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Old 10-16-2014, 02:49 AM
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I just started on this server and a guy promised he would give me blood ember breastplate if I sold 100k worth of his items in EC.

I have screenshots and witnesses but I have yet to receive payment. Am I screwed or do I need to call Judge Judy? Feeling sad and confused, could use a friend.

Edit: I only told them to send him tells since I was in EC auctioning so I have no cash.
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Old 10-16-2014, 02:54 AM
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no contract law in EQ, AFAIK, just reputation.
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Old 10-16-2014, 02:54 AM
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Just keep the 100k
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Old 10-16-2014, 02:59 AM
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Old 10-16-2014, 04:48 AM
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Not sure I understand.
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Old 10-16-2014, 05:21 AM
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Yes, you are likely more or less out of luck. If you had been scammed out of an actual item or platinum... possibly a different story. But this is shaky at best.

Make a petition in the petition forum. Eunomia generally deals with the majority of scams, only defaulting to a GM in really complicated or widespread cases of theft. You could try to call fraud under the pnp, but the consequences and procedure will largely be left up to her. I won't give my official opinion (or stance, if I was forced to make a ruling) so as to not give leverage to either side (we'd prefer if you worked it out on your own without needing the mailed gauntlet of our Senior Guide to come crashing through your deal).
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Old 10-16-2014, 10:56 AM
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Yes, you are likely more or less out of luck. If you had been scammed out of an actual item or platinum... possibly a different story. But this is shaky at best.

Make a petition in the petition forum. Eunomia generally deals with the majority of scams, only defaulting to a GM in really complicated or widespread cases of theft. You could try to call fraud under the pnp, but the consequences and procedure will largely be left up to her. I won't give my official opinion (or stance, if I was forced to make a ruling) so as to not give leverage to either side (we'd prefer if you worked it out on your own without needing the mailed gauntlet of our Senior Guide to come crashing through your deal).
By itself I'm guessing this isn't enough to do much. But do you guys keep records of people/accounts complaints? I imagine if it was someone with a history of scamming this might be the proverbial straw?
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Old 10-16-2014, 04:20 PM
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By itself I'm guessing this isn't enough to do much. But do you guys keep records of people/accounts complaints? I imagine if it was someone with a history of scamming this might be the proverbial straw?
For most situations yes. This applies beyond just scamming. We are moving to a system that encourages all staff to log warnings as well as related violations/associations, essentially as much information as possible so that our CSR logs are as comprehensive and clear as possible. Before this only bans and suspensions were really logged - now we have much more information available for accounts where it is needed, and that will continue to grow as time goes on.

This logging was done somewhat lazily in the past, with things often missing a log entirely (especially near the beginning in the Uthgaard days) so I really tried to encourage people to log as often as possible when I joined the staff as a Guide, and when I became a GM worked with Sirken to set in stone that it should be mandatory to log as much as possible so future CSR's can clearly understand and obtain information related to individuals. This can be difficult for severe violations, such as large RMT operations and complex scams, so instead those are usually just annotated where possible for specific bans with a brief overview of the entire situation.

This helps us to better provide the community with faster resolutions as a direct result of clarity and ease of use on our end. It's worked extremely well so far, and even allows Guides to assist the Senior CSR staff in ways they never could before due to the amount of information available.
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Old 10-16-2014, 09:01 AM
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Someone basically used you to 2box in EC Tunnel. Funny but sad.
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Old 10-20-2014, 09:07 AM
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Someone basically used you to 2box in EC Tunnel. Funny but sad.
I'm going to need a /played count on the time OP spent in the tunnel as a middle man and the time Bongs has spent doing transfers for free over the years. Depending on the result I may find this comment funny. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
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