Just Too Good To Be True
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Earlier today Leona Dye (profile link http://www.erepublik.com/en/citizen/profile/7245703) posted on my MU feed that he was selling 5000 q7 weapons at $6.30. Now i saw this and was so excited i quickly ordered 150 weapons right away. But since i was skeptical that he would send the tanks i said to do the order in 2 times. so i sent him half the money ($472.50) for half the tanks to be on the safe side. well it turns out i made a good decision because he never sent tanks. I also learned that Gnilraps lost like $31500 trying to buy 5000 weapons from him. That is one reason that you should always start off with small orders first to make sure they will send you tanks.
Anyways I was stupid and didn't check out his profile until after i sent him the money. If i would have known that he was only level 25 with 10 friends one of them being RGR and was a new player. this would have been a dead giveaway that he wouldn't have had 5000 tanks and selling them at such a low price.
Some Tips:
1. Always check out there profile first. Make sure they are at least level 30 or so and that they have been playing for a long time to prevent this. if they are from the AFA or other nontrustable things you find it might not be a good idea. check how many friends they have and do a good amount of research.
2. When you trade make sure to start off small. if you buy 5000 weapons and donate the money first that is very risky. they might not give you your tanks! so buy a small amount first and make sure you get what you want before buying more. this is a great way to prevent risking 1,000's of dollars.
3. Use your best judgement. There is a good chance you will be able to tell if something doesn't seem right. if they are making an offer
using these tips will make you a lot safer when trading and if they don't want to trade only a small amount at a time then don't do business with them. but i do have a good idea for someone.
i don't know how to make a website or anything like you see some people do for like banks or other things. but i think a solution to this problem would be to have a middle man in the equation. you have someone who does this and set up a trading site where you could put an offer of tanks for sale at a certain price. then when you find a buyer they transfer the amount of money to the third party and the person selling the tanks donates the amount of tanks to the same person. The person holding both the money and tanks doesn't start the trade until he receives both. Over time the guy in charge of trading will gain trust and have testimonials from trading. this would prevent scamming because if someone donates the money and the guy selling tanks doesn't donate he will not get the money and the trader will return the money. so let me know what you think. Enjoy your Memorial Day!
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Comments
It sucks that people are so disgusting. Sorry this happened to you!
yea thanks it's sad that people are like this but i guess i am lucky compared to Gnilraps. i feel bad for him!
I kinda feel sorry for you people, but you had all the clues at free: "level 25 with 10 friends one of them being RGR".
My family always told me that on this world I will pay only for 2 things: Confort/Luxury and Stupidity! (and it this case it wasn't Confort/Luxury at all 🙂) )
Don't regret the lost CC they came with a very important lesson!
that is very true i know i didn't check his profile until after i sent him money i just wanted the good deal lol i deserved it but glad i can warn people now
selling q7 weaps, 6cc per tank
send IGM
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thats a great deal i will take all you got lol
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Good advices for the new ones.
Happy Memorial Day America o/
Why would people think anybody would sell that?
If they really want to sell it for that low you can just use marketplace why would you bother shouting, anyways obvious scam should be foreseen.
well the only reason they sell it off market is to save like 30 cents or so in taxes so they save money
He can just put 6.5cc instead of 6cc, people would still be willing to buy it because it's still around 0.3cc below the normal price
yea i should have seen that coming but oh well i learned a good lesson and hopefully others did too. but yea he would be losing more money selling it so low
"I also learned that Gnilraps lost like $31500 trying to buy 5000 weapons from him."
oh wow lol
try to save some 100cc - lose over9000 instead... it's the greed
if he is lucky the culprit won't accept the money-donation...
ha yea i doubt it though i actually just saw him selling like 60 gold so he probably used that money to buy some gold too already
what a cheat and lair
Strength and Honour
Send in a ticket to admin, they might help recover/shut him down
Scams aren't against the rules, you assume the risk when purchasing off-market. That's why it's called the "Donate" button.
I know of someone who scammed other players and the admins forced him to repay the money.
lol stupid guy srsly, go hate me
Looks like AFA is doing some Fundraising...
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Tesla was obviously much cooler, especially since he wanted free electricity and claimed to have made a death ray. Although, he was batshit crazy and talked to/fell in love with an imaginary pigeon (supposedly)....
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