Guild Wars 2

Trading post or mailbox, if someone can send me gold and materials to craft something, and my account is limited to not return it… isn’t this no longer scamming?

Or is there a timer or something that makes this far more feasible than a “get out of jail free card” to take whatever people are dumb enough to trust you with (my level 80 warrior from pre release can on average send 1-3g total value in coins and/or items…. yes, items trigger the over the limit message)

Thoughts on if this would be considered a scam if its legitimately “what people send you is yours cus you aren’t allowed to send it back” or any information on if theres a duration to it beyond “PLAY MOAR” ? Surely im not the only one… making the scam possibility very real for “send me mats ill make you your 20 slot bags”

Edit* my example is based on my friends all pitched in to get me a REALLY nice set of armor for 80, and when another friend hit 80, I couldn’t return the favor (even though I promised him) due to this. Thankfully he’s an rl friend who saw I wasn’t bsing him, but this issue is very real.

Whenever I do a mail based trade I send what I’m getting as the text in it. If someone cons me I’ll then report them for scamming and let the dev’s sort it out.

If you are doing it intentionally knowing the fact that you cant send items back, then you’re scamming. Plain and simple.

But if its an issue they can’t control who’s at fault? I’m a vet 80 who cant send more than 3g total value at times, if someone asked me to make a 5 gold bag theyd be sol if something happened. And with the devs already taking weeks to handle stolen account cases… this is actually scary (for people who dont do all the craftings to 400 like me haha)

and if intent was so easy to see, wouldnt crime be nonexistent and easy to catch? :S “I knew in your heart you intended to do that” doesn’t fly without text evidence. Note, I would never do this as I have no need. but ignorance is rarely bliss with something this obvious

ANet can’t fix stupid and at times there are certain circumstances when some people need to be protected from themselves. With that being said, ANet shouldn’t be holding our hand while we are playing the game either. There is a Trading Post for a reason.

Phaze Delta One.2834:

ANet can’t fix stupid and at times there are certain circumstances when some people need to be protected from themselves. With that being said, ANet shouldn’t be holding our hand while we are playing the game either. There is a Trading Post for a reason.

“if you have an item your friend wants, they better have enough gold to buy it and a quick finger to click that buy button at the price you list it”

That seems like an odd “trading system” unless you intend to have no friends online <.<
But if that is your plan… then yeah I see that and can agree

ericade.3807:

Phaze Delta One.2834:

ANet can’t fix stupid and at times there are certain circumstances when some people need to be protected from themselves. With that being said, ANet shouldn’t be holding our hand while we are playing the game either. There is a Trading Post for a reason.

“if you have an item your friend wants, they better have enough gold to buy it and a quick finger to click that buy button at the price you list it”

That seems like an odd “trading system” unless you intend to have no friends online <.<
But if that is your plan… then yeah I see that and can agree

One is expected to trust their friends, however. It seems unlikely that they would be classified as “friends” otherwise.

People I know IRL are the only ones I will ever sell to or buy stuff from using the mail system.

Phaze Delta One.2834:

People I know IRL are the only ones I will ever sell to or buy stuff from using the mail system.

Wish i could trade with my rl friends with the mail system like you