Getting ripped off by vendors...is it possible?
Joe Pesci
I saw a message further up the page about scams involving so-called
"full spell books" on vendors....
Is it then also possible that the vendor advertising an "accurate
durable scimitar of might" might actually be trying to flog you some
rusty worn-out old thing? that's not even magical?
I have not yet tried running a vendor, so I have no idea whether these
labels are placed by the player himself or whether they are
automatic....
If so, then I guess that Arms Lore and Item Identification will be
advisable/invaluable if you ever plan on buying something from a vendor.
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Old Wolf of Yew {Sonoma}
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Rob Illing, AKA Chris Jay
Joe Pesci <tai...@ihug.co.nz> wrote:
>If so, then I guess that Arms Lore and Item Identification will be
>advisable/invaluable if you ever plan on buying something from a vendor.
I'd also urge caution to anyone buying reagents from vendors. A
friend of mine thought up this little scam:
You put lumps of 10 black pearl in a bag on your vendor and price them
at 90 gold per lump. Every 5th lump, you price at 900 gold. When
people come along to buy and check the price of a single lump, they
are likely to see "90 gold".
If the poor fool then accidentally clicks the high priced lump, or
they just buy 5 lumps without checking all the prices first, you will
likely be "quids in". Check before you buy!
Cheers,
Rob
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Joe Pesci wrote:
> I saw a message further up the page about scams involving so-called
> "full spell books" on vendors....
>
> Is it then also possible that the vendor advertising an "accurate
> durable scimitar of might" might actually be trying to flog you some
> rusty worn-out old thing? that's not even magical?
It's magical property will always appear when you single-click it. That's one
thing they cannot fake. For the rest, it's proprties and condition, you Must
have Item Identification and Arms Lore, and keep trying these until successful,
or you may be buying a Forified Indecently Accurate Scimitar of Vanquishing
which is actually just dime store stuff, or about to break when you hit a bunny
with it.
This is one of the ways outside thieves get you, because you cannot Hide while
doing either of those skills (Hiding makes it imposible to snoop you, and if
snooping is not done then makes it impossible to steal from you). So you spend
extended periods of time standing out of town by vendors, II'ing and AL'ing to
see if an item is worth the 5000 gp price, and some thief comes along and
steals your hair dryer, then runs for the protection of the guard zone.
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Actually, using the stealing skill on somebody without snooping is
possible, but you just get a random item instead of a chosen one.
rob
The Master wrote:
> This is one of the ways outside thieves get you, because you cannot Hide while
> doing either of those skills (Hiding makes it imposible to snoop you, and if
> snooping is not done then makes it impossible to steal from you). So you spend
> extended periods of time standing out of town by vendors, II'ing and AL'ing to
> see if an item is worth the 5000 gp price, and some thief comes along and
> steals your hair dryer, then runs for the protection of the guard zone.
Hiding does not make snooping impossible.
If you have already been snooped, your pack is on lastobject.
If not, when you speak, your paperdoll can be pulled and your pack
snooped.
Damocles
On Wed, 10 Jun 1998 18:54:24 +1200, Joe Pesci <tai...@ihug.co.nz>
wrote:
>I saw a message further up the page about scams involving so-called
>"full spell books" on vendors....
>
>Is it then also possible that the vendor advertising an "accurate
>durable scimitar of might" might actually be trying to flog you some
>rusty worn-out old thing? that's not even magical?
It's very possible. In fact, on a vendor just north of the Britain
cemetery on Ches there's a vendor that sells totally bogus items
(Halberd of Power advertised which is really a Durable, Accurate
Halberd, things like that).
Milhouse
A few days ago, I decided to check out the Sosarian subway (well... the
moongates). After several jumps, I ended up in Yew, with many tents near
the gate itself. One tent with a vendor selling reagents had a plaque (the
"bridge name" kind that you see on trees) on it which said something like:
"Caution, items may not be what they seem. ---Great Council of Yew" Was
this a gm punishing a pecker-brain vendor or something else?
