I stopped reading at page 9.
(EDIT: still reading, on page 12, and it was all still terrible)
But have to inject because this course of this thread is absolutely tragic.
This has happened to me, thankfully at a much smaller scale.
1) The red warning message is not perfect. It failed many times, especially when selling this type of item. Sometimes I've had to ignore them. If you sell this type of item often, it becomes a constant stream of false positives you learn to bypass. Make a better warning or get rid of it entirely.
2)
The seller is not a bad person for choosing to put their money in this game. Why are you attacking them? Their existence adds life, no matter how and I don't see why we're attacking the person who is clearly suffering, unless you are just that twisted and soul-less that you can't at least keep your mouth shut.
3)
The buyer is NOT A BAD PERSON EITHER. They profited on an opportunity fair and square. It wasn't a scam. It wasn't a crime. If they choose to keep the deeds that is their choice and they are NOT in the wrong for it. Any smearing you do to their name is your choice but it won't be what they deserve.
4)
MA is NOT BAD if they choose not to interfere. What they ARE bad for though is they often are selective with WHO they DO interfere for. I don't doubt that if it was with someone who was more... familiar... with MA, that their involvement would be different. But in this case, they will likely take a back seat as the transaction was legitimate. They are ALSO bad for having an auction that even allows this to happen so easily. As I said, they should be automatically setting the initial price as a multiplier of the units for sale and the market price. Let the player then make the remaining changes. Or make a set of arrows so the player can choose quantity, and default that to 1.
This is just a mess of a situation that requires the buyer to give something up for the sake of their reputation. What you need to realize is that reputations are worth more to some than others. For others, money and survival mean far more than their reputation, especially in an online game where names are aliases and a new reputation can be created within minutes.
MJ, while I wish you luck, I still want to stress you must begin to prepare to get nothing. You need to accept that fact. Because that's what happened to me. I got no response. No reply at all. It is a setback but you will recover from it. Take a break from here and regroup with your wife. Good luck.
