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Somer Blink is a variant on the "Penny Auction" scam that CCP fell for hook line and Golde

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BoSau Hotim
Uitraan Diversified Holdings Incorporated
#61 - 2013-09-27 19:26:35 UTC  |  Edited by: BoSau Hotim
Your hilarious.. I bet you haven't even played blink.

Somer blink is legit - you are a hoot. I know because I, and most of my friends that play, are ahead win/isk ratio wise. I don't know why your panties are in such a twist with something that doesn't affect you.

I'm not a carebear... I'm a SPACE BARBIE!  Now... where's Ken?
BoSau Hotim
Uitraan Diversified Holdings Incorporated
#62 - 2013-09-27 19:39:00 UTC  |  Edited by: BoSau Hotim
Xaen wrote:
I have never given them 0.01 ISK and never will because Somer Blink is just another EVE scam!




Love it... You've never played and really investigated so what you have to say falls to the ground. You have to know how to play blink to really profit it from it.

I see it more as a raffle than anything else (casino is a good term here also).

You calling it a penny AUCTION when there is no bidding going on shows you don't know what you are talking about.Bear

I'm not a carebear... I'm a SPACE BARBIE!  Now... where's Ken?
45thtiger 0109
Pan-Intergalatic Business Community
#63 - 2013-10-01 01:37:45 UTC  |  Edited by: 45thtiger 0109
BoSau Hotim wrote:
Xaen wrote:
I have never given them 0.01 ISK and never will because Somer Blink is just another EVE scam!




Love it... You've never played and really investigated so what you have to say falls to the ground. You have to know how to play blink to really profit it from it.

I see it more as a raffle than anything else (casino is a good term here also).

You calling it a penny AUCTION when there is no bidding going on shows you don't know what you are talking about.Bear



Xaen where is the proof that this is a scam ?

We use plexes and turn them into in game currency.

Or we go and do whatever to get the isk and use that for Somer Blink.

Been a EvE online Gamer for 7 years now I do not see that CCP & Somer Blink do scam at all.

This is a virtual Game not Real Life.

Treat this as a game and just have fun flying internet space ship around and leave politics out of the game please Xaen.

**You Have to take the good with the bad and the bad with the good.

Welcome to EvE OnLiNe**
Aiwha
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#64 - 2013-10-01 02:09:56 UTC  |  Edited by: Aiwha
How is it a penny auction scam if tickets do not cost more than the item itself? (edit: Wait, where the **** is the AUCTION in penny auction here?)


You gambled and lost OP. Suck it up.

Sanity is fun leaving the body.
Xaen
Telepathic Death Mimes
#65 - 2013-10-05 13:48:19 UTC
BoSau Hotim wrote:
Your hilarious.. I bet you haven't even played blink.
Correct. Because the only way to win a scam is to not play it, sucker.

BoSau Hotim wrote:
Somer blink is legit - you are a hoot. I know because I, and most of my friends that play, are ahead win/isk ratio wise. I don't know why your panties are in such a twist with something that doesn't affect you.
I have a bridge to sell you...

I get shouty crackers a lot. Deal with it.
Xaen
Telepathic Death Mimes
#66 - 2013-10-05 13:49:42 UTC  |  Edited by: Xaen
BoSau Hotim wrote:
Love it... You've never played and really investigated so what you have to say falls to the ground. You have to know how to play blink to really profit it from it.

I see it more as a raffle than anything else (casino is a good term here also).

You calling it a penny AUCTION when there is no bidding going on shows you don't know what you are talking about.
It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.

I get shouty crackers a lot. Deal with it.
Xaen
Telepathic Death Mimes
#67 - 2013-10-05 13:51:33 UTC
45thtiger 0109 wrote:
BoSau Hotim wrote:
Xaen wrote:
I have never given them 0.01 ISK and never will because Somer Blink is just another EVE scam!




Love it... You've never played and really investigated so what you have to say falls to the ground. You have to know how to play blink to really profit it from it.

I see it more as a raffle than anything else (casino is a good term here also).

You calling it a penny AUCTION when there is no bidding going on shows you don't know what you are talking about.Bear



Xaen where is the proof that this is a scam ?

We use plexes and turn them into in game currency.

Or we go and do whatever to get the isk and use that for Somer Blink.

Been a EvE online Gamer for 7 years now I do not see that CCP & Somer Blink do scam at all.

This is a virtual Game not Real Life.

Treat this as a game and just have fun flying internet space ship around and leave politics out of the game please Xaen.

It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.

I get shouty crackers a lot. Deal with it.
Penguinizer Illat
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#68 - 2013-10-05 14:45:48 UTC
It's easier to dismiss those who disagree with you than to actually attempt to format an answer.
Xaen
Telepathic Death Mimes
#69 - 2013-10-05 15:01:32 UTC
Penguinizer Illat wrote:
It's easier to dismiss those who disagree with you than to actually attempt to format an answer.


http://www.fraud.org/penny-auctions

It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.

I get shouty crackers a lot. Deal with it.
Penguinizer Illat
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#70 - 2013-10-05 15:07:51 UTC
Xaen wrote:
Penguinizer Illat wrote:
It's easier to dismiss those who disagree with you than to actually attempt to format an answer.


http://www.fraud.org/penny-auctions

It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.


It is somewhat strange when the definition of penny auction you use has very little to do with how Blink works. But you know, don't let that hold you up or anything.

(The second point of using non-refundable credits does stand though.)
Eram Fidard
Doomheim
#71 - 2013-10-05 15:19:55 UTC
There's no such thing as bad publicity.

CCP did more here indirectly than even directly; as if gifting billions upon billions to a player organisation wasn't bad enough.

Poster is not to be held responsible for damages to keyboards and/or noses caused by hot beverages.
Eram Fidard
Doomheim
#72 - 2013-10-05 15:21:15 UTC
Penguinizer Illat wrote:
It is somewhat strange when the definition of penny auction you use has very little to do with how Blink works. But you know, don't let that hold you up or anything.

(The second point of using non-refundable credits does stand though.)


It's a variation.

Poster is not to be held responsible for damages to keyboards and/or noses caused by hot beverages.
Xaen
Telepathic Death Mimes
#73 - 2013-10-05 15:58:10 UTC
Penguinizer Illat wrote:
Xaen wrote:
Penguinizer Illat wrote:
It's easier to dismiss those who disagree with you than to actually attempt to format an answer.


http://www.fraud.org/penny-auctions

It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.


It is somewhat strange when the definition of penny auction you use has very little to do with how Blink works. But you know, don't let that hold you up or anything.

(The second point of using non-refundable credits does stand though.)


This isn't spam, people are just thick: It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.

I get shouty crackers a lot. Deal with it.
Xaen
Telepathic Death Mimes
#74 - 2013-10-05 17:02:34 UTC
Swordfingers wrote:
Xaen, you're just embarrassing yourself.

See my sig

I get shouty crackers a lot. Deal with it.
Jaun Pacht-Feng
Doomheim
#75 - 2013-10-05 17:04:45 UTC
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ISD Dorrim Barstorlode
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#76 - 2013-10-05 17:31:04 UTC
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