Atwood wrote:Technically that's not scamming - scamming is actually lying to someone about the pet's value, like saying their pet is a common when it's a rare, or saying the pet being offered will be rare when it's actually common. ;3 Just offering a very poor trade or not offering at all so the unsuspecting new player will ask for less than their pet is worth, that's called ninja trading. Scamming as defined in this post is not allowed at all and is reportable (and on repeat offenses, bannable), so if you see someone actually lying outright to someone about the value of their pet, please report them.
On the subject, I've been working on ninja-proofing new players who have valuable 18th pets. X3 I hunt down the ones who got the newborn pets most likely to be targetted and let them know exactly what the newborn is and what it's worth, with a link to the Fair Trade thread and advice not to accept trades without checking them first. I think of it as anti-ninjaing; so far, I've anti-ninjaed two zebras, a Malk dragon, a tribal, a moondog, a banana, an UR dog, and some more I can't recall. ^^ Hopefully that'll keep at least a few people from unknowingly trading their valuable pets for a pittance.
Good For you Atwood
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