I just stiffed a dial a Porter, oops

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The only time I've used DAP was as a lvl 12-ish newbie, and ran to surefall glade assuming the circle of sfg was in the game. Contacted a DAP druid who told me it wasn't, so I offered to run to NK (I wanted to go to WC). He said to sit tight, he was going to contact his wizzy friend and he'd send me a tell. All the time I asked him what the going rate is as I'd not done this before, but he wouldn't say.

I waited for around 30 mins in sfg, and got no tell so I made my way to NK and this time contacted another DAP as I didn't want to hassle the first guy. Again I asked how much it would be, twice iirc, but he didn't say. He picked me up and dropped me off in WC and I asked how much.

Him "20p"
Me "I don't have that much, I have around 14p and change"
Him "I can make it 60p if you like"
Me "Will you accept 14p?"
Him "whatever"

I tried to give him the money, but he was sitting down and I got the message that I couldn't trade with him. He disappeared then, I guess he logged off and the reason I couldn't trade was he was camping? Not sure. I hung around the WC rings just in case he came back because I felt bad for not paying but after about 15 mins i moved on. I felt like I cheated him. It was really awkward.

I have no problem at all with DAP, they provide a really useful service and its clear they make a lot of people happy. It works. The only thing I would say is if you have a newbie asking you what the going rate is for a donation/tip, don't pretend you didn't hear them asking you. They don't know what to give you, they probably want to give you whats fair, and thats why they're asking.