Curse

LONGA · Aug 20, 2007, 10:24 AM // 10:24

A universal language to deal with unID gold item seller

"Open trade with them and put on 1g" >>> I am not interest.

xReLx · Aug 20, 2007, 10:27 AM // 10:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Molock

I have gotten 2-3 in the past month.. I insulted them all and only one answered...

Me: Go get a real job scum!
Him: We are honest and don't steal.. (wtf kind of answer is that...)

Rofl..

I've only gotten a message once,and that was when I was in kamadan.

Not worried at all.

Saraphim · Aug 20, 2007, 11:33 AM // 11:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Malice Black

I was under the impression you only got PM's if you dealt with the bots/sellers.

I use to buy unid items off them, so I use to get one guy that PM'd me all the time with his next batch of unid's to sell. Very polite guy, not the best English but he always said hi, asked me how I was etc

These people won't PM you out of the blue, you will have to of had some contact with them beforehand.

That explains why I never get any PM spam then...

I didn't even know that the unid item sellers were bots till I read it on here a few days ago.

sakura75 · Aug 20, 2007, 11:47 AM // 11:47

I had several gold selling PMs. I just politely reply "No thanx, unless it is for free ^^" and they left me alone.

Moreover, I don't think Anet can do anything about this.
Juristically spoken: Telling you are going to kill someone is not the same as actually killing some one. Presuming the act does not make you guilty. So saying you are selling GW Gold is not the same as selling it. I fear that Anet are not empowered to do anything about this.

Engel the Fallen · Aug 20, 2007, 12:21 PM // 12:21

People should have expected this. While everyone went nuts over armbraces, no doubt the gold traders were duping their own stuff. Namely lockpicks. Solo farming gets nerfed hard, so now not only is there a solid supply of gold for sale, it is now giving the sellers even more profit.

Anyone else find it funny that ANET in regards to duping can know where everything goes, but in terms of illegal gold selling, they cannot stop it so instead they keep doing broad sweeps that hurt normal players more than bots.

Fire Childe · Aug 20, 2007, 01:58 PM // 13:58

Well, I bought 7 unIDs once because I was close to Rank 1 wisdom. From a person who could speak good english and a name that wasnt gibberish.

I received a PM advertising cheap gold yesterday from a person who could not speak very good english and had a gibberish name (you probably know the name of the site in question since there only ever seems to be one mentioned). I mean the types of names you used to see streaming out of Riverside Province, Droknar's Forge and now Arborstone. Names like 'Stwv Ppwa'

I could have sworn the guy I bought the unIDs from was not a bot.

Either way, I'm on someone's list. I can but hope I was removed after my reply.

Shadow of Light · Aug 25, 2007, 04:12 AM // 04:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Malice Black

I was under the impression you only got PM's if you dealt with the bots/sellers.

I use to buy unid items off them, so I use to get one guy that PM'd me all the time with his next batch of unid's to sell. Very polite guy, not the best English but he always said hi, asked me how I was etc

These people won't PM you out of the blue, you will have to of had some contact with them beforehand.

All my PMs have come from out of the blue.

I pwnd U · Aug 25, 2007, 04:15 AM // 04:15

Ummm Ya, agreeing with Shadow. I randomly got one that was just a Hi sir, we are selling gold blah blah blah. That was it, never heard from the guy again. First one and only one I have ever gotten.

ShadowsRequiem · Aug 25, 2007, 04:16 AM // 04:16

i got 2 last time I logged on 3 days ago in kamadan, cept it was while I was outside in a zone.

Sqube · Aug 25, 2007, 03:46 PM // 15:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Molock

I have gotten 2-3 in the past month.. I insulted them all and only one answered...

Me: Go get a real job scum!
Him: We are honest and don't steal.. (wtf kind of answer is that...)

The gold farmers themselves aren't, you know, scum. They're people gettin paid bupkes. More importantly, they probably are honest and they probably don't steal. If all you've got is the gold, but you don't give the gold, you're extra screwed, aren't you? Who buys from a gold seller that doesn't give the gold?

Blah blah blah, I don't condone gold sellers, blah blah blah.

OI-812 · Aug 25, 2007, 10:38 PM // 22:38

Happened to me once, ironically while I was having a good HM Skyward Reach hydra run with my 55.

The potential for abuse is present with nearly ANY game-policing mechanic. You don't like the deal some guy offered you for their green item? Run around yelling he's a scammer, and not to be trusted (make sure to do it on every m***erf***in' GW forum in existence, too!), like the asshat you are. Whether the mechanic is official or on a player to player (to player to player, and so on and so forth...) basis, it can be abused, and it will be occasionally. Moral of the story? Quit whining about the potential for abuse, and start kicking (or reporting) some gold seller spammer asses.

Bryant Again · Aug 25, 2007, 10:45 PM // 22:45

Damn, just got my first EVER gold spam pm in GW. Never bought or saw the people selling the unidentified golds, either...Wow.