shadowe wrote:I'm going to disagree with you there. If some newbie who doesn't yet grasp the concept of rarities offers me a zebra, I would most definitely say no. It isn't cool to take advantage of people, ever, and I'm not quite sure why you're flaunting that.
That’s you -- that’s not every other person on this game. I say about 85% of people in possession of a Zebra, came to own it off of ninja trading or trading with a newbie.
shadowe wrote:No difference, and none of it's okay. Just because lots of people aren't going to stop doing it doesn't make it "okay" on any level. If five billion people believe a lie, it's still a lie. The only reason you're getting called out is because you made it public. Most ninja traders AND scammers (edited in light of Kaya's post) keep their mouth shut about that sort of thing to keep from getting a bad rep.
Now, I don't know you all that well, so I'm not denying that you're good with trades--if you're a good bargainer, then that's great, we could all use that. But if your "skill" is ripping off new people and you're proud of that, then that's seriously not cool and you need to stop.
I'm sorry but I didn't come here to get lectured about how I need to be doing my trades. I'm not doing anything against the rules by asking people to add what they would like for a pet. This is a game -- this IS NOT real life.
Secondly -- I don't care what other people think about how I trade -- how I trade is how I trade and most people ask me how I do it and want to know what 'techniques' I have. I never stated my skill was ripping people off. I spent time and a lot of effort to complete my collection and yah, I ninja traded a bit in the process, OH WELL. When at the time I didn't have a job, wasn't going to college and I had a lot of free time -- I traded just about ALL day. Now a days you hardly see me on here.
I don't think I should be being crucified for COMING TO A RANT THREAD TO RANT ABOUT KIDS BEING RUDE AND BRATTY because they don't like the fact that I didn't want what they had to offer. I also don't think you should be telling anyone what to do -- you're not admin -- you're not a mod.