Ok I thought I'd post this in the newbie section because I've noticed it happening more and more and I would hate to think that someone loses out as a result.
It's not technically a scam, just sharp practice, but be on the look out for it.
I've noticed a disturbing trend recently among buyers, especially in PA, towards covering up how low their price is. And this particularly seems to be prevalent among sweat buyers, so is clearly aimed at fooling new players.
For example yesterday, there was a buyer buying at 0.4. But instead of saying buying sweat 0.4, they said buying 5000 sweat for 20 ped or somewhere round those figures. And they picked a weird number...it wasn't exactly 5k...something like 5327 sweat, clearly to make it harder to calculate.
I can just imagine new players, a little overwhelmed by all that is new in EU, and not familiar enough with trading to work out the price, thinking wow 20 ped, cool I can buy a gun with that - I'll sell.
It's a bit like the prices in car showrooms..."this car only £9995". Oh wow a bargain it's only 9k. Erm no, it's 10k, disguised as 9k.
So if someone is not quoting the price they are buying for, but just giving a ped total, ask yourself why. And work out what the price per bottle/unit is. It's probably a rubbish price.
And sellers... how about a bit of open honesty. You just give yourself and your soc a bad name if you try to trick new players by disguising your price. It's quite clear to more experienced players what you're trying to do.
It's only my opinion, and others may disagree, but in my view, trying to trick a new player is unforgivable. Sadly even EU has its share of people who care little for others and only for their own wallet, so beware.
It's not technically a scam, just sharp practice, but be on the look out for it.
I've noticed a disturbing trend recently among buyers, especially in PA, towards covering up how low their price is. And this particularly seems to be prevalent among sweat buyers, so is clearly aimed at fooling new players.
For example yesterday, there was a buyer buying at 0.4. But instead of saying buying sweat 0.4, they said buying 5000 sweat for 20 ped or somewhere round those figures. And they picked a weird number...it wasn't exactly 5k...something like 5327 sweat, clearly to make it harder to calculate.
I can just imagine new players, a little overwhelmed by all that is new in EU, and not familiar enough with trading to work out the price, thinking wow 20 ped, cool I can buy a gun with that - I'll sell.
It's a bit like the prices in car showrooms..."this car only £9995". Oh wow a bargain it's only 9k. Erm no, it's 10k, disguised as 9k.
So if someone is not quoting the price they are buying for, but just giving a ped total, ask yourself why. And work out what the price per bottle/unit is. It's probably a rubbish price.
And sellers... how about a bit of open honesty. You just give yourself and your soc a bad name if you try to trick new players by disguising your price. It's quite clear to more experienced players what you're trying to do.
It's only my opinion, and others may disagree, but in my view, trying to trick a new player is unforgivable. Sadly even EU has its share of people who care little for others and only for their own wallet, so beware.