Hey guys. removed by moderation Its all good.
https://www.reddit.com/r/classicwow/comments/e1ko6a/beware_trading_scam/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
Moderation note: As the response that was given for this says already, scamming is not allowed and will result in actions against the account.
sigh gold trading for carries or crafting has always been unsupported by blizzard. They will not allow scammers to get away with it.
And he will never get those mats back
Cry me a river.
Welcome to the authentic vanilla experience I guess…?
Sadly, it’s been like this since WoW’s beginning.
The scammer will likely be found and punished in some way. The scammed will never know what happened and will never get their scammed goods back.
This has nothing to do with it happening in Classic. The outcome would be the same in Retail.
Bad day at school huh?
Not at all, no.
It happened and it happens. Unfortunate, but them’s the breaks.
They wouldn’t be able to do much in retail in that situation either, if the full trade can’t take place in the trade window it is unsupported.
Thanks for the PSA, except it’s been common knowledge for a long time. Literally, years.
Common sense obviously isn’t so common.
If people are falling for old tricks, well … I better get back to selling that tower over in Paris I have for sale. Any takers?
And he shouldn’t, he learned a good lesson.
I wish scamming was allowed in the game. I miss my EVE Online days.
Damn, some pretty cold a holes on here.
Not really, carries have always been an unsupported trade by blizzard. It’s an “at your own risk” transaction. Never do it unless you trust the other person. Lesson learned in this case.
I don’t know why anyone would give all their mats to a near complete stranger. That’s just asking for trouble.
It’s one thing for it to be unsupported and another for people to say “you don’t deserve your stuff back” or “I wish I could scam”
Blizzard won’t give you back your stuff, but they’ll take it away from the guy who stole it. It’s been like that for… ever, really.
Blizzard still answers tickets? Really?
Ever since I found the forums I just came here to whine about things.
Dude:
We go to the Anvil in IF, he takes my mats : 80 thorium, 40 wicked claws, 10 blue sapphires, 4 Azerothian diamonds, and 6 Arcanite bars (again he was covering the last bit, and I was going to pay him back). All and all about 700 gold worth of materials. (He tried to get me to pay for the mats up front but backed off when I said I was just going to farm the last crystals and I was ok with waiting)
After he got the materials from me, he logged off.
That is over FIFTEEN YEARS OLD; The “scam” is that old, I mean.
Again, have these people NEVER PLAYED WOW? First there are all the threads on how PVP servers are bad in Classic (yes, as they aways were.) Now there are threads about these really old “scams.”
The fix, even in Classic, is to TRADE the mats plus gold/whatever for the COMPLETED item. If you trade without seeing a completed item, YOU LOSE. If the guy isn’t making those items, to sell hiimself, then he ISN’T SOMEONE WHO CAN MAKE IT FOR YOU.
Another large hint, is when the guy changes his requirements. “Hey, you have to pay 700 gold for the materials”
“Oh, nevermind then.”
"Oh, then you DON’T have to do that after all! 
"
That is a “desperation thief” give away.
Blizzard’s policy was ALWAYS for you to NEVER trade, unless you are trading for that completed item. Partial trades, using “trust”, are unsupported.