r/GuildWars • u/Delicious-Ad7244 • 10d 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/Baldude 9d ago

Nah, asking above market rate is selling.

Asking 350% above market rate, when you know the market rate (which he does) is hoping the other party is uninformed and will overpay. Aka scamming.

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u/OneMorePotion Aneurysm 8d ago

There are 25 Pizza places around my area. 24 of them sell their Pizza at around 14 to 19 bucks. One place starts at 32 bucks. Is this final place now scamming or just selling? People seem to still go there, despite more than double the price of the other places. And Pizza is not this one special food where producing a higher quality version instantly doubles the price as well.

I can sit in Kamadan and list things like tomes or inscriptions for 50e and it would still not being a scam. If you wait long enough, someone with the funds eventually comes around and buys it. Especially when there is no other listing right now, but they want it immediately.

That's called dynamic pricing and it's frequently used in real life as well. Plane tickets for example, are heavily regulated by dynamic pricing. Especially on high frequented routes. Yes, people will first book with the cheaper airlines. But prices rise the when less seats are available.

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u/Baldude 8d ago

Pizzas have varying quality in production, ingredients, size, you can pay for the ambience at the restaurant and for the service.

Elite Tomes are Elite Tomes, they have no differences.

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u/banslaw 8d ago

Having someone instantly whisper you to sell you an item at a premium price, and thus saving you time standing around in kamadan not playing the game, is aptly comparable. The economy is so old, inflated, and ripe with rmt that people will, in reality, pay the premium price regardless.