Well my spectral tiger funds are back down to 120k. =/ I have been saving since the last few months of cata and had hit 238k this week. A friend saw a guy on his server who was selling the epic version for 240k and he was kind enough to talk to the seller for me. I was told that he was willing to transfer- I was so excited!
I have my friend give him my real id and I ask him if 238k would be ok. He says yes and we talk for a bit. He sounds like a pretty nice guy and says he will transfer over. A few minutes later he shows up on my realm.
That’s strange, I thought it took longer for a transfer to finalize.” *shrug* Never had to transfer though so I must have been wrong.
I ask if he has the mount, he says yes but he has to log off for the night so we meet up again the next day.
“Can you please fly me to bb so I can go redeem my code for you?” oh, it was a code, that explains how he got to my server so fast. I’m a little annoyed since he had made it sound like he already had the in-game item but I complied. It made sense really, it sounded like a nice way to cut back on the costs of transferring since he would only have to transfer back to his home server now.
“How about we go half and half? You pay 120k, I use my code and then you pay the other 120k when I trade the mount to you. I hope you understand. I just don’t know how much the mount sells for on this server and I don’t want to end up having it stuck here.”
I consider this for a moment and hesitantly agree, having done similar things when trading cross faction. “Ok one second let me get the code for you. You know how to redeem it right?”
“you should be the one to use it. I think it may be against the rules for me to buy an out of game code. I would rather you activate it and trade the in-game item to me when I give you the other 120k just to be safe.”
“That’s against my company’s policy.”
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wait...what?
That was his last proper English sentence. It was kind of scary how quickly his English started falling apart after that. “I call boss now he by code you lyke get mount very cheap.”
A gold farmer? A GOLD FARMER?! What…how…why?! When did they learn to speak human and act like players? >.< Usually I can spot them from a zone away-
usually because they are floating in the air and making big cheesy signs out of human priests! At this point I have to admit that I really let my guard down here. I had gotten used to just using the honor system with friends and guildies to be honest. I would even loan out rare pets to players free of charge so they could capture higher lvl battle pets or earn achievements… I had gotten soft.
It has been a good six months since I saw a gold farmer and well over a year since I ever had one try to talk to me. (My server is dead so they don’t bother) so yeah… I was rusty…and dumb.
I’m starting to panic and then he starts spitting out a spectral tiger code. “Ok that first fithteen numbers in code. Boss says give other half code wen u give another 120k. I make screenshots he on skype say yes.”
Great, not only did I just give 120k to a farmer, but he didn’t have the mount, he had someone out there buying codes and he didn’t even spit out enough code numbers to make this even remotely worth the risk. “Hold on, I thought you said you had the in game mount. Then you said you already had a code and would redeem it. I didn’t know you were going to go out there and buy a code in exchange for gold. I already gave you 120k and you said I would pay the rest when you gave me the mount.”
“I give you mount. But first pay boss. He give other part code u give gold first.”
“I don’t feel comfortable with this and I’m pretty sure that’s against game rules and I don’t want to get banned. I will give you the other 120k when you trade the in-game item to me. I’m not trusting you with more gold unless I know you really have the mount. You can redeem the code yourself and trade it to me here or you can use the COD mailing option in game.”
“That take too long! How I no you have gold you cheap and boss pay real money he lose money if you don’t pay!”
After that he just got stuck in a loop. I asked for a refund, he says no and that I should pay his boss blah blah blah. So I decide I would rather cut my losses and walk off with my remaining 120k. It didn’t sound like it was worth risking what I had left. Even if he was going to give me a mount I would feel like I had to look over my shoulder after buying it.
So I turn to blizzard for help and of course I get the same answer I get for every other ticket I send in: Tough shit. We can’t restore gold spent on items that don’t exist in the game yet. Go farm more.
It was frustrating knowing I tried to follow game rules and got double backstabbed by both parties for it. Makes me wonder if I should have just given him his damn gold but I doubt it. -.- This has set me back by months but hopefully I can make some of it back by xserver pet trading and ghost iron when the next patch hits. Poor friend is so embarrassed for pointing me towards him and I just feel dumb.
Oh well. >.<
To try and end on a lighter note: here are my latest mounts. I finally went back and did the TB quests in order to get this ugly sucker. Not a fan of algae green but at least he’s not so common now.
I like the purple eyes on this one. =) Can’t wait to get the other mounts from here.
And finally, I got my bone drake! All I needed was once bitten twice shy and my friend Deth was willing to come over on his alt to get bitten for me. I was drooling ovr this mount for years so its nice to finally have it. =)
I should have most of my ICC25 achieves completed this Saturday along with the last achievement needed for my mount from DS! And now for your enjoyment: Flying Bears.
and that has been my week. The End
It wasnt like that at first and they didnt do much to announce the change so a lot of players dont know about the highest lvl chosing the realm. What a bummer. =/
