Darkstorne wrote: »Safer for you, but now us sellers can get scammed And while you lose digital currency, we're losing Crowns we bought with real currency.
Easily_Lost wrote: »Sorry to hear about what happened.
I have one question: Why not use mail with the COD option? Would that not work? Ok two questions.
If the seller does not want to use mail, run far, far away.
Just my 2 cents worth.
Cant cod crown store items
gatekeeper13 wrote: »If you want my advice, when you buy crowns with gold always ask them to gift you the crowns first and THEN pay them. Thats what I did and never got scammed.
Wrecking_Blow_Spam wrote: »Dolphinsgal wrote: »Still try to put in a ticket, best case they'll help worse case they'll say there's nothing they can do, but at least they'll have the gt of the person scamming and if they are reported enough they .ay get banned. The crown scanners are huge on xbox na as well.
That's a fair point, I'll report him. it's ashame we can't have a naming and shaming thread here just so we could put all scammers in a big pile together
gatekeeper13 wrote: »Darkstorne wrote: »Safer for you, but now us sellers can get scammed And while you lose digital currency, we're losing Crowns we bought with real currency.
What I said is what a buyer has to do to avoid scammer. Not how to scam crown sellers.
I also got scammed once so I reported with screenies after their generic response a week later they refunded the amount I lost not sure whether they banned that dude of not
The opposite is also true: Some people take the crowns, but never deliver the gold. I lost 3000 crowns that way.
I reported that player, but never got a response from ZoS. That is now more then a month ago.
The worst part is, that they even do not punish the scammers. You will not see any recompensation either. :-(
Anyway: lesson learned: I will not do this ever again untill there is a secure way of exchanging crowns and gold.
DaveMoeDee wrote: »Wrecking_Blow_Spam wrote: »Dolphinsgal wrote: »Still try to put in a ticket, best case they'll help worse case they'll say there's nothing they can do, but at least they'll have the gt of the person scamming and if they are reported enough they .ay get banned. The crown scanners are huge on xbox na as well.
That's a fair point, I'll report him. it's ashame we can't have a naming and shaming thread here just so we could put all scammers in a big pile together
Is there an outside site compiling trust/don't trust lists? There really needs to be a list.
Wrecking_Blow_Spam wrote: »Beware that some people are pretending to sell crowns just to keep the gold and not send the goods...
Hello 😎 after a long time from this game and forums (1 and half year), I decided to play again recently with 1 of my friends pulling me back in.
Luckily I joined during the free trail period and had a blast in dragonhold, some vet dungeons and PvP! My love for the game was back but I only planned to play more casual and not spend on the game any irl money.
I saw a post selling crowns and long story short I had a spare 600kish total gold cash on game, for 550k I struck a deal for 5.5k crowns (summerset and dragonhold)... Fool on me because the guy scammed me so now I'm 550k light haha 😢
It's funny because I'm always so cautious of scammers etc, he showed screenshot of previous transaction and everything, I was originally just going to send 200k first for dragonhold, but I was impatient so sent the lot...
Anyway guys, just a warning to you this can happen (Xbox EU)
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Veinblood1965 wrote: »
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And what about those folks who can't afford real $ to buy crowns? Young married people with ten and a half kids to feed? To get crowns their only option is to trade them for gold. Shoot I make decent money in real life but buying crowns for real cash just tastes sour to me. I haven't traded gold for crowns yet but when I do I'll work it through my guild, that's what these posts do is explain various options like asking their guild leader for a recommendation etc to people that are less risky.
KyleTheYounger wrote: »Veinblood1965 wrote: »
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And what about those folks who can't afford real $ to buy crowns? Young married people with ten and a half kids to feed? To get crowns their only option is to trade them for gold. Shoot I make decent money in real life but buying crowns for real cash just tastes sour to me. I haven't traded gold for crowns yet but when I do I'll work it through my guild, that's what these posts do is explain various options like asking their guild leader for a recommendation etc to people that are less risky.
Young, married people with 10.5 kids to feed SHOULD NOT be wasting family funds on a macro transaction riddled, loot crate box MMO. Where the goal of the dev is to exploit the impatient, impulsive online behaviors of its player base for monetary gain. Pick another analogy because players who have pressing irl commitments aka have dependents or other significant irl financial obligations) SHOULD NOT BE PLAYING THIS GAME. Like it's industry counterparts, ESO is designed for players who
1. don't need to work for a living aka minors under 18 and unemployed man-children still parasitically living with their parents in the basement/attic
2. have a lot of free time on their hands due to #1 i.e. are students, children still in school. And most importantly,
3. have disposable incomes regardless of whether this is from working or a welfare allowance from parents/care givers. Ideally, the higher this income is, the better. Because the store and lootbox crown crates are where ZoS makes their money exploiting the fan base.
