What happened to the scammers?

Yondaimez - Sanctuary
Yondaimez - Sanctuary Posts: 28 Arc User
edited May 2009 in General Discussion
Well it's like the title says.

Some smart ***es usually sell rough gems near Hou Jenshi (CS giver) at around 1.6k~1.9k each. Well, they sell some of them at that price, putting the last one at around 101k so the oblivious and distracted players just buy them without noticing

these past 2 days I have noticed most are gone.

So... where they banned?
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  • Zephyrx - Lost City
    Zephyrx - Lost City Posts: 1,563 Arc User
    edited May 2009
    Yondaimez - Sanctuary wrote: »
    Well it's like the title says.

    Some smart ***es usually sell rough gems near Hou Jenshi (CS giver) at around 1.6k~1.9k each. Well, they sell some of them at that price, putting the last one at around 101k so the oblivious and distracted players just buy them without noticing

    these past 2 days I have noticed most are gone.

    So... where they banned?

    Well if you report them yes...

    If no one reports them, they will be around owning your **** and making you cry in bed over loss of virtual money. Aww..... want a teddy bear to help you sleep?
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  • Thelegion - Lost City
    Thelegion - Lost City Posts: 256 Arc User
    edited May 2009
    That happend many Times in any MMORPG, but the price is in there, only have more caution, i dont think can ban a Scamer cauze is our faul no see the price
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  • Bowlinbob - Lost City
    Bowlinbob - Lost City Posts: 3,446 Arc User
    edited May 2009
    lol i noticed these people as well, and i thought i was outsmarting them til yesterday. i checked every piece of shard to make sure they were 1600 gp and i ended up getting 3 roughs and the others were common QQ oh well no biggy b:bye live and learn
  • MissEbil - Heavens Tear
    MissEbil - Heavens Tear Posts: 369 Arc User
    edited May 2009
    It's not really a scam putting the prices differently, it's just playing on dumbness. Yes I've been caught by it once or twice. But it's cheaper to buy shabby stones and combine them at the Jewelcraftsman, especially once you hit Tu Jo's quest for blemished. I save 400 coin per stone by not buying them from catshops. That mounts up.

    The real scammers are the ones that put catshops up for "Free Money". They sell chi stones for 1000 coin and "buy" them back for 6000, when in reality you CAN'T sell them back. They got around the catshop and somehow don't have enough money to buy them back.
    ALL "Free Money" shops are SCAMS I tell you!
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  • OMGLAZERZ - Heavens Tear
    OMGLAZERZ - Heavens Tear Posts: 2,327 Arc User
    edited May 2009
    MissEbil - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    The real scammers are the ones that put catshops up for "Free Money". They sell chi stones for 1000 coin and "buy" them back for 6000, when in reality you CAN'T sell them back. They got around the catshop and somehow don't have enough money to buy them back.
    ALL "Free Money" shops are SCAMS I tell you!

    There's a trick to it that I shall reveal! b:pleased


    When you set a catshop up, you have to have enough coin to buy everything you want to buy in the amount you want to buy it on the buy side, so they do actually have enough to buy it all, so, in order to not have to actually buy the item they ensure there isn't enough space in their inventory to buy it back by making sure there are no empty slots, and there are no partial stacks of an item they are buying back.
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  • Maddrox - Harshlands
    Maddrox - Harshlands Posts: 1,140 Arc User
    edited May 2009
    Yea.. I don't see them as scammers.. only smart. It's the quicker way to do a daily if you're in a hurry, i'd buy from them every once in awhile. You pay for the convenience of not having to run around as much :P. It's only 1.6k or so, if you're 30+ and can't afford like 8k for gems. You seriously need to quit while you're this far behind.
  • Asterelle - Sanctuary_1381265973
    Asterelle - Sanctuary_1381265973 Posts: 7,881 Arc User
    edited May 2009
    OMGLAZERZ - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    There's a trick to it that I shall reveal! b:pleased


    When you set a catshop up, you have to have enough coin to buy everything you want to buy in the amount you want to buy it on the buy side, so they do actually have enough to buy it all, so, in order to not have to actually buy the item they ensure there isn't enough space in their inventory to buy it back by making sure there are no empty slots, and there are no partial stacks of an item they are buying back.

    Suppose you fully buy out a stack from the shop. If this leaves a free space in their inventory you can successfully sell it back?

    If this leaves a partial stack in their inventory can you sell it back? chi stones I believe stack up to 1000. If they put 999 up for sale then that stack is locked right? But if you buy those 999 it becomes unlocked with one stone left? Is this how it works?
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  • Lareish - Harshlands
    Lareish - Harshlands Posts: 647 Arc User
    edited May 2009
    So THAT'S why I haven't been able to sell mats to some shops. I think a lot of people don't even realize that's the case when they're going Catshop trying to get their mats.
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  • erethizon1
    erethizon1 Posts: 554 Arc User
    edited May 2009
    The memory leak bug with cat shops that came with the genie patch shut down a lot of cat shops. That may be why you do not see them any more. I highly doubt there were banned because they did not technically do anything wrong. They are allowed to sell stones for 100k each if they wish to.

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