Nevermind
Ooh yeah.. thats a fun trick to play.....
I saw one vendor who had a TON of regs for sale, 5 apiece, for -very-
reasonable prices (Like 25 gold for 5 Bloodmoss, same for pearl, 10-15 for 5
of others) so I bought a lot of them, but I checked each one first (I know
about this scam.. I co-own a vendor and I like to throw in a GH potion in a
stack of others for 1K with the rest at 40 or something, just to keep people
on their toes). There were a lot of very reasonably priced stacks, and then
there were 2 of each reg type that were as follows: 2 (regname)
Cost: 5000
It was pretty funny.. well, I bought everything but the regs that were the
5K ones.. poor guy :-( Owell, it was fine.. I hope he sells them! :-)
Nevermind
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Rob Illing, AKA Chris Jay wrote in message <6lljp9$61m$1...@news.u-net.com>...
Spawn
Okay I was outside of Vesper having just gone across the bridge to the left
of the bank on the Pacific server. Anyway... I travel down a ways and I'm
checking out the vendors. All seems normal until I come upon this one
vendor that has gold in his pack. So I click on it and it reads something
like, "500 gold pieces for 2000 GP."
I nearly doubled over laughing. In my opinion if anyone is dumb enough to
actually agree to that deal they deserve to be ripped off.
Just goes to show you how dishonest some vendors can be.
-- Spawn
Dopester
yes, this is one of the biggest rip offs in the game... players
deliberately naming items incorrectly... never buy from avendor unless you
Item Id it and then Arms Lore it... A Halberd of Vanq isnt much use if it is
"Falling apart"...
Joe Pesci wrote in message <357E2D9F...@ihug.co.nz>...
|I saw a message further up the page about scams involving so-called
|"full spell books" on vendors....
|
|Is it then also possible that the vendor advertising an "accurate
|durable scimitar of might" might actually be trying to flog you some
|rusty worn-out old thing? that's not even magical?
|
|I have not yet tried running a vendor, so I have no idea whether these
|labels are placed by the player himself or whether they are
|automatic....
|
|If so, then I guess that Arms Lore and Item Identification will be
|advisable/invaluable if you ever plan on buying something from a vendor.
|
Marc Semenchuk
Spawn wrote:
I was walking by a vendor once, and saw '350 gold pieces for 200 GP.' I
bought it. :)
Lord Shalamar, master Swordsman (Baja)
John Wagner
Spawn (AlSi...@HellSpawn.com) wrote:
: Okay I was outside of Vesper having just gone across the bridge to the left
: of the bank on the Pacific server. Anyway... I travel down a ways and I'm
: checking out the vendors. All seems normal until I come upon this one
: vendor that has gold in his pack. So I click on it and it reads something
: like, "500 gold pieces for 2000 GP."
: I nearly doubled over laughing. In my opinion if anyone is dumb enough to
: actually agree to that deal they deserve to be ripped off.
: Just goes to show you how dishonest some vendors can be.
This is why I am starting a merchant guild on Catskills. We
only accept merchants who do not use deceptive methods, and merchants who
use deceptive methods are kicked out. Thus when you see someone walking
around in GOM, Guild of Merchants, you know you will get a fair deal.
Obviously we will get a better clientele.
John Wagner, Moonbat, ii, Catskills, BenUziel Ches
P.S. email me at jwa...@emory.edu if you are interested in joining.
Rob Beckett
Spawn (AlSi...@HellSpawn.com) wrote:
> All seems normal until I come upon this one
>: vendor that has gold in his pack. So I click on it and it reads something
>: like, "500 gold pieces for 2000 GP."
I'm not sure he intended to cheat anyone
I think he's using his vendor as a bank. He
prices it high so no one will buy the gold.
Rob a.k.a ASlon (Sonoma)
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