Refunding IRL Trades

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  1. ImaginaryHobo
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    I just recently have been IRL scammed. The amount that I have been scammed shouldn't matter, a scam is a scam, but regardless I owned the item that has now been taken by another person. It doesn't matter if the item I lost, I picked up randomly at spawn, or worked a year to get, someone who didn't do what I did, got that item(s).

    An IRL (In Real Life) trade is when "Person A" gets "Person B" to donate for them. This could be an upgrade for $150 or a spawner for $5, it doesn't matter, all that matters is that "Person B" has money and is willing to spend it on Person A, for the reward of in game items.

    The current rule is that Mods don't have to do anything regarding IRL trades. They can simply say "Oh, sorry, they are at your own risk", I am here to try to change this. If "Person A" scams "Person B", then "Person B" lost money they had IRL (Which I know is non-refundable because NoobCrew faces a chargeback fee.) If "Person B" is smart then they will have taken screen shots and hopefully have enough evidence to get "Person A" banned, but will not get a refund of the purchase.

    However... If "Person B" scams "Person A", and takes the in game items without their side off the deal, then "Person A" is left with a problem. "Person B" has taken virtual item(s) that "Person A" has gotten, and there is no way to get them back. If "Person A" has enough evidence then the Moderators will ban Person B at the least. All a Moderator has to do is refund the items items that "Person B" has scammed, and refund them to "Person A", that is, once they know that "Person A" is truly not in possession of the scammed items. And guess how much that costs? That's right, NOTHING.

    I don't understand why this is not implemented already in the server. If this is implemented the server will not only make more money, (from "Player A" knowing they won't be left empty handed) but will affect the overall server, due to higher trust factors between players.

    Thank you all so much for reading this, I have said all I have to say.
     
    Last edited: Jan 22, 2014
  2. DatTriChick
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  3. ImaginaryHobo
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    Thanks!
     
  4. Sean
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    RWT (Real World Trading) cannot be monitored therefore it cannot be enforced.
    You take all the risks by doing so thus meaning you face the consequences if someone does chargeback.
     
  5. iridium174
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    I don't see any problems for Mod to check that someone got items from scammed person with no return for that. Getting evidence of deal is also not even harder than usual trades.
     

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