Beware Astramentis Stellar Amulet scammers - Its GGGs fault i think
" This is ridiculous. Just....completely ridiculous reasoning. This isn't some phone scam where the guy convinces you to wire money and do crazy things that tends to take quite a long time: it is a singular trade. Within a video game. This is like someone going on the internet, finding a random website that "sells" things....and buying something. That isn't the website's fault for existing.....it's YOUR fault for choosing to do something stupid. Like leaving your wallet on a random bench and walking away from it. Scams and scammers exist, period. That is life, whether its in a game or out. It is NEVER GOING TO BE mostly the fault of the scammer. It is YOUR JOB as the buyer to be aware of where your money is going and do your homework. In PoE, that means taking the ONE SECOND OF TIME it may take you to actually verify the item. We aren't babies. GGG doesn't need to hold our hand with a "honey, that isn't the toy you asked for". Starting anew....with PoE 2 Last edited by cowmoo275#3095 on Feb 20, 2025, 10:41:04 AM
|
|
|
They should really design a mechanic that requires you to... Idk.... Hover your cursor over the item to read what it is and verify what you are buying..... Oh wait 🤦 devs can't protect you from yourself my guy. Wtf more do you want a 24 hr hold with a human employee of GGG to verify all trades? It's 100% on you to actually read the item description that it requires you to look at before being able to even complete a trade. The scammer is a POS but like come on
|
|
|
This is partly GGG's fault for how the trade system works.
They could automate trading through the trade site by just clicking a button, the item disappears from the other player's inventory, and appears in yours. Your currency disappears from your inventory and appears in theirs. No whsipering required, no invitations, no travelling to each others locations, no checking if you are getting scammed, no time wasting. Just a notification that the trade was successful. They could still maintain the current system for bidding or item exchange, but run a more automated version besides it. Added bonus that this can allow keeping a global history of trades, so scams can be undone, as well as now having stats for what the actual going price of certain items are. |
|
" Except for if you'd pay any attention you'd have read that the graphic was even the same during the trade, and the item appeared to be what it said. It wasn't until the item was identified that it was NOT the same, and the graphic changed. |
|
" That's 100% false. Here's a screenshot from someone on Reddit who did the same thing u did: https://www.reddit.com/r/PathOfExile2/comments/1i87ab4/psa_there_are_2_different_stellar_amulets/ |
|
" You are lying, or wrong, or both. That's all there is to it. It's actually pretty funny you are telling me that I'm not paying attention... You were tricked by your own inattentiveness....live and learn. Starting anew....with PoE 2 Last edited by cowmoo275#3095 on Feb 23, 2025, 9:34:11 PM
|
|
|
Naa these situations aren't right. Fix it. Many customers demand it. These scammers need to go.
Anyone's ability to blame the victim is only possible because these situations are allowed. Kindly leave the thread unless you are a scammer who wants to blame the victim so you can keep scamming ;) |
|
" I don't really agree that victims can't be blamed. If you leave your wallet on the bus it's on you when you don't get it back and someone has your money. The scammers are still bad but players have responsibility for their items. |
|
|
wtf is this debate... just change the damn names of all 3 unique unidentified Stellar Amulets to show the full name on them even if they are unidentified.
Boom no more scam attempts, no more complains, less reports sent, etc everyone is happy, except those scammers. Last edited by loopax55#5378 on Feb 24, 2025, 5:12:28 AM
|
|
|
yeah that nasty trick
|
|
