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Have you ever sent away ISK accidentally?

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Steppa Musana
Doomheim
#1 - 2014-09-27 11:38:35 UTC  |  Edited by: ISD Atomic Dove
Have you ever accidentally sent ISK away to a character you don't know, or who would never send it back if asked?
Looking to hear some sob stories to feel better about myself.

I just accidentally sent 800 million ISK to a character 2 letters different than an alt I had just created. It seems the servers don't update new characters immediately, so when I searched my characters name only one result came up - which I assumed to be mine and quickly sent the ISK without thinking much about it.
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Analeesa
Perkone
Caldari State
#2 - 2014-09-27 11:45:49 UTC  |  Edited by: ISD Atomic Dove
Steppa Musana wrote:
Have you ever accidentally sent ISK away to a character you don't know, or who would never send it back if asked?
Looking to hear some sob stories to feel better about myself.

I just accidentally sent 800 million ISK to a character 2 letters different than an alt I had just created. It seems the servers don't update new characters immediately, so when I searched my characters name only one result came up - which I assumed to be mine and quickly sent the ISK without thinking much about it.
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Ayeshah Volfield
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2014-09-27 12:08:50 UTC
There are no accidents, only lessons not yet learned.

I always triple check every detail of every transaction made and manually type the correct recipient name to avoid these sort of issues.

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Marc Durant
#4 - 2014-09-27 12:11:57 UTC  |  Edited by: ISD Atomic Dove
Steppa Musana wrote:
Have you ever accidentally sent ISK away to a character you don't know, or who would never send it back if asked?
Looking to hear some sob stories to feel better about myself.

I just accidentally sent 800 million ISK to a character 2 letters different than an alt I had just created. It seems the servers don't update new characters immediately, so when I searched my characters name only one result came up - which I assumed to be mine and quickly sent the ISK without thinking much about it.
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Nope.

Next time send a mail from that new char to your main one, then you can open that mail and rightclick the sender to send cash.

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J'Poll
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#5 - 2014-09-27 12:14:53 UTC
Once, 4 years ago I loaned someone 200 mil (at that time a HUGE amount for a new player), after months, I settled with the thought that I likely would never see it back.

Fast forward 3.5 years from that point, I log in to see that my wallet has grown with nearly 600 mil, which confused me.
So I looked and saw that said person paid me back and with interest (the thing he needed 200mil for at that time was now worth nearly 600mil and thus he refunded me that amount).

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Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#6 - 2014-09-27 12:15:11 UTC  |  Edited by: ISD Atomic Dove
Steppa Musana wrote:
Have you ever accidentally sent ISK away to a character you don't know, or who would never send it back if asked?
Looking to hear some sob stories to feel better about myself.

I just accidentally sent 800 million ISK to a character 2 letters different than an alt I had just created. It seems the servers don't update new characters immediately, so when I searched my characters name only one result came up - which I assumed to be mine and quickly sent the ISK without thinking much about it.
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Nope, my alt is added as a contact on my list.

Sorry buddy, youre out of luck

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Big Lynx
#7 - 2014-09-27 12:15:33 UTC  |  Edited by: ISD Atomic Dove
Steppa Musana wrote:

I just accidentally sent 800 million ISK to a character 2 letters different than an alt I had just created.


Lelz

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J'Poll
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#8 - 2014-09-27 12:15:40 UTC  |  Edited by: ISD Atomic Dove
Marc Durant wrote:
Steppa Musana wrote:
Have you ever accidentally sent ISK away to a character you don't know, or who would never send it back if asked?
Looking to hear some sob stories to feel better about myself.

I just accidentally sent 800 million ISK to a character 2 letters different than an alt I had just created. It seems the servers don't update new characters immediately, so when I searched my characters name only one result came up - which I assumed to be mine and quickly sent the ISK without thinking much about it.
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Nope.

Next time send a mail from that new char to your main one, then you can open that mail and rightclick the sender to send cash.


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Or add your main on your alt's contact list and sent notification that you did, this way you can right click the name in your contact notifications.

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Khalm Hasal
#9 - 2014-09-27 13:32:39 UTC
No, but I have been on the other end of it. Someone sent me a couple hundred million accidentally. Yes, I sent it back.
Crumplecorn
Eve Cluster Explorations
#10 - 2014-09-27 13:48:53 UTC  |  Edited by: Crumplecorn
Send ISK via contact list.
Open trade windows at the receiving end.
Get names in contracts right first time, and never type them again.

