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improving the trade window against scams

Author
Laura Belle
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2012-01-15 11:16:15 UTC  |  Edited by: Laura Belle
while trading in station there is no option to see the info of the item you recieve.

in my opinion, this posses a non realistic disadvantage to the buyer to actually 'see' the goods that in front of him and opens a wide space for scemes by people that recognize the potential.
the idea is the same as forcing the player to buy a cat in a sack every time he uses the conventional trade option.

the way i see it, those that get hurt are mostly new players which are not awared of the contract option or to the scemes potential.
those are also vulnerable players since they only started their first steps in the the game, and also have not too much Isk.

for Disclosure, 2 days ago i interacted with a very friendly player that offered me a very tempting offer.
only my previous experience with this kind of scemes and info crossing with other players revealed to me the weaknesses that the scammer tried to use.

i think that reviewing this system and reconsidering to add the view info options to items sold this way will be a stap in the right direction.
after all, none of use (i hope) think that the game should grant a free scamming window to scamming players.
Vizvayu Koga
#2 - 2012-01-15 13:55:27 UTC
+1