Safe Transfer Hard to Come by.

[mattyjizm]

Safe Transfer Hard to Come by.

Hi all. I'm new the forum scene and fairly new to B.net too. After reading this thread
http://forums.rpgforums.net/showthread.php?p=1820833#post1820833
I decided that I would try to do something about it. I would like to organize a group of people that act as safe traders/mules(or whatever) on Battlenet. We can organize times that people can log into a game we host and drop items off safely for another of their characters. I have a few ideas about how to do this and I would need voulenteers to do different realms (currently I'm only US East Ladder). If anyone is interested, thinks the idea is good/stoopid or what-not,reply or drop me an email at [email protected].

Matty G

 

[Ebuski]

This could be great, but you get one corrupt person on the "inside" with the traders and it could easily be chaos with items getting stolen, I honestly don't feel there is a need for organization if anyone just asks a trusted forumer to stay in a game w/ them while they xfer it'll be find (as they are not in short supply here on the forums) and even if you can't find someone on your realm i'm sure people are more than happy to create a bogus account on the realm that you need just to sit for 2 minutes, just my 2 cents .
----Matty in no way am i critisizing what you're saying or saying it is a bad idea, i'm just saying it isnt necessary but i commend you for the idea and it would be great to have

 

[Deceit]

I agree with Ebuski, basically if id ask anyone, i'd ask a trusted and long time forum member, or a forum member who plays a different realms (with credibility).
Pfft silly me, or i'd ask someone on my friends list =)

 

[Usufruct]

Ask me on East. *warloff3

 

[Ebuski]

For NL east SC i can help people mule, but i only help when people are xfering BOTD's, Exile's, or anything worth more than 10x 290s sorry its just how i work

Yeah im kidding if you didn't already know, but me or dracoy can help you on east, idk if you would really 'trust' me as my post count isnt really up to par with the regulars here but i suppose someone could defend my case and say im trustworthy i hope :| but if not you can find someone here to help mule

 

[mattyjizm]

thanks for feedback

I was thinking of having some sort of trustworthiness setup like ebay has. For each mule you can get somebody to add 1 positive reference. So if somebody has lots of positives and no negatives then they are obviously trustworthy. If things go ahead I can put up a yahoo web site to run things from. Please keep shovelling ideas my way. The whole idea of this is not just for forumers but for everybody, and hopefully it will grow by word of mouth.

Oh, and like my post count is huge. lol. I've got a whopping 5

 

[Usufruct]

I was thinking of having some sort of trustworthiness setup like ebay has. For each mule you can get somebody to add 1 positive reference. So if somebody has lots of positives and no negatives then they are obviously trustworthy. If things go ahead I can put up a yahoo web site to run things from. Please keep shovelling ideas my way. The whole idea of this is not just for forumers but for everybody, and hopefully it will grow by word of mouth.

The problem I see with this (and the reason I myself haven't done this very thing) is that some people would be willing to throw away their reputation for that perfect botd being muled. Also, people could generate a few false positives in order to rip someone off :-/

 

[mattyjizm]

yep

That's also true. can anybody think of a way to get around that, barring some sort of blizzard affiliation that could get them banned(which seems like a lot of hard work and a little extreme, ie. just wouldn't happen).

There could be a blacklist, but by then somebody has already been scammed...

 

[DODOman]

I would like to join. USWEST ladder here.

 

[Ebuski]

I do not want to sound like a constant flamer but DODO you already were asking for items and you wanted "the best of the best" and seemed to get really angry with people when they wouldnt deliver, i do not really trust you at the moment so i think the worst thing you could do would be to say you would help someone mule their items (im assuming you would take them) seriously man, if you're that desperate for items just get them yourself, you say you are a new player Why don't you experience being a 'noob' how it is meant to be and work your way up how you are supposed to.. quite taking the easy way out.. it makes each item you get a treasure

 

[DODOman]

Just wanted to help you out man.

 

[inatey]

this concept is dificult... even thought they say they are trustworthy you can never be sure.. they are not a scamer... how is this anydifferent from asking a random bneter?/

 

[ahcw]

For NL east SC i can help people mule, but i only help when people are xfering BOTD's, Exile's, or anything worth more than 10x 290s sorry its just how i work

Yeah im kidding if you didn't already know, but me or dracoy can help you on east, idk if you would really 'trust' me as my post count isnt really up to par with the regulars here but i suppose someone could defend my case and say im trustworthy i hope :| but if not you can find someone here to help mule

Nah don't trust ebu he's a haX0r scammer who only cares about tetting l33t itamz. Seriously though I don't think this idea would ever work do to the fact that just one person could mess up the whole experience. I think if you ever need a safe transfer ask someone on these forums that is trustworthy like usufruct or the others in this thread (besides maybe dodo I don't know what to think about that guy...). If you ever need help uswest nl hit me up at *ahcw-it or *adam-it and i'll be happy to help .

edit: I also have a ladder char that can help transfer so if anyone on uswest sc needs help, just give me a shout .

 

[vistar]

I also can help you mule if you need it. I know that it sux sometimes filling up your mfer and worring during a mule run that someone will steal your stuff or bnet will drop you. Ladder East SC *protege4

Vis

 

[Jeda]

I also can help you mule if you need it. I know that it sux sometimes filling up your mfer and worring during a mule run that someone will steal your stuff or bnet will drop you. Ladder East SC *protege4

Vis

Don't know about others, but I never had bad experience with the 5 minute selfmule rule.
And by never, I mean I didn't loose items once while selfmuling, so I'd say it is safe enough. Sure if I have to mule something really worthy I prefer to have my friend hold it for me, but how often do you have to mule your enigma or whatever around? So the once in a while you need to mule your most valueable item, ask a friend (real life friend if possible) or someone on this board. For everything less valueable, just do selfmule, because waiting five minutes is probably faster then checking for the current mule game, or asking someone to help. In my eyes selfmuling is even safer then muling with friends :clap:

 

[Armor_Biff]

this concept is dificult... even thought they say they are trustworthy you can never be sure.. they are not a scamer... how is this anydifferent from asking a random bneter?/

There are several users on these forums which I've seen here for a long time, even long before the forum reset last year. If I would need help muling, I would ask one of those users or risk loosing the item if I try to mule myself. Asking a random bnet player is not an option for me.