Trade confirmation message

i know bb doesn't allow naming and shaming and I can understand why, but how about letting us suggest names (and reasons) to bb that only they can add to a list on the forum.

I've just misclicked and payed about 7 times more than I needed to for an item. a few days ago a guy bought a fish thinking it was for an ls, but no.... it was just a fish! I see offers all the time that are obviously designed to catch newbies out.

the new shield that puts up 10 random names (supposedly pvp players, but who cares enough to actually check it out) could link to this list. really handy being right next to the to on screen :)

well you can't blame people for stupidity.... why buy something without knowing what you're buying... ls are offered on trade so if you want to buy it check the name of the seller before buying... if someone bates people kudos to them for being smart... It's not something i agree or encourage, but no one is making you buy anything...

As for wrongfully clicking... well everyone does it one time or another... learn with the mistake and pay more attention next time.

sometimes I wonder why ppl bother with the effort to write a reply

Thread: Trade Scammers

thank you smurf, a sensible reply rather than another troll. I'm not really talking about scammers, ppl are allowed to set their own prices after all. it would just be nice to know who asks ridic prices so we could all avoid them and it may cut them down a lot.

still a very useful link tho, so thank you again :)

Not all stupid prices are intentional, it's quite common to see that somebody either forgot a 0 or added one by mistake. You don't provide us with enough information for us to judge if that fish was just a mistake or malice.

I have at times had my finger slip on the numeric keypad and offered a price of 1501 instead of 150 and didn't notice it. That certainly happens.

There are times I think though that someone is offering 1 fish for 1000 gold coin or something, and it's my opinion they are hoping someone reads the trade backwards and think they are getting a fantastic deal! (Um - I've gotten caught by that myself - oops)

While I don't think offering such "trick" trades is very ethical, it's really buyer beware. And some of these trades might be deals between players that are not on each others friends lists or haven't been there for a day yet.

Bottom line: You are responsible for what you accept in the TO so read carefully. You can't know other the reasons or motives of other people, so there's not much else you can do.

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Originally Posted by vigabrand

thank you smurf, a sensible reply rather than another troll. I'm not really talking about scammers, ppl are allowed to set their own prices after all. it would just be nice to know who asks ridic prices so we could all avoid them and it may cut them down a lot.

still a very useful link tho, so thank you again :)

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Sure i'm trolling... of course i am... i gave my opinion and replyed to your 2 points... i don't agree with them... of course i'm a troll... Internet mentality this days is at a high standard of nonsense... thats a given.

I'll even add up that if someone puts a high price on something... just don't buy it, compare prices and think to you what is a decent price you're willing to pay for what you're looking, if you don't like the price don't buy. Just like RL. Also like somene said sometimes people make mistakes while trading not only asking too much but also sometimes asking less then they should... we make mistakes everyone does... we learn with them and next time we'll be more carefull if not... shame on us.

We are all responsable for our acts, we can't expect someone else to hold our hands...

Xibor, Dorotheus yep, I've done all those mistakes on more than 1 occasion. How about a more informative confirmation message?..

Are you sure you want to buy 100 copper ore from ImmaBandit for 1200 beans, YES or NO?

The problem with this is that it will be abused, there will be a section of people that will use it to “black list” or force out certain traders that have not committed any offence, as they are competition or unlike for what ever reason.

During the twentieth anniversary event some players got very nasty with others, due to their refusal to donate resources, on the grounds of not wanting to participate in said event. This resulted in a lot of negative trade tactics and general bullying. If something like a list came into player there is the potential for that

Anything that has a degree of community involvement has the potential to be abused but BB has to sort of draw the line somewhere, it is why they sort of wash their hands of things like trade sheets and selling lootspots, so if things do go pear shaped with them they can say “well that is something we are not involved in”

Donkey trades are all part of this game though, you will never find a player on here that has not gotten stung in some way, and yes it is annoying. The idea of “do you want to purchased X for X amount Yes or No” is a good idea and should be added to the game.

Please confirm your confirmation, of your last confirmation to confirm your bad trade :/
More clicking sigh :(

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Originally Posted by vigabrand

How about a more informative confirmation message?..

Are you sure you want to buy 100 copper ore from ImmaBandit for 1200 beans, YES or NO?

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Would be nice :)
And will probably put a break on ppl trying misleading trades as a " trick " or " scam" as the chance of success would be less.

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Are you sure you want to buy 100 copper ore from ImmaBandit for 1200 beans, YES or NO?

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I'm not sure how this would help the situation you describe with the one fish/loot spot scam, so would not be supportive of extra clicking in trade. I agree with others in just being careful when trading or be prepared to take the consequences. I keep my own list of `iffy traders' who I `tend' not to buy from, and when I buy very `cheap' trades I always return them if the seller confirms it as a mistake. For genuine scammers screen shots are the players friend a long side the report button ;)

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Originally Posted by Goafer

Please confirm your confirmation, of your last confirmation to confirm your bad trade :/
More clicking sigh :(

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+1

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Originally Posted by Goafer

Please confirm your confirmation, of your last confirmation to confirm your bad trade :/
More clicking sigh :(

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yeh more clicking is what we want goaf :) more clicking = more fun

+1 to a confirmation message. That would not hurt any deal you truly want and might wake you up if you are making a mistake.

Such a list will never be allowed on the European English forum as it can indeed be abused and we have a different solution for dealing with proved scammers: permaban.

However, since the conversation slipped towards a viable suggestion, I will rename the thread and move it to Game Suggestions.

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The last thing this game needs is more unnecessary clicking.
More confirmation is required for gem expenditures, for sure, because real money can be involved.
Trades on the TO are just pixels. If you make a mistake then learn from it and be more careful in future.

The way I see it is, if your not paying enough attention to notice that the trade you are about to accept is undesirable then no amount of confirmation is going to change that. We also have the problem that this sort of suggestion is one where if implemented will increase the load on the server, so it becomes a balancing act between something which may prevent a silly trade from happening occasionally but which increases lag for all and doing nothing and having a better server response with the risk of a stupid loss in trade now and again.

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People never read such messages anyhow, just click by rote.