Overpriced items are not a 'scam', they are a 'rip-off'.
" What if it's top-secret, rich, invisible chocolate bunnies? With all intelligence, insanity becomes the backdrop of the good man, and will sooner become what usurps the good man.
If you tell a truth that people don't want to hear, the truth will imprison you. What's the point of knowing the world, if the world never talks back and others don't listen? |
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" Ok then,you win. I'm going to sleep now. |
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" Dont wanna turn this into another D3 bash thread, but mind blown, and wonderful example. 'It is good to contact a moderator if you feel someone is being a twat' Charan, Forum Moderator
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A ripoff is selling quality gem for something like 5 exalts.
A scam is putting up a quality gem, taking it out and substituting a non-quality gem of the same skill and hoping he doesn't notice. |
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Anyways, this thread should be stickied because it cuts all of the corners about scams and rip-offs. And sometimes small statements are just more fuel for theory-wankers. A nice wall of text sometimes leaves everyone on a good final note.
With all intelligence, insanity becomes the backdrop of the good man, and will sooner become what usurps the good man.
If you tell a truth that people don't want to hear, the truth will imprison you. What's the point of knowing the world, if the world never talks back and others don't listen? |
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" That too. If I like a game, it'll either be amazing later or awful forever. There's no in-between.
I am Path of Exile's biggest whale. Period. |
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" Wouldn't bother. People don't read stickies and anyone likely to confuse scam and ripoff is too busy in game trying not to be 'scammed' by the prices. This was me venting. Constructively, hopefully accurately venting, but still venting. If I like a game, it'll either be amazing later or awful forever. There's no in-between.
I am Path of Exile's biggest whale. Period. |
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" Nonsense. Only two out of the rest aren't still having responses coming in. Which is reasonable since one of the two is just about new moderators. Most of them are at 40k views. Charan, now is the time to let go and stop being modest to make a decision. With all intelligence, insanity becomes the backdrop of the good man, and will sooner become what usurps the good man. If you tell a truth that people don't want to hear, the truth will imprison you. What's the point of knowing the world, if the world never talks back and others don't listen? Last edited by IExiledOtherExilesToBeTheExile#6523 on Mar 12, 2013, 12:35:47 AM
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Ugh, trading. The worst part of any online game.
People shouldn't be in an ARPG debating the use of the word rip-off versus the word scam (both involve the "victim" not being quite as vigilant as he should be, so I'm sympathetic to neither), or arguing the value of My Stupid Trinker versus Your Stupid Trinket, or discussing "currency exchange rates", or complaining that such and such is going to make the market crash. ARPGs are supposed to be able hitting monsters and seeing them explode into puddles of gore. This is what happens when trading is accommodated. You end up with all these things in the game and on the forums that don't involve puddles of gore. |
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" A fair stance, but not really relevant to the topic at hand. :) If I like a game, it'll either be amazing later or awful forever. There's no in-between.
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