egg found Outside of Regent Valley
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Moa_egg

The other is a "Volcanic Rock" found at Perdition Rock
http://img520.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gw015db2.jpg

Going to check Dry Top now.
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