Sable Lowell
Gallente
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Posted - 2007.03.09 22:20:00 -
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Edited by: Sable Lowell on 09/03/2007 22:24:02
Comparing in-game auctions to real life auctions (as a lot of people were doing), the reason why you can stop a RL auction is if the item up for sale is no longer available. This can include a variety of reasons. It could have been stolen, broken, lost, described wrong, person in jail, etc. Otherwise, an auction is a binding contract, and if you break it, then you are violating the law. With eve, there is a system in place that makes it so the item cannot be described incorrectly, and makes it so the item is available. Since there is no risk of the item being lost, stolen, etc, there is no reason to have a cancel button.
Also, nothing in the game says that you can cancel a private auction. Again, using common sense, you should assume that you would not be able to cancel an auction, since the principle of an auction is to start it out at the minimum you would sell it for, but hope to get more money. By setting up the auction the way you did, you consented to selling it for so cheap.
Now, if you shoot a missile in the game, would you expect to be able to recover the missile after it was blown up? Of course not, it's common sense. But using the logic that since something that is common knowledge is not fully detailed and explained, I should be able to be reimbursed for all the ammo I lost.
Now, this not meant towards you, since the scammer said something different, but the reason why most of these people fall for this scam is because they're greedy. They don't want to pay extra fee's, so they list it lower, and lose. Now, shouldn't those people that say they have been scammed be banned because they were trying to exploit a loophole in the system? Of course not, but using the same logic most of you are, they should.
And as for the people saying "Well, CCP said it's not an exploit, but they are going to fix it anyways, so it must be an exploit." The current system is working as it was intended. It is not an exploit, but CCP is fixing it because there are too many stupid people in the game. They're not fixing an exploit, they're fixing stupidity.
And for those who do get scammed, and whine about their own stupidity, I recommend you buy the "easy" button from staples. (Hey, if they're too dumb to have common sense, then they're probably dumb enough to believe that the "easy" button actually works)
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