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A Scammer named Dueling

Postby Gildothal » Fri Jul 30, 2004 10:14 pm

Recently I got a tell, from a character named Dueling, offering an MQ for the Shattered Emerald of Corruption. He claimed he was leaving EQ and wanted to unload it, After a bit of negotiation we decided on a price of 8k (mainly because that's all I had). I gave him half at the bank and we set off to do the hand in. Well he split and the camped about 15 minutes later. His guild is Ancient Heroes. I Sent tells to the 3 other people in his guild that were on a the time. All of them claimed to not know of him and said that there was nothing they could do. Has anyone ever heard of a lvl 58 Outrider named Dueling, or the guild "Ancient Heroes?" I don't want to unjustly flame anyones guild but it almost seemed like this was common practice with that guild and none of them cared.

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Postby Dylan » Sat Jul 31, 2004 12:39 am

It's a shit guild that the scum of The Nameless goes to, you're probably want to talk to the kingpin, Gargamellow.

And if you don't believe me that they are scum, take a gander at their homepage: http://www.geocities.com/gaming_fool/evercrank
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Postby The Kizzy » Sat Jul 31, 2004 2:15 am

Bah Garg isnt a bad person at all. Talk to her, its her guild.
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Postby Dylan » Sat Jul 31, 2004 2:30 am

They're still the scum of Norrath
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Postby greatdark » Sat Jul 31, 2004 6:00 am

I was grouped with someone that was guildmates of the person that got ripped off and she told me about how this person got ripped off from some money by a person named dueling. I saw later that day dueling in trade channel trying to sell the same mq that I saw him trying to sell a while before this ever happened. I said in trade channel do not buy from dueling he just ripped someone off with the same item for a good bit of pp. What was funny is that about 5 other people started saying the same thing about hearing bad things about dueling. He then replied with the person he just did an mq with didnt have the right faction and then proceeded to call everyone fuckers and that we were assholes.

It seems to me that if what happened is true and if dueling has ripped others off then something needs to be done about him.
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Postby Langston » Sat Jul 31, 2004 8:32 am

OK.. .so let's say that Gargamellow takes a break from her literary career to handle this. She logs in, confronts him, he starts screaming "ASSHAT!!! YOU STUPID ASSHAT BITCH CUNT!!!11!" and she /guildremove's him.

The final result is this:

1) You still don't have your money back.
2) Dueling still is a scammer.
3) Dueling gets kicked out of a piece of shit guild... oh noz!
4) Gargamellow hears from yet another person that she is stupid.

In otherwords, you are faced with a totally unsatisfying result. Frankly, if you want to try to get any real resolution to this, next time have your /log's turned on, use /report often during the transaction, and /petition if it goes south. After the fact, with no proof, you have no real avenue to pursue this.

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Postby Diekan » Sat Jul 31, 2004 8:38 am

Easy to fix... don't give half your money to anyone unless you see the item in the trade window.
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Postby Kramer » Sat Jul 31, 2004 1:01 pm

true dat....

99% of the shit in EQ could be avoided if people just acted with half a brain, like for instance, not paying for half of something when you can't even see it
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    Postby Menlaan » Sat Jul 31, 2004 1:41 pm

    Did I miss something? Where did he say that he did or did not see the item in the trade window? He definitely paid half before the MQ, but I don't see anything about his being shown the item or not before hand.

    Let's reverse the situation. What if he was a seller of MQs who was reporting an incident? "I did a MQ for a SEoC and the dude never paid me!" Might these same guys say "You should have had him pay you something upfront!"

    If he didn't even ask to see the SEoC before handing over his platinum, then it's his fault. If he did see it, then I can't point any fingers.

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    Postby labbats » Sat Jul 31, 2004 2:13 pm

    Menlaan speaks the truth. Anytime anyone gets scammed, I think of them as too trusting, but I know in my own MQ for the monk epic, I paid 1/2 up front. That is common practice. Luckily I didn't get scammed.
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    Postby Kramer » Sat Jul 31, 2004 3:30 pm

    yeah, guess that has to happen with MQ's
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      Postby Dylan » Sat Jul 31, 2004 3:32 pm

      It's a no drop item... he could have easily linked one to him that didn't really belong to him. (Which he probably did since I saw his auctions myself)
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      Postby Gildothal » Sat Jul 31, 2004 4:41 pm

      Well, I still don't have my plat back, but apparently that guy was booted from his guild as a result of many people complaining that he had pulled that same scam multiple times that day. And while <Ancient Heroes> don't seem to be cleanest guild, They do seem to be decent people... Hardly the scum of The Nameless. Every one comes across a prick like Dueling at some point or another.
      While I lost 4k and didn't get the SGoC MQ I guess I learned my lesson. :?
      so... Any one up for a PoH raid :wink:

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      For the record.

      Postby Gargamellow » Sat Jul 31, 2004 6:19 pm

      I booted him myself and I am sorry for your loss.


      P.S. ALL OF MY GUILDIES mean the world to me. I LOVE YOU ALL! (You know who you are:P)
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      Postby The Kizzy » Sat Jul 31, 2004 7:37 pm

      Back inthe day, when I was a guide, if we got a petition about MQ's gone wrong, the GM would have us make up any excuse not to handle it. They don't support multiquesting, in their eyes it was another form of cheating. Buyer Beware.

      Anyway, sorry you couldn't get your money or your item, and I told you Garg was cool.

      P.S. Garg, you only love the ones in your guild :cry:
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      Postby Gargamellow » Sat Jul 31, 2004 9:33 pm

      P.S. Garg, you only love the ones in your guild


      I love every living being in the universe.

      Even Ugz...

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      Postby Dethvegi » Sun Aug 01, 2004 6:38 pm

      It's true. Sandi owns
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      scum!

      Postby Riddek » Sun Aug 01, 2004 6:48 pm

      I thought all the scum of norrath ended up in LoS.
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      Postby Dylan » Sun Aug 01, 2004 7:13 pm

      Nope, Ancient Heroes. Legacy of Steel is good people.
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      Postby Tacks » Sun Aug 01, 2004 7:16 pm

      Kissing ass won't get you in Johnn, they have a no faggot rule. You know, men who like penises to go in their behinds, like you.
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      Re: scum!

      Postby Kalavas » Sun Aug 01, 2004 7:24 pm

      Riddek wrote:I thought all the scum of norrath ended up in LoS.


      Well, you guys DID pickup Alphonso :P
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      Postby Lueyen » Mon Aug 02, 2004 12:30 am

      Gildothal your not the only one I know of at least one other person who was scammed by this guy. The drop is a lot more common in Hate now, good luck. As far as Ancient Hero's, Gargamellow's action doesn't surprise me. I've grouped with both her Virra (husband/boyfriend not sure) and they are stand up folks in my expierence.
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      Postby ybik gnome » Mon Aug 02, 2004 4:54 pm

      ok guild, whore of a GL, i do like sandi and virra tho, virra just kinda unknowing, i do like em both tho, id group with em, id just be on edge enought o handle it when something goes wrong,
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      Postby Gargamellow » Mon Aug 02, 2004 5:50 pm

      I heard you are Dueling, Ybik.
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