Is it really that bad to cancel a trade and accept a higher offer?

Wraeclast isn't good for you, stick to your fears. -_-

In good spirit, it is good to keep your word when an agreement has been made for a trade to take place. When the black spirit speaks, it is ok to not hold true to the word and to dispose of honor and good spirit. The black spirit has already won, both in Wraeclast, both in reality.

One could compare the situation to how the law works in this area. Once an offer and an acceptance has been exchanged (i.e probably when you chat about the price and ware in question) you are legally bound by the deal. A contract has been signed. This is of course theoretical, no one would ever sue you on breach of contract in a game. Hopefully. You never know. There are people whom take to much offence everywhere.

Someone above me compared the situation to a real life scenario with a friend as well as an auction i believe. It should then be noted that contracts, at least where I am from, can in many cases be sealed both in writing and in word. That a promise of exchange is only worded is not a valid reason not to call it a contract, so to say. A deal with a friend is in theory binding. Not that there are any penalty clauses or similar. Also, at an auction I believe the deal is concluded when one person stands unopposed and the auctioneer states that he or she has won the bid. So, even where it an auction it would be breach of contract to sell to someone else.

Now, this is the law where I am from which, of course, has no power here. However, the law is generally sound and a pretty good moral and practical guideline, being based on several principles of, amongst other things, moral theory and predictability.

So, had you done the same thing as a corporation you would have you ass handed to you in court. Since no actual penalties can be applied your customers probably do the only thing they can, they embargo you. Looking at the five core concerns defined by someone at Harvard in the context of handling emotions when negotiating it is not strange that people become angry, since ignoring people in that manner basically steamrolls at least four of the five concerns.

So, I'd say it's pretty shitty behavior and it seems some half of the people here agree. None the less, as everyone is aware when they start playing this game, there are no actual rules guiding us in this scenario and thus one cannot really expect anything. Do whatever you please I say! As long as you are pleased with yourself and accept the consequences.

To break a deal is never fair and should not be done. Is it worth to get a bit more wealth in a game and make other player feel bad?

If the trade was under 1 exalt I wouldn't really care what currency I'm getting and do the trade with the 1st guy.

But what if it was 20 ex? I'd rush to the guy in a heartbeat who offers 20 pure over X alchemies and gcps.

I keep my word 99% of the time, but if someone tops the offer by huge amount/quality I'm sold. Of course I'd give a chance to top the best offer :3

Its entirely daft if you didn't allow the first buyer to adjust his offer.

Its like when your selling something and you say 'offer', and someone who doesn't know the value of the item offers a chaos orb so you just completely ignore them and don't even reply to see if they would offer more if they knew the items value.

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Evlesoa wrote:

Because I've gotten responses such as: I don't want to talk to you ever again, I offered, and you agreed, and now you've backed out, bla bla bla bla.

This is a psychological thing with humans--when you start something, you want to follow through with it, but if you were to back out, it is seen as shameful.

For me, as I've said, I don't really care, but what makes me wonder is if everyone behaves like this or just this one guy.

If you had a trade cancelled on a shav's or soultaker when the seller agreed to your offer, how would you see it as? Burn the guy to the ground, or ignore it and move on?

if you get a better offer why would you not cancel the trade is the real question... the guy though he was getting a sweet deal and was set to make out like a bandit. He got emo cause you got your items proper value (whatever the highest bidder offers)
Im prettt sure he would be singing a different tune if he had found the item for cheaper from some other player.

Nope. If I'm selling on the forums I'll always stick to my word, but in trade chat if I get a better offer last second I will of course take that. I always give the original highest bidder a chance to bid again. If he doesn't that's not my problem.

Hmmm, this reminds me that in another game, I was in a group with someone who I played with regularly and we would usually discuss what items we were both looking for. Something that he wanted dropped for me in one quest we did, except it was one of those highly valuable best gear in the game type things. Immediately on dropping, someone else in the group made me an offer worth a million in game currency. I whispered the person I knew and said the I had this offer already, but he could have it if he matched the offer, which he quickly did.

But then after that he got pissed and was like 'In my groups everything is for roll only and I don't accept trades, if you want to keep playing with me again then don't offer to sell things next time'.

I didn't offer to sell, I got offered a purchase worth too much to even consider giving one of the best items away for free. You're not getting it for free when so many other players are willing to pay for it instead.

What the hell is wrong with you all? Do you all really feel that just because you had your hope given up it is a forbidden taboo of the holy world of trading? There is a simple principle within this situation. The one with the greater desire for the good(s) and is willing to take more of the cost to the supplier, deserves the good. It is simple economics. It's purely arbitrary to say that you shouldn't agree to a deal then back out instead of looking at it in the real meaningfulness of traditional trade. You may feel this is unfortunate to the one who gets outbid but think of the man who has a greater desire and need willing to use what he earned to get what they want. Do they not have as much right if not more to obtain what they desire and does the one with the item for trade not deserve what they can get? Why does the feelings of one person outweigh the happiness of two others and even when there is no logic behind selling an item for less then what you can get. The person selling the item gave their "word" when circumstances were different and i feel it is justified to alter the informal agreement when circumstances change (finding a better deal).