If #1 - #3 doesn't apply to the player, then that's a huge red flag. Because if said player ever gets to the point where they have to decide between supporting family/irl obligations v. spending non existent disposable income on an online game, then that is the definition of pure irresponsibility.
KyleTheYounger wrote: »luton0watford4 wrote: »I think zos stopped refunding gold after they updated the terms and conditions.
^^
This.
It's bad enough when you get scammed irl over REAL and TANGIBLE assets from irl con artists. Who--if the monetary transaction was a high currency valuation--you may have most likely met in person prior to said transaction.
Olupajmibanan wrote: »5500 crowns for 550k gold? Do I understand that correctly?
I am surprised that nobody brought this but the deal itself was more than suspicious. Average price per Crown on PC/EU is 350, might find some good deals for 300. I know the price is a bit lower on let's say PC/NA and might be on other serves too, but I am more than sure that 100 gold per Crown is either a completely drunk player that logged in after a party and had no idea what is he doing or a scam.
Wrecking_Blow_Spam wrote: »Beware that some people are pretending to sell crowns just to keep the gold and not send the goods...
Hello 😎 after a long time from this game and forums (1 and half year), I decided to play again recently with 1 of my friends pulling me back in.
Luckily I joined during the free trail period and had a blast in dragonhold, some vet dungeons and PvP! My love for the game was back but I only planned to play more casual and not spend on the game any irl money.
I saw a post selling crowns and long story short I had a spare 600kish total gold cash on game, for 550k I struck a deal for 5.5k crowns (summerset and dragonhold)... Fool on me because the guy scammed me so now I'm 550k light haha 😢
It's funny because I'm always so cautious of scammers etc, he showed screenshot of previous transaction and everything, I was originally just going to send 200k first for dragonhold, but I was impatient so sent the lot...
Anyway guys, just a warning to you this can happen (Xbox EU)
Never trust someone saying they are selling Crowns
Wrecking_Blow_Spam wrote: »Beware that some people are pretending to sell crowns just to keep the gold and not send the goods...
Hello 😎 after a long time from this game and forums (1 and half year), I decided to play again recently with 1 of my friends pulling me back in.
Luckily I joined during the free trail period and had a blast in dragonhold, some vet dungeons and PvP! My love for the game was back but I only planned to play more casual and not spend on the game any irl money.
I saw a post selling crowns and long story short I had a spare 600kish total gold cash on game, for 550k I struck a deal for 5.5k crowns (summerset and dragonhold)... Fool on me because the guy scammed me so now I'm 550k light haha 😢
It's funny because I'm always so cautious of scammers etc, he showed screenshot of previous transaction and everything, I was originally just going to send 200k first for dragonhold, but I was impatient so sent the lot...
Anyway guys, just a warning to you this can happen (Xbox EU)
Wrecking_Blow_Spam wrote: »Sylvermynx wrote: »You hopefully kept screenies of convo? In any case, report it to ZOS. Good luck, sad to lose so much gold.
I kept screenshots but didn't report it, even though it's a bad move to do that kind of thing, I don't think ZOS could do anything about it. It was about 90% of my total gold 😆
Nemesis7884 wrote: »Wrecking_Blow_Spam wrote: »Beware that some people are pretending to sell crowns just to keep the gold and not send the goods...
Hello 😎 after a long time from this game and forums (1 and half year), I decided to play again recently with 1 of my friends pulling me back in.
Luckily I joined during the free trail period and had a blast in dragonhold, some vet dungeons and PvP! My love for the game was back but I only planned to play more casual and not spend on the game any irl money.
I saw a post selling crowns and long story short I had a spare 600kish total gold cash on game, for 550k I struck a deal for 5.5k crowns (summerset and dragonhold)... Fool on me because the guy scammed me so now I'm 550k light haha 😢
It's funny because I'm always so cautious of scammers etc, he showed screenshot of previous transaction and everything, I was originally just going to send 200k first for dragonhold, but I was impatient so sent the lot...
Anyway guys, just a warning to you this can happen (Xbox EU)
5500 crowns fro 550k gold is way way way too good to be true...
irstarkey57 wrote: »Wrecking_Blow_Spam wrote: »Sylvermynx wrote: »You hopefully kept screenies of convo? In any case, report it to ZOS. Good luck, sad to lose so much gold.
I kept screenshots but didn't report it, even though it's a bad move to do that kind of thing, I don't think ZOS could do anything about it. It was about 90% of my total gold 😆
Zos refunded me 2mil that I got scammed out of. Worth a shot.
I still don't get how people can fall for such scam lol. Specially when it sounds too good to be true!
You want crowns?! Buy them the official way. And if you can't spend real money into the game, then either don't open the shop or don't play the game at all until you finally are able to spend some real money into it. Its simple as that.
I can proudly say that I've never been scammed by any player. Why?! Cause I use my common sense. More people should do the same (or at least try).