I'm in a guild that wants me to pay them 1k a week - legit or scam?

SolarCat02 · November 2016

I am in two trading guilds.

First is free. Everyone has access to the trader, for free. If you want access to the bank as well, they require a one-time donation of 10k (and then message an officer for access), to discourage bank robbery. This guild tends to get a trader once or twice a month, by design. (With sales and donations, this is all they can currently sustain, but they are still growing). I list my lower ticket items there, like recipes and some set pieces, and they sell pretty well when the trader is up.

Second one has 1k dues per week, which are enforced for gaining access to the trader, but once you have access they are not strict about it unless they fall too far short of the amount needed to get the trader. (My husband took a two month break from the game and still had guild store privileges when he returned). If it's expensive, or I want it to sell quickly, it goes here. They have only lost their guild trader once in the last three months, and even in a casual week of just selling off things clogging my inventory I easily make 10k+.

Dues are common in successful traders. I only worry about the guilds with the giant dues... For those, you want to make sure they get a trader in an awesome area, and also check logs to see if the guild leader is skimming off the top to line their own pockets. (It's pretty easy to tell which withdraws are for guild business and which are more personal, if you pay attention to the events and such as noted in the Message of the Day.)

UrQuan · November 2016

Hmm, I just read the guild's FAQ on how they calculate whether you've contributed the 1K gold per week. It sounds like they'd have to do a ton of admin to do the calculations for the whole guild, but it also sounds like a very fair way of figuring out who's contributing enough for the guild to keep their trader and who isn't.

The bottom line is that if you sell enough stuff with them, you'll never need to make a donation. If you don't sell enough then you've got multiple different ways to make up the difference, including a direct donation to the guild bank.

A little bit complicated, but very fair and it definitely doesn't sound like a scam - especially considering the millions it costs a guild each week to keep a prime trader spot.

jircris11 · November 2016

Jemcrystal wrote: »

I joined this guild yesterday or day before. I have been selling items in the guild store. The way they word this it makes it sound like I am suppose to have 1k gold in my own bank at all times but that makes no sense because they cannot see what I have on me. So I am guessing they want a 1k contribution a week. Which would be fine if it was a month but weekly is a little pushy. Also they have ungodly amount of money no one needs this much for anything. How much is those freakn rent-a-street-traders anyway? Are you suppose to bid on them? Also, every guild I have been in does a raffle thingy whether they were big, small, or w/e. I don't raffle it's against my personal religion but idc if you all do. Not pushing my beliefs just saying.
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from what i read you need to deposit a minimum of 1k in to the guild bank per week. Though IF the trade guild does not have the guild store merchent in a good spot id leave. im in one that is free (pc) and we have a vender in reapers march lol

WuffyCerulei · November 2016

Requiring a weekly sales minimum is understandable, or even buying so much in raffle tickets. But being required to GIVE gold to the guild on a weekly basis is beyond me. I'm in the top-selling guild in Elden Root NA PC, and we only require that you not be offline for 2 weeks withour explaination.