[Thulack]

Originally Posted by Turp [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The way you post here You think its easy to acquire 500k or w.e it takes to start a plat business. In reality it takes months or longer to get that kind of cash.
If they set up stings an bought plat , than busted the saler , than retracted their money threw paypal. They would end the king pin plat sales FOREVER.
Still would have your little men but there wont be a plat.com.
The Platlords would lose all their inventory, make no RL money , an yes they might try again. But after a few stings they would move on to another server.

It either has to be someone high profile (very good at computers) to keep in business for 4 years+ untouched.
Or staff haven't ran a sting to bust the big guy. They just focus on busting little buyers in hopes it works.
The real curb stomp would be a sting operation an rob the plat lords.
You rob them enough an they will give up.
No one is gonna keep trying to sale if you keep scamming them an busting them.
Banning only the buyers IMO just fuels the platlords to sale more.

Example:
Set up a order. for 200k or whatever. You Send the money paypal and say in description where you want your item delivered. Than get the plat, bust the guy , ban all his accounts, tell paypal you never got your item, get your money back. The Platlord loses months/years of his life and gains nothing.

Currently its :
Bust the buyer, maybe find the saler , platlord lives in a mansion because he gets to keep the money, and the cycle will continue.
Expect a "RMT ban wave" every year. Until someone decides to run a sting operation an really take out the king pins. Its not the buyers. You will never stop the buyers, its the salers. An can easily stop the salers. Just hasn't been done an anyone who ever mentioned setting up a sting operation it just got shut down fast by GM claiming it wouldn't work. If you rob the plat lords enough, it would work.

You act as though Platlord is the only person that sells plat. There are dozens of people that sell plat/items/accounts on this server. And the sellers take extra special care to not get caught i would presume such as using VPN's, multiple accounts etc.