I think what annoys me about this argument is that no one gives 100% of their attention 100% of the time. Hell I’ve made mistakes far bigger than wasting virtual currency in a video game. People make mistakes, it’s just part of life and they do have to live with them.
That’s what the scheme relies on more than anything. There’s thousands of people checking out the AH daily and buying stuff up. That’s thousands of variables and what the seller needs is just one of those to slip up. That’s all it takes to hit payday so realistically his odds are in his favor. Maybe you’re groggy and just woke up, maybe you’re gaming away late at night, or maybe you’ve had a few too many Not sure how often they succeed in it, but it’s obviously enough to make them keep doing it and with such a high payout I mean really one hit a month is plenty.
After we move past the mistake the person made and past all the bickering of what this is (apparently it is neither a scam nor a scheme) the next question to ask is if there is anything that could be done to make the system better for your average user.
If it was such a scam it wouldn’t be done anymore. At this point you’re talking about nothing with lots of words. Blizzard would have done something years ago lol.
I can’t say with 100% certainty, buy other than cries for demands for a more robust AH in general this practice with low bids/high buyouts wasn’t something that was seen in the early days.
Wait, go back to the part where he uses “your” instead of “you’re” when describing dumb people.
Totally said that I also do do this. Somehow admitting I do this very action (an action I don’t think is a scam but admit to doing everyday) means I denied doing it.
Just to be clear I do do this and I take advantage of people who refuse to read pricing, click buy, and then confirm that they want to buy…. Yeah I do do that. Thanks for the donating your gold to my continuing efforts to make more gold.
sucks and would be cool where there was at least a maximum of 10 gold from bid to buyout but a lot of people do that stuff for higher bid on items. still tho i almost fall for scams like that myself … have to really look
There’s nothing dishonest about it. The price is listed really clearly.
This is no different from selling something overpriced on Ebay. If the buyer chooses to buy it before checking the price and researching, that’s on the buyer.