k. about 2 weeks ago a Brohn's staff was stolen from me, he offert me 65k and he closed the trade window a few times and i wasnt realy paying atention coz it happens more often that someone has a full inventory. and then he offert me 65 gold and i didnt notice so thats how he stole it from me and it happens a lot.
the idea that i have is a extra money counter where the one who is selling something has to type the amount of money u agreed on before the sale can be excepted and gets canceld if the amounts are not the same. another thing that would be nice is if costumized weapons couldnt be traded.havent tryed if its possible but i know u could do it a few months ago coz a guildy got scammed that way.
anyway, sorry for my bad english if u dont understand the idea but i think it would be a nice adition to make it harder to let someone scam u.
Idea against stealing /scammers
Reflex Dragonfire
Rafe
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another thing that would be nice is if costumized weapons couldnt be traded.havent tryed if its possible but i know u could do it a few months ago coz a guildy got scammed that way.
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Jhawk
you just need to watch out for that kinda of stuff. a while ago i got scamed he showed my a 15^50 choas axe and a crappy weapon i siad i wanted the choas axe and he canceld and then put a 15 below 50% choas axe in. had then same mods and everything and i didnt notice the 15 below 50.
You just need to watch out for that stuff.. i learned my lesson.
You just need to watch out for that stuff.. i learned my lesson.
Chaos Breeze
Good Idea Something really has to be done in that area, lot of peeps getting scammed.....nice 1 Reflex
Kook~NBK~
"Buyer beware" is the rule of thumb for the trade window. When someone closes and opens the trade window when it seems that the agreed upon terms were met it's a RED FLAG! If they switched something up, stop dealing with that person, period. Then let the world know that they're scammers - easy.
Nevin
Erm.. Its common knowledge, the ability to not be scammed. It has nothing to do with Anet. Theres a verification system already, in other words be patient during scams, I kinda find it ridicilous anyone would let themself be scammed out of a Brohn's staff.
Reflex Dragonfire
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Erm.. Its common knowledge, the ability to not be scammed. It has nothing to do with Anet. Theres a verification system already, in other words be patient during scams, I kinda find it ridicilous anyone would let themself be scammed out of a Brohn's staff.
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Kaguya
The current trading system is working just great, adding in extra steps would be useless imo. It just needs to be stressed that you have to be careful when trading, and pay attention.
imo, it's silly to cry for 'better trading system' because people don't look at what they are trading for. What prevents them to use the 'oops sorry hit cancel accidentally/i'll give you this as a little extra'-thing with the new features?
imo, it's silly to cry for 'better trading system' because people don't look at what they are trading for. What prevents them to use the 'oops sorry hit cancel accidentally/i'll give you this as a little extra'-thing with the new features?
=HT=Ingram
common sense too... I mean I saw a guy in Droks selling his account a few days ago for 50k... I was like OMG don't do it... and Bingo the guy was scammed and all pissed off... sheesh I was like WTH man are you that stupid? I reported the scammer for the heck of it, but I was like. common That's just stupidity... whatever...
Pro-Monk
Well, I'm happy to hear the guy selling his account got scammed, serves him right. SELLING ACCOUNTS IS A RULES VIOLATION!!!!
Personally, I report ANYONE selling accounts in-game. Don't forget that those selling accounts in-game could have stolen it from someone with a key-logger or used a cd-cracker. Not only that, every time someone sells an account, that's less money for Anet and puts the game one-step closer to pay-to-play.
Please, if you see anyone selling accounts, go to the offical GW site and report them!
Personally, I report ANYONE selling accounts in-game. Don't forget that those selling accounts in-game could have stolen it from someone with a key-logger or used a cd-cracker. Not only that, every time someone sells an account, that's less money for Anet and puts the game one-step closer to pay-to-play.
Please, if you see anyone selling accounts, go to the offical GW site and report them!
=HT=Ingram
No the stupidity is worse the guy that was scamed was the guy buying the account... he actually gave him the 50K and the other guy logged off... lol and gave him a bogus login. So Their are stupid people out there that always think they can get something for nothing... Either way.. just dont do it.
Fallen_Angel_Crimson
I boggles my mind that people can accualy get scammed. its not a race to get the trade done as fast as possible. take the time to look at the items and the ammounts in trade. Scamming only works against morons so....dont be a moron and pay attention 
. Never once been scammed and ive been here since beta.
. Never once been scammed and ive been here since beta.
