Reason why not to rush in a trade!!!

ok, so I rushed, to buy a brown dye for 30g. Why? I was bored, and wanted to buy it off this guy that was advertising to sell it.

So, what did I do? Gave him 3k. Then told him to look at his log and if he would be kind enough to return it. He took his time, and I said, well, sure he doesnt want to return it. So I wanted to show him a screenshot, and then he said I'm trying to scam him with some type of virus to steal his account.

Screenshot here: http://www.juguard.com/chang.jpg

Uh...there have been many topics on people screwing up while trading due to a rush...we don't need another...

Also, I don't blame that guy. I wouldn't want some random person sending me a pic or anything...there's a chance that there is a virus or some inappropriate content in it.

I dont blame him either, I told him to enjoy that 3k, after he said he cant find the trade log, cuz it was my mistake... But telling me I'm a scammer after he stated he knows how to use the chat, and that he didnt see the trade, is not cool.

Well, crap happends :P

Meh you got it off lucky. If you were to perhaps click 100k instead of 100 gold... hmm... Well anyways, 3k isn't much and if that guy would really keep it then let him.

thats waht u get for running diversion on a ranger
=p

God hath shown his wrath on R/Mes once again!

Desythris Barrows(4): God is using Clumsiness!

Your fault not his fault..
I wouldn't return it, unless i felt sorry for you..

there's a said "Law dosen't protect the idiots" or something like that :P

Posting on forums isn't going to change anything.

Ah, yet another example of the wonderful Guild Wars community. Morals? Sports(wo)manship? Doing the right thing? Bah! Those things are for losers, everyone knows that.

aww.. well luckily it was only 3k
But would YOU haven given back the money?
if so, what if it was 100k+ instead of 3?

And with all the account stealing stories going around you can't blame him for being careful.

Maybe he was doing abbadon's mouth and couldn't find a mesmer :P

Also... buy brown dye from trader ftw? It's like 100g.

Well, maybe its just me, but if someone tried to give me 3k for something I'm selling for 30g, I'd point out there mistake. The only scam being done in this situation is by the seller. Sure the seller wasn't trying to scam initially, but willingly took advantage of a mistake. I'd have given it back... sorry Jugs!

If the buyer hadn't been jamming the Accept button, the buyer could have seen the mistake too. He also could've bought at the dye trader and avoided dealing with people. It also didn't help that he tried to send someone else a potentially unsafe file. Caveat emptor.

Very few people in general would have the integrity to point out your mistake.
I rarely carry cash...in real life and fake.

GL

sry about your monney.
if he dont want to give it back there is rly nothing u can do about it

Never press accept until you have done 2 things:
1 ensured that the item is actualy what was advertised.
2 ensured that the price that is beign offered is right.

Doing these 2 things would have let you catch the mistake. Unfortnatly it looks like both of you had brain farts at the same time. He truly should have been able to look at the chat logs (probably didn't know how or wasn't interested in looking). But if it was me and someone said they made a mistake I would have checked the chat logs and if they were right I would have given the gold back. Just chalk this up to a mistake made and learned from.

Mega Mouse

Doesnt this post/thread belong in the 'typical acts of stupidity' thread. I think the community would be better served if that is the OP's goal.

Yes I would.

Actually I have done so on a couple of occasions.

I am appaled at the level of morality displayed by some members of this community.

Yes, and without a second thought to it.
Actually, I wouldn't have even accepted it before making sure that's what they wanted to offer.

He wouldn't have had to be careful about account stealing or bad files if he would have been honest and corrected a simple mistake.

It's good to hear that there are some honest players around (same goes for Alya).

Duh. That sentence wasn't aimed at the guy-not-giving-the-money-back-action, but at him being careful cuz of the account stealing stories which seem to pop up a lot these days. The account hacking these days isn't a direct consequence of that guy being dishonest.