Official GW Scams Thread (no posting names)

This morning I got my noob character scammed. I admit I am learning this game and very vulnerable to scams. I am posting this to alert people.

************ (his name) shouted out "Red Dye--100 gold" and wanting this color I bought from him. He placed a Red Dye in window and I happily paid him 100 gold. Two more red dyes, and I have my outfit I thought. Well upon closer inspection, I found I had bought dye remover (looks exactly like red dye) and I was victim to my first scam. (reminds me of the AC1 black robe scam--the white one which was common looked exactly like the black one in trade window, and they were not labeled).

Anyway, I guess us new players need to be VERY aware of people ripping us off. If you know of any other things that people do, please post so we can be aware of crooks and swindles.

perma-ignore: ************

pretty sad id send it to the guild wars team take some screenshots if you can? i cant seem to find a way to take a screeny

Your Print Screen button takes screenshots.

Stickied- Please Post All Known Scams Here.

Regards, Ashleigh.

Edit:Also Moved to correct forum, Riverside Inn.

Let's keep names out of this. We're not going to start a witchhunt or harrass anyone, just make everyone aware of what tricks are out there.

Lesson Learned? Always mouse over the items to make sure they are what you expect.

Yes, always check everything before you click that Accept button. It cracks me up when someone will agree to buy something for a certain amount and then try to shortchange you when it comes time to pay up. Once I just sat there waiting and watching as this guy put in 3 different gold amounts, the final one being the price we agreed upon. Now when fools try to pull this on me, I just cancel the transaction and tell them since they want to act like that, the price just doubled. Funny thing is, half the time they still buy whatever it is LOL.

yea... i heard of someone switching in a dye remover for a red dye... i just told the guy that he should of made sure that it was red dye by checking the color, and hes like "Well, I dont usually do that..."

i have never been scammed or scammed anyone, but im sure it really sucks to have it done on ya.... :P

Possible Scam?? When you finish ashes quest you get the ashes and keep them even after talking to duke.

Someone tried to sell me those ashes before for like 2p. I didn't do it, but I saved the ashes from the quest to see if I could give it to a guildie and he could just hand duke the ashes and get 2k exp. It didn't work, so was thinking people are trying to sell the ashes as a scam?

Just need this confirmed...

that person probably forgot what the ashes was for, and had no idea what to do with it... so, what would you do? i would do exactly what he did, and try to sell them for at least a little cash... 5 gold would do...

Technically, this is not a scam, and in fact, shows my stupid gene has mutated and left the mother organism..

Last night, Lasher Dragon up there, a few posts above me, well, he helped me out legit. I bought a bow from him that kicked ass. Well, I went on a Charr hunting orgy. I had nearly 100 charr carvings and TONS of hides, gear, and i got 14 purple drops and one yellow.

Then, my dumbass thought "oooh, all I need to do is buy some scales, and I can can get soem scale armor crafted, since I have the leather!" So, I go to Yak bend, visit the armorer, and discover im short 50 gold for the complete set of armor. Then, my dumbass decides to go to the merchant. Ya know, to sell off my crapware stuff so that I may afford the armor I want.

This is where people need to pay attention:

ALWAYS KEEP YOUR WEAPON EQUIPPED WHEN SHOPPING.

I clicked sell on my shiny new bow.

I scammed myself with itchy mouse trigger finger...

I am a complete dumbass

A positive side is, one of my drops nearly matches the old bow attribute for attribute, so my loss was mostly in pride, thank the winds.

I think my post made little sense regarding thread relevance, so let me explain better:

When trading with another player, watch wtf you are dragging to trade. Same goes for merchants. Before you know it, your dragon sword goes back into the matrix...

Oh man SOT that sux.... I'm glad you found a replacement. I bought a max damage half-moon of fortitude last night for 2k in Lion's Arch So now I have 2 weapon slots to fill at my leisure with good bows.

i got a Fiery Dragon Sword of Deathbane in LA a couple days ago... for 1440 gold, plus a whole buttload of other stuff... im not sure if i got jipped or not!
1440 gold+2 fur squares+1 silk+2 leather squares+Orange Dye+other random crap= Dragon Sword

if anyone knows if this was bad on my part, please, let me know immediately so i can gouge out my eyes with a spoon...

*points at lasher dragon*

"I really, really hate that man."

Glad to hear it Lasher Dragon!

I am working on acquiring expert salvage kits now, since I seem to have over 20 upgrade items, all purple. Sheesh. Bad luck by self-destructive behavior witha merchant becomes a boon to the next big thing. I shall own more charr in due course

heeeeeyyy... got any good sword upgrades? lol... i have a hilt upgrade, but for some reason, i cant use it on my Fiery Dragon Sword of Deathbane...

From what I understand, you can't use hilt upgrades on dragon swords period. Another reason I think dragon swords suck.

I have several pommels. When I get home tonight I'll see what I have

sweet... umm, do u happen to have a Shadow Sword as well? that would be sweet if u did... cuz, if i cant upgrade my Dragon Sword, i would really like to upgrade one of those beasts...

p.s. We can talk better here...

www.peopleofthedragon.com/spinchat.html

you might wanna pm me that link, because the gods that dwell in the delete button hall may get ya

You would try to sell it for 2P?!?

And he pmed me after I was looking for a monk for the ashes quest, and I quote, "I'll sell you the ashes you need for 2k and you won't have to do the mission"

So I'm just posting it to make sure people don't fall for it. Thought this was for scams and wanted to make sure this was.