UO Second Age

Karik Verlee wrote:

Omnicron wrote:Litterally every big transaction has goon foul for me here. Buggy as . I like the shard. But once again it could be better.

POST LARGE TRANSACTIONS ON FORUMS

Better yet, post it on forums AND use brokers...and if using one of the better known ones (Blackfoot, Wise, Tabius, GuardianKnight, etc.) check that they are the real deal (chars match, guild title matches, dress and accesories match, etc.) and also by contacting them via PM or in IRC to make sure. If still unsure, ask a buddy of yours to broker, if the counterpart is uneasy about it, so be it, there'll be other houses/black dye tubs/silver coins out there to buy from people who are willing to use a broker you feel comfortable with.

I got burnt once, and will not trade anything large without a broker in the future, unless trading with people I trust.

Omnicron wrote:Whatever man I think it would be better if it were changed.

If that is the way you feel then you need to realize that you are on the wrong shard. This is a T2A shard.

Also, houses aren't immune to scams even with the change made to use a trade window. I was scammed out of a large house because of a flaw in game mechanics on another shard a while back.

Karik Verlee wrote:

Omnicron wrote:Litterally every big transaction has goon foul for me here. Buggy as shit. I like the shard. But once again it could be better.

POST LARGE TRANSACTIONS ON FORUMS

^This, and use a broker. There are several of us genuine brokers who don't charge fees for our services.

Karik Verlee wrote:They get banned from the forum/IRC not sure about banning IP addresses or getting new ones. But I haven't heard of one person being scammed who posted on the forums/Main IRC channel. Please note this does not include private messages on IRC or on the forums.

Not only that, most big scammers play by the rules b/c it makes it challenging.

Scamming is hardly profitable given the time it takes and the failure rate

son wrote:Scamming is hardly profitable given the time it takes and the failure rate

If you fail you're doing it wrong.

There is no guarantee that if you use the forums or IRC you're not going to get scammed. Without going into the details of how, it is possible to use forums and IRC untracably, and potentially even the shard itself. This is the Internet, use caution.

Find a reputable broker, and be sure to verify his guild tag, check /whois <nick> in IRC to see if they have a registered IRC account as well.