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[Narna]

I put up an auction, used my other account to drive the price up, and made over 900k profit. Now I'm feeling guilty, though the feeling isn't that strong.

Does anyone get the feeling of doing wrong when using these programs or using an autobuyer or something that is outside the "norm"?

Just wondering what members feel .

[Boggart]

umm... it's kinda hard to drive up the price of an item beyond its worth. What exactly did you do...?

[Scot]

Nah, the average rich Neopian is an elitist asshole. It gives me intense pleasure knowing I am making more profit faster and with less effort.

[Jake]

I'll feel guilty when TNT gives me back the accounts I had before I ever touched a program.

[Boggart]

I feel guilty when I sometimes buy a "legit shell" which was clearly someone's old stolen main

[Narna]

What I did was when ever someone put a bid on my auction, I just drove the price back up, which forced them to bid higher than my bid.

[Jake]

I feel guilty when I sometimes buy a "legit shell" which was clearly someone's old stolen main

rofl that's jokes

[kuwaz]

What the fuk is guilt?

[Narna]

What the fuk is guilt?

A concept that you may not have got the grasp of.

[coqs]

I feel guilty when I think the person is buying from me made their money honestly... but I give some big discounts to feel better... I'm still making a lot of money from abrosia so I don't really mind

[Volition]

when it comes to business screw morals and ethics xD

[Narna]

when it comes to business screw morals and ethics xD

Business? Totally, I agree 100%

But this is "scamming" other neopians who do actually work for their NPs.

[jcrdude]

Business? Totally, I agree 100%

But this is "scamming" other neopians who do actually work for their NPs.

This quote:

when it comes to business screw morals and ethics xD

Applies to this post:

I feel guilty when I think the person is buying from me made their money honestly... but I give some big discounts to feel better... I'm still making a lot of money from abrosia so I don't really mind

Your auction bumping is just you being a dick. If you want 300k, set the price to 300k. If you want a bidding war and like to take your chances, set the price to 200k.

[Token]

What I did was when ever someone put a bid on my auction, I just drove the price back up, which forced them to bid higher than my bid.

It didn't force them to do anything. Basically you set up an auction for a low priced item and wanted people to bid on it, and you would outbid until you found the money you were looking for. At any point in time when you outbid them they could have been like "Well darn tooten, I just done got beat in the auction. The item isn't worth that much to me. *walks away (figuratively)"

No I personally do not feel guilt when playing a video game. Only in real life.

[manophear]

I feel guilty when I think the person is buying from me made their money honestly... but I give some big discounts to feel better... I'm still making a lot of money from abrosia so I don't really mind

I pretty much price my items at like 88% of the lowest price on SW, so yeah

[zzzzzzz]

You in no way were scamming anyone. You had as much right to bid on that item as the other person. Granted, you did bid in an underhanded way, but that doesn't mean that you are scamming someone other than neopets. You did not force the person to pay 900k, he could have given up but did not. Thus it is not a scam.

And really, this world is so morally screwed up I would save your dilemmas for better issue than neopets.

[Puppetmaster]

You in no way were scamming anyone. You had as much right to bid on that item as the other person. Granted, you did bid in an underhanded way, but that doesn't mean that you are scamming someone other than neopets. You did not force the person to pay 900k, he could have given up but did not. Thus it is not a scam.

And really, this world is so morally screwed up I would save your dilemmas for better issue than neopets.

Actually, I think this is what they mean by "auction scamming" on the "abuse report" sheet. Intentionally bidding to drive the price up is sketchy at best; it'll get your account frozen on eBay and can get your ass iced on neopets too :-\

[Narna]

Your auction bumping is just you being a dick. If you want 300k, set the price to 300k. If you want a bidding war and like to take your chances, set the price to 200k.

Being a dick? Bit harsh.


Is it account freezable? Shit.

Didn't expect that. To be honest, I never wanted to sell it at a specific price, but as more people were bidding, I thought: Might as well!

[jcrdude]

Being a dick? Bit harsh.


Is it account freezable? Shit.

Didn't expect that. To be honest, I never wanted to sell it at a specific price, but as more people were bidding, I thought: Might as well!

I get that way sometimes. And this would be the reason I never go to auctions.

[Bryan]

When it comes to Neopets screw morals. It's a game, with virtual currency. You have your methods of making that currency, other people have their methods. Do whatever you want to do mate, being guilty wont mean anything until you're frozen.

[Jonny1988]

answer...no..I would not feel guilty lol. And I agree with Jake, I'll feel bad when TNT give back my old main that they froze even though I made all my money from trading on the boards. Ended up finding out about ABing when trying to make back my last money. I was never mega rich everything I owned was prob worth about 20mil but now something of the things I was saving in my SDB it would be worth at least 70mil I reckon. I was buying looooads of Island PBs at 750k when the price plummetted!

[Jake2]

Your auction bumping is just you being a dick

JCR you made my day with that post.