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Tron Aeolean
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Posted - 2014.05.25 17:37:00 -
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Apparently players are allowed to make fake buy orders on the market that cant be full-filled.
I'm no trader, I don't know how to read those fancy charts. Thinking that the marketplace could not provide false information, I saw what looked like a fairly simple way to make 200mil, There was a faction item for sale in contracts for 500mil, and a buy order on the MP for 700mil! My exact thought process was, "They cant fake a buy order! They must not know the value of their item!" Upon attempting to sell it, nothing happened, the order just sat there mocking me refusing to pay out.
Now I wont be able to afford plex and who knows when my bills will allow me enough extra cash to re sub (family's are expensive).
I wonder how many honest players who deposit and help fund the game have been forced to quit because of this scam.
I wonder how many different ways there are that CCP could improve this situation.
I wonder how little the scammes actually bring to the game. Both money and content wise.
Is there any hope that this is going to change in the future?
Research yields no official CCP response, can someone point me to where it is?
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Tron Aeolean
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Posted - 2014.05.25 17:47:00 -
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arabella blood wrote:can i get your stuff?
Didn't say I was quitting, But I wont be able to play for a few months! |
Tron Aeolean
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Posted - 2014.05.25 17:54:00 -
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Trolls are fast on these forums.  |
Tron Aeolean
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Posted - 2014.05.25 18:17:00 -
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All-right, thanks guys. I see that I should have been able to catch it now.
Ill make a point when I am able to re-sub to learn how the marketplace works more thoroughly.
I still think that CCP could do something to warn players about this. Perhaps a section in the tutorial about the dangers of the marketplace. Maybe there is allready one and I just missed it.
Learning on my own cost me 15$. Seems kinda steep for a lesson, but what do I know eh?
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Tron Aeolean
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Posted - 2014.05.26 21:38:00 -
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Im not a new player by any means. Im just not a trader. I agree scams should be allowed, as a matter of fact ive taken part in corporate espionage, so dont think Im some goodie too-shoe's who knows nothing. The thing that got me is that I was warned of all the other kinds of scams from the tutorial and was able to avoid them my entire play-through. I wasent warned about this.
And no it wasent from local, I saw the item listed in the contracts, and subsequent market lookup showed probable profit. I had no contact with other players. Just me, myself, and a wee bit of dumbass. lol
If I had taken the time to research the items value properly I would have been able to see it for what it is. Sadly I immediately took it at face value and assumed someone made a mistake.
Witch leaves me to wonder, how do you tell the difference between someone who has simply made a mistake in their pricing vs a scam?
Also lets say I legitimately want to buy something at an absurdly overpriced amount, would I then have a harder time finding a seller because people would assume my orders are a scam?
I just feel theres got to be something that could be done to make this whole thing better for everyone. I have no clue how though >_< |
Tron Aeolean
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Posted - 2014.06.03 17:06:00 -
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Amazingly I left the item on the marketplace at the high price you can see in the screenshot, and someone actually purchased it!
I think my jaw may have literally hit the floor when I noticed lol. |
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