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Payer Y advertises an Anoturs Boost group. Player X purchases it thinking it is mythic. Player Y never mentions the difficulty level. Player Y takes the gold and enters normal Anoturs. Player X is angry and wants a refund. Player Y Refuses and proceeds to clear normal Anoturs.
Player X reports Player Y for scamming. Will player Y have action against him?
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Thread: Is this considered a scam?
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2018-07-20, 12:58 AM #1Deleted
Is this considered a scam?
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2018-07-20, 01:02 AM #2High Overlord
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Probably not, but stop being a scumbag Alright. I mean Player Y.
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2018-07-20, 01:02 AM #3Brewmaster
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I don't think anything will be done to them if the difficulty wasn't mentioned. Be more cautious next time.
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2018-07-20, 01:03 AM #4Fluffy Kitten
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Scummy maybe, but not a scam. Difficulty was never a discussion point, the boosted player just assumed it was mythic.
Plus Blizzard has already commented on boosting being on your own responsibility and they will only interfere in the most severe cases.MMO-Champion Rules and Guidelines
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2018-07-20, 01:04 AM #5The Patient
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Not sure if this is an obvious troll/bait thread or you're actually that clueless.
The responsibility was on Player X to ask what difficulty it was on. Player Y got away because of Player X's negligence.
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2018-07-20, 01:04 AM #6The Insane
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Sorry, no sympathy for p2w
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2018-07-20, 01:04 AM #7Merely a Setback
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Unless player Y hinted in any way that it would be Mythic, I'm willing to bet there wouldn't be a case against him. Player X assumed, he should've asked and had confirmation before paying.
Lesson learned.
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2018-07-20, 01:05 AM #8Bloodsail Admiral
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Hard to say, in the example player X wanted a refund prior to the run's start. At this point no service has been rendered, so refusal of a refund could very well be seen as a scam.
However due to boosting being a non-supported transaction it's likely that player Y would just have gold removed from his account, and possibly end up with a suspension, and player X would just be SOL.
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2018-07-20, 01:05 AM #9DeletedI wasn't the one being scammed. Asking for a friend.
Originally Posted by Trollokdamus
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2018-07-20, 01:06 AM #10Pandaren Monk
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If they never said the difficulty and you paid them anyways, I have no sympathy for you and neither will Blizzard. Blizzard will never compensate for you under any circumstance if it involves trading between players. At the most they will remove the gold from the player you traded and possibly give them a ban.
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2018-07-20, 01:07 AM #11Mechagnome
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Whenever you are asking if what you did was a scam the answer is always yes.
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2018-07-20, 01:08 AM #12Over 9000!
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That person is an idiot for not asking what difficulty. He should have to pay 2x for being such an idiot.
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2018-07-20, 01:11 AM #13Banned
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if the player walked into normal saying wrong difficulty i want my gold back, thats a reason blizzard might return, no effort was made raid group probably ready to go, just return the gold no time lost.
secondly the amount of gold is kind of obvious for mythic vs normal, we're talking what 100k ish for normal? and millions for mythic.
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2018-07-20, 01:14 AM #14Titan
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How much did X pay? if it was 100k then obviously he got scammed. I don't think Blizzard would punish Y though, but what scumbags!
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2018-07-20, 01:16 AM #15Field Marshal
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Player X deserves to get punished for being stupid and there's nothing Blizzard can do against Player Y. Though Player Y could have made things clearer (as so Player X), in the end X should know from the beginning that blizzard upfront declares that Player X is at his own risk by accepting "payed runs".
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2018-07-20, 01:17 AM #16Pandaren Monk
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If you are not paying a couple million gold it will be a normal or heroic run and it is the buyers responsibility to check what he is purchasing.Would you buy a vehicle without test driving it or asking if it is damaged? Originally Posted by Alright
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2018-07-20, 01:18 AM #17Over 9000!
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Pretty much this...buyer beware, make sure you know exactly what you're paying for before you hand over the dough. Originally Posted by mrgreenthump
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2018-07-20, 01:20 AM #18I am Murloc!
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Not a scam at all.
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2018-07-20, 01:20 AM #19Deleted1.6 million Originally Posted by Thelxi
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2018-07-20, 01:21 AM #20Deleted
Boosting IS a scam.
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(btw who was he reporting to? blizzard? haha!)
