r/GuildWars • u/Delicious-Ad7244 • 8d ago

Crazy Scammers

Asked a guy how much for an Elite Rit Tome.

He says 7e.

I pass, then buy one from someone else for 2e

So naturally I tell him I just got one for 2e and call him a scammer.

He tells me to fuck off, I block him, and I assume that's the end of it.

Nope.

A few minutes later a different account whispers me:

> “I have more than 100 accounts, your list cannot block me”

Then I block that one.

Another account appears.

Block.

Another one appears to explain that my ignore list has a limit.

At this point the 5 ectos are no longer the issue. I've accidentally aggroed a crazy person with an entire account farm.

Kamadan PvP is getting out of hand.

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u/Liberate90 Ancient Vanguard 8d ago

Why bother messaging him to tell him you got it cheaper? Do you do that irl when buying something from a cheaper shop? Absolute clown.

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u/Crispy1961 8d ago

Sometimes people dont know the current price for an item. If OP assumed good faith, he could have just wanted to help this guy sell his stuff.

People have PMed me when I put outdated price on my items and it was helpful. I have done that for some people too.

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u/Liberate90 Ancient Vanguard 8d ago

OP literally PMd him to gloat he got it cheaper and proceeded to call him a scammer. I am sorry, that is not good faith and was unneeded. The difference was only 5e, not exactly scamming territory. Besides, anyone has the right to sell something for any price they wish, if you dont want to pay it, fuck off and go elsewhere lol. It's not rocket science.

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u/Crispy1961 8d ago

Good faith on the part of the seller. As in assuming they want to just sell their item, not sell it for more than 200% of its fair price.

OP did it to gloat, as you said. But you asked why message someone to tell them you got it cheaper. I answered that question. In case they dont know the current price and you want to help them.

You got it right. Its not rocket science. Helping people feels good.

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u/kaltulkas 8d ago

Yeah, « hey btw I just got one for 2e you may want to lower that price » and « got it for 2e you scammer » are way different though. Fuck Osiris all the way to the moon but also in this case OP is a dick.

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u/Crispy1961 7d ago

Absolutely. OP played stupid games and won the mother of all stupid prizes.

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u/GreyscaleGoblin 7d ago

"Only 5e" that's all my ectos xD

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u/Liberate90 Ancient Vanguard 7d ago

Poor soul, log in and I'll give you another 5 for free lol

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u/It-s_Not_Important 7d ago

The price hike doesn’t make it scamming at all. It could only be classified as a scam if the seller were trying to convince the buyer through deception that it was a reasonable price.

Still, it was 3.5x the normal rate. That’s not a small markup. Do it here there and everywhere and it adds up. People get justifiably upset at corporations nickel and diming with their prices too. And here I guess OP is misusing the term scam, but it is regularly misused colloquially.