Charqus
I saw my mate playing on runescape (i dont play it cos it sucks) and there was an extra window... you traded it then it would come up with a second window showing the offer in a different format and making it clearer what he had offered.
Maybe thatd help on GW
Maybe thatd help on GW
Gorebrex
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No the stupidity is worse the guy that was scamed was the guy buying the account... he actually gave him the 50K and the other guy logged off... lol and gave him a bogus login. So Their are stupid people out there that always think they can get something for nothing... Either way.. just dont do it.
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BTW , I like Runescape...
Ghost Recon
First off it is partly your own fault, second it is SOOO! low to scam in a game some people really need to get a life. But i do think that after you accept a trade it should come up with something like "Do you wish to trade the 10 plat for his 2 ecto" or something like that.
Gorebrex
Confirmation dialog box FTW! lol
/agreed
/agreed
VGJustice
Caveat Emptor. There's a reason that "buyer beware" is in latin.
Honestly, although I like the idea of an extra confirmation screen, I usually just give stuff to guildies and friends. Forcing them to type in 0 just to get some freebie from me because some people don't pay attention 100% of the time isn't very practical. Sorry to hear about you getting scamed, but you said it yourself: You weren't paying attention. It's not my problem, and I'd prefer not to get hassled for your mistake.
Just be more careful in the future, m'kay?
Honestly, although I like the idea of an extra confirmation screen, I usually just give stuff to guildies and friends. Forcing them to type in 0 just to get some freebie from me because some people don't pay attention 100% of the time isn't very practical. Sorry to hear about you getting scamed, but you said it yourself: You weren't paying attention. It's not my problem, and I'd prefer not to get hassled for your mistake.
Just be more careful in the future, m'kay?
Guardian of the Light
ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS check the items after he changes BEFORE accepting unless of course your getting the item for free 
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Plz do not do something stupid like this again.
Once again I'm going to make those 3 Magic Words
I Don't Care
.Plz do not do something stupid like this again.
Once again I'm going to make those 3 Magic Words
I Don't Care
phreakilla
the best solution is pay attention. people have tried to scam me but i pay attention
toastgodsupreme
axe
I get scammed by the merchant on a daily basis due to lag. I clikc on sell item and nothing hapens so I click again and bam it sells plus the item under it, which sometimes is something I didnt mean to sell. I wish that there was an undo option at the merchant, something that wouldnt require an extra step, but it would be available if you made a mistake. Normaly I seperate items I dont want to sell, but sometimes my inv. is full and....... it happens
RBK
I’m afraid people will always be scamming and people will always be scammed. You just have to pay a bit of attention in the trade window. Check and double check the item they are giving you. It’s not a race, and if they complain that you are taking to long then the chances are what they selling aint what you wanted.
Be careful
Be careful
Mavrik
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I get scammed by the merchant on a daily basis due to lag. I clikc on sell item and nothing hapens so I click again and bam it sells plus the item under it, which sometimes is something I didnt mean to sell. I wish that there was an undo option at the merchant, something that wouldnt require an extra step, but it would be available if you made a mistake. Normaly I seperate items I dont want to sell, but sometimes my inv. is full and....... it happens
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I sold 20 candy canes the other day for 10k. I made sure it said 10plat 0gold. And there was no cancel of the trade. Then I bought a black dye. I double checked that the trade window clearly indicated it was black dye and not dye remover or ink.
As people have been saying. Be smart with your trades and take your times. Scammers leave tell tale signs like opening and closing trade a lot. If it doesn't feel right... by dwayna don't do it!
Sparks Dawnbringer
Yes. I'm always very careful too, but it has happened to me but not for switching money but switching runes. Since they look alike its easy to miss the switch. Yes, I should have checked, but isn't it too bad that that some people think the only way to play is to cheat. The easy way to fix this would be to have the runes look different. When you look at 75g in the game it at least looks different than 75k and you have a chance to visually catch it. A warrior rune looks the same as any other warrior rune.
striderkaaru
hate to be a jerk and all, but...
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i wasnt realy paying atention
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Rilder
All you have to do is stare at least 5 -10 seconds at the money offer. Most scammers want you to hurry up like this one scammer was trying to scam me out of victos axe and he was like "i'l give you *more then i offered to sell it for* if you hurry,i go up to him and he just wouldnt keep trade window open, i was like wtf you noob, open trade once and keep it open... and he was like faster faster faster... then i saw the 95g whatever i was like cya you bloody noob, ..... anyways my point is, a true trader would allow you to look at the trade window for like 10 seconds at least.... if there paying the dough make sure they accept first