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#1 VaultBoy

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Posted 29 July 2013 - 07:58 PM

As the title asks, is abing in the post office riskier, in average, than in other shops?



#2 zandra

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Posted 29 July 2013 - 08:00 PM

yes, about the same as magic. 



#3 VaultBoy

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Posted 29 July 2013 - 08:09 PM

So if I wanna be safe... it is a no-no right?



#4 Syntax7

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Posted 29 July 2013 - 08:09 PM

Even if we have 2500ms or greater buy times?



#5 Romy

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Posted 29 July 2013 - 08:13 PM

So if I wanna be safe... it is a no-no right?

Yup. I AB on my main and I stay faaaaar away from Magic and stamps.

 

Even if we have 2500ms or greater buy times?

Just keep in mind that even legit users get iced there ever so often.



#6 VaultBoy

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Posted 29 July 2013 - 08:23 PM

Yup. I AB on my main and I stay faaaaar away from Magic and stamps.

 

Just keep in mind that even legit users get iced there ever so often.

Wow that's crazy... They gotta chill with their icing shit



#7 Kono

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Posted 29 July 2013 - 08:32 PM

I would say safe. I made about 6M in Stamps. Although; my buy speed never dips below 1450ish.



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Posted 29 July 2013 - 09:42 PM

As long as you keep a low profile by not putting every restock up on TP right after you buy it you should be safe in really any shop. I only ab in stamp for about 2 hours a day for about 2 months now and still not frozen. I have gotten 1.5 million stamps and am still fine. Just keep a low profile buy times above 2 seconds and you will be fine. I have done the same in Magic too.



#9 Syntax

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Posted 29 July 2013 - 10:06 PM

I AB in Magic and Stamps, but only on my AAA shell. I don't touch it on my main, and if I do, it's rare and only for a few restocks at a time.



#10 Trey

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Posted 29 July 2013 - 11:51 PM

I don't think TNT chooses particular shops to monitor more closely. They probably have an algorithm that red-flags users who restock high rarity items frequently, and stamps just happens to have more of such items.



#11 Neoquest

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Posted 30 July 2013 - 12:45 AM

It's all about the duration.



#12 VaultBoy

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Posted 30 July 2013 - 01:17 AM

It's all about the duration.

Care to elaborate? Please.



#13 rowdierowd

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Posted 30 July 2013 - 02:34 AM

I've been Abing in stamps for about 3 months now nabbing r95-99's daily with no freeze :D

#14 ceterisparibus

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Posted 30 July 2013 - 05:56 AM

I don't think TNT chooses particular shops to monitor more closely. They probably have an algorithm that red-flags users who restock high rarity items frequently, and stamps just happens to have more of such items.

 

That's probably the best answer, with a dash of randomness. It's the only explanation why some people escape scot-free and others (with more prolific earnings) end up with the ban hammer

 

Anyway, stamps imo are worse than magic because it's so much more deceptive. You can easily enter the trap of restocking more often



#15 ic3doom

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Posted 30 July 2013 - 10:36 AM

I've always wondered as to whether there is a safe way of ABing stamps/magic because I've spotted some Codexians on Neo (some can be quite obvious) who AB in stamps. Their trades well stocked with UB stamps and yet no freeze.



#16 Lv5Charmander

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Posted 30 July 2013 - 11:44 AM

Magic and stamps are both high risk shops imo.
Anyway, how is this a guide? This is the guides section.



#17 Speedracer

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Posted 30 July 2013 - 12:32 PM

imo it is safe as long as you use reasonable buy times and only do it occasionally



#18 Neoquest

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Posted 30 July 2013 - 01:12 PM

Care to elaborate? Please.

 

Autobuying in high risk shops is pretty safe as long as you aren't there for too long. It's much better to AB in short bursts with low refresh times than for long hours.



#19 CCB

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Posted 30 July 2013 - 01:58 PM

I've been abing in stamps everyday for weeks without any problems, however I do suggest you take breaks in between sessions and keep a low profle



#20 Syntax7

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Posted 30 July 2013 - 03:31 PM

Hmmm. So maybe the best way then is to do the semi-legit way? (Where you wait until the shop seems emptier then start abrosia till a restock then stop and repeat?)

 

Also, another question I have is, what about HPD? I heard somewhere that you can go all-out on that day, but what does that mean? Stamp and Magic fair game? Competitive buy times safe? Refresh rates can go down?



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Posted 30 July 2013 - 04:24 PM

Hmmm. So maybe the best way then is to do the semi-legit way? (Where you wait until the shop seems emptier then start abrosia till a restock then stop and repeat?)

 

Also, another question I have is, what about HPD? I heard somewhere that you can go all-out on that day, but what does that mean? Stamp and Magic fair game? Competitive buy times safe? Refresh rates can go down?

 

HPD is about 4-5x my normal restock profit. I went one HPD with 23 hours of solid restocking, no RS ban. Following month, 6 hours and 12 hours ban. 



#22 VaultBoy

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Posted 30 July 2013 - 04:32 PM

Autobuying in high risk shops is pretty safe as long as you aren't there for too long. It's much better to AB in short bursts with low refresh times than for long hours.

What is a suggested upper limit to Abing?

 

How many hours a day in total? How may hours in a row?


Magic and stamps are both high risk shops imo.
Anyway, how is this a guide? This is the guides section.

Have a guide for anything related to neopets? Post it here. If you're looking for a guide, this is the section. Ask or answer questions inside.


Edited by lfliliu, 30 July 2013 - 04:29 PM.


#23 swuggology

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Posted 04 September 2013 - 11:47 AM

just yolo it



#24 rebsca

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Posted 17 September 2013 - 09:08 AM

can someone explain whats HPD? =p



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Posted 17 September 2013 - 10:41 AM

Half price day, I ab in magic (which some say is the same risk as stamps) I got 14 morphing potions in one night about a week ago, still not iced (one of them was a draik too) Ive found that settings above ~2300MS seem to be safe for me




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