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Silky Cyno
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#11 - 2014-09-27 14:10:04 UTC
All my chars are on my watch list, makes it easy to right click and give isk.
Prince Sanguine
#12 - 2014-09-27 14:32:44 UTC
No, but I have given isk to a few needy players. Just small amounts that won't hurt me but help them.

Everytime you read this you are required to send 100 million isk directly to me.
Jean Luc Lemmont
Carebears on Fire
#13 - 2014-09-27 14:39:34 UTC
I always add my alts as contacts. Then I just send them whatever from the contact page. No more searching

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Marc Durant
#14 - 2014-09-27 14:45:04 UTC
Jean Luc Lemmont wrote:
I always add my alts as contacts. Then I just send them whatever from the contact page. No more searching


The point is that if you create a new char the name won't show up in a search, you literally get a "does not exist" and it'll take quite a bit for that to update.

So the only way to send isk, contract, fleet invite or open convo is to have a "clickable name link" of that new char, and the one of the few ways to do that is to send a mail rom said new character or, as J'poll suggested, set standing with notification on that new char.

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Marc Durant
#15 - 2014-09-27 14:45:39 UTC  |  Edited by: Marc Durant
Jean Luc Lemmont wrote:
I always add my alts as contacts. Then I just send them whatever from the contact page. No more searching


The point is that if you create a new char the name won't show up in a search, you literally get a "does not exist" and it'll take quite a bit for that to update.

So the only way to send isk, contract, fleet invite or open convo is to have a "clickable name link" and the one of the few ways to do that is to send a mail from said new character or, as J'poll suggested, set standing with notification on that new char.

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Lady Spank
Get Out Nasty Face
#16 - 2014-09-27 15:03:34 UTC
Or you could enter a private channel with your new alt and send money that way. If you are dumb enough to send money to the wrong character because you didn't double check their information that is your own dumbbutt fault.

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Priscilla Project
Doomheim
#17 - 2014-09-27 15:11:59 UTC
Marc Durant wrote:
Jean Luc Lemmont wrote:
I always add my alts as contacts. Then I just send them whatever from the contact page. No more searching


The point is that if you create a new char the name won't show up in a search, you literally get a "does not exist" and it'll take quite a bit for that to update.

So the only way to send isk, contract, fleet invite or open convo is to have a "clickable name link" and the one of the few ways to do that is to send a mail from said new character or, as J'poll suggested, set standing with notification on that new char.

I don't recall a delay when typing the name and rightclicking it as Character, but ...
... as soon as a new char is created, it's on evegate.

You log that char in on http://gate.eveonline.com,
add the main as character + notification ... done.
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Marc Durant
#18 - 2014-09-27 15:16:15 UTC
Priscilla Project wrote:
Marc Durant wrote:
Jean Luc Lemmont wrote:
I always add my alts as contacts. Then I just send them whatever from the contact page. No more searching


The point is that if you create a new char the name won't show up in a search, you literally get a "does not exist" and it'll take quite a bit for that to update.

So the only way to send isk, contract, fleet invite or open convo is to have a "clickable name link" and the one of the few ways to do that is to send a mail from said new character or, as J'poll suggested, set standing with notification on that new char.

I don't recall a delay when typing the name and rightclicking it as Character, but ...
... as soon as a new char is created, it's on evegate.

You log that char in on http://gate.eveonline.com,
add the main as character + notification ... done.


I'm an altoholic, if CCP would ever check the # of accounts made on this and my other email addresses they'd probably get a heart attack :) (in fact, I made 2 new alts last night). New chars don't show up for a while. Also Spank's idea is actually quite good.

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AeonOfTime
Syrkos Technologies
#19 - 2014-09-27 15:32:35 UTC
Nothing of the sort on my end, though I did enter the wrong amount of zeroes a few times. As a general rule, I put most of my isk in the corp wallet, so I can't spend billions by mistake - and for corp transactions I usually spend a lot more time checking everything is in order.

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William Ruben
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#20 - 2014-09-27 15:40:30 UTC
The correct way to spell your alt's name is "William Ruben" That is Ruben with an E not an I.
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