Merchanting (Price Gouging) -vs- Scamming
(aka, "On Scamming, part 2" Part one can be found here)
On the continued topic of Scamming on the free online role playing game Runescape, I'd like to add some of my own thoughts.
I've often heard people cry "scam!" when really, they're mislabelling what just happened to them - they've either been price-gouged by an or are uninformed about what they're buying, and neither are really the seller's fault nor problem.
Not the seller's fault??! What on earth do I mean by that??!
I mean this:
If you're desperately looking for an item, and someone charges you twice the regular cost for it, and you pay that price they request, that's opportunism, aka price-gouging. Personally, I like to sell things to people who are desperate to get them, precisely due to the fact that I can ask for 1.5-2x the normal selling price, and I'll generally get it.
In real life, the government protects us as citizens from price-gouging, as an attempt to keep things "fair". In online multi-player games, the game government (Jagex) is a much smaller presence, and thus Merchanting (sometimes negatively referred to as price-gouging) is NOT bad nor evil, since Jagex is more worried about other types of "crimes". The raw truth is that the prepared adventurer will think ahead about what they're going to do in the future, and NOT get caught so desperately needing something that an opportunistic player could overcharge for.
Regarding the "uninformed buyer" thing, if someone tries to sell you a pair of white boots for 5k and you buy them, not knowing they cost under 50 coins at a shop in Al Kahrid, it's NOT a scam. Ignorance of the value or availability of objects is not an excuse to shift the blame of you feeling "ripped off" onto the seller.
Personally, I refer to the following web forum page when considering all my buys and sells:
UPDATED SEPT 2007!
http://www.zybez.net/priceguide.php
Page 1 and 2 have prices for almost everything on the game, and the post is updated as required.
There ya go, more information you may not have known.
If you have suggestions for topics for me to post about, please leave comments!
Part three of this On Scamming topic can be found here.
Part four got lost somewhere but will probably come in the future.
Labels: merchanting, price gouging, runescape, runescape cash, runescape gold, runescape merchanting, runescape money, runescape scams, runescape tips
posted by SingleGrrl @ 10/04/2005 10:39:00 PM
10 Comments
10 Comments:
"Price-gouging" is commonly referred to as merchanting in the game.
But it is scamming when sum1 says it costs tht much in shops
what about those ignorant people who say they are "related" to a jagex worker...i lost my account for being stupid like that...why couldnt jagex players log in as a normal person and hide undercover and just have the ability to ban somebody at the site or at least take their items and return it to the owner...to be honest, ive seen gp for sale on ... ebay how sad but it has happened ... a long comment but useful for those in contact with jagex. if you ever see a deal with untradeable real life items...decline it! no matter if zezima says to give him your pass and he give u 1.5bil(hehe) never trust zezima he could be a hacker and never got caught -- =D
You could get reported for charging or trying to charge huge amounts of gp for worthless items, though.
"Rule 2.
Item Scamming
You must not scam or deceive other players.
Lying to other players for your own personal gain is not in the spirit of the game."
So if you actually tell someone "white boots cost 5000, they are rare!" that is a reportable offense.
Price gouging isn't scamming. Its the fault of the buyer and not the seller.
Cowraper13
This thread is now invalid!
But you could try:
http://www.zybez.net/priceguide.php
ok i used to "price gouge" and it got me 3 masks and 2 santas and then i got hacked and lost it all and am never ever gonna get it back :'(
You should change the link to miniclips forum--it no longer works. You could try http://www.zybez.net/priceguide.php
i used to price gouge, but i used to always get scammed myself.
like one time i was trying 2 buy a rune scimmy but bought an iron by mistake for 30k!!!
Also another thing is that you can not repory somebody for taking you to the wild and killing you. It is not agaist the rules and I am tired of noobs saying they will report me if I take them to tje wild and kill them. Also if youn want to be a ***hole just tell noobs the noobs ok and take them to the wild and kill them anyway.
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