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Trade menu is fail

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Drake Draconis
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#61 - 2012-01-02 22:16:23 UTC
ImGoingToStealFomUrCorp wrote:
Thank you! I have always been wondering how this scam worked. I thought any sane person would right-click > show info. I'll make sure not to abuse this money prin... scam too much.


I think looking at the picture alone would be enough...no faction icon.

Picture books would be a loss on this one I suspect.

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Dac Farran
State War Academy
Caldari State
#62 - 2012-01-14 01:36:41 UTC
I knew this scam before I even started playing EVE. I played Diablo II on the internet back in 2000 and guess what, there was a tradewindow where you could sell your stuff to others.

Guess what ppl did? They put cheap stuff looking like good stuff in it, acting like they didn't know the price, or just wanted to sell it quick.

When I first arrived in Jita, it felt like coming home to DII, with all that scamming going on.



d2 trade scam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rauH-C1-H3g

flakeys
Doomheim
#63 - 2012-01-14 09:22:26 UTC
Lady Spank wrote:
I made a diagram showing how dumb you have to be to fall for this obvious trick.

http://go-dl.eve-files.com/media/corp/ladyspank/urdumb.jpg

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Damn that one got me laughing hard

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
Squidgey
Perkone
Caldari State
#64 - 2012-01-16 15:32:29 UTC
Vissari Nolen wrote:
Barakkus wrote:
Vissari Nolen wrote:
Darius III wrote:
Working as intended. The ships don't even have the same skins. You are the problem... Next time right click show info. Welcome to Eve.

Protip>Don't read Jita local until you been playing 4 years


a trade window not properly displaying the names of the items is the problem, not the person using it. i shouldn't have to carefully scrutinize everything put into the window and STILL be paranoid about using it. i am not the problem, the overly exploited trade window is. as for the skins comment i suppose that would be something a more experienced player would catch, but as i said this more refers to newer players like myself who don't even fly shinies.


Those things displayed exactly what the items were named. Your fault for not being able to distinguish what the item type was...the names were perfectly displayed without error.


they were named something other than what they were, and displaying the improper name, therefore they were labeled as something other than what the item actually was. improper labeling of items in a trade window is not acceptable
Its perfectly accaptable. The name of the ship is the name of the ship. What shows up below the icon is not strictly what it is.

Just like in real life, a ship is sold under its name, with details usually in the paperwork. Show info is your paperwork. The upper left hand corner and incorrect icon would give it away without even bothering to show info.

You made a mistake, you got scammed. The trade window works fine. People who cannot be bothered to think for themselves should not be rewarded. This is not (insert other MMO here). CCP does not reward laziness.