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[floral]

Do many people have them hoarded on their accounts? How much do they go for now? Do people buy them?

 

Is it safe to sell real ones yet? I had a SuAP before the dupes and I haven't attempted to sell it yet because of it. When is it safe? On neo or offsite. 

[jdoll]

is neopets down for u right now 

[floral]

Yeah it is, it's been down for me for about 15 minutes a few times a day for the past week. 

[KaibaSama]

I can answer one of these

Yes, some people do buy duped items. 

 

I can also somewhat answer another:

 

There really isn't a universal "safe" time to sell dupes. It will always be dangerous to sell dupes, some times will be more dangerous than others. Like right after the dupe glitch happens and everyone is on the lookout for dupes. There are always those users who stalk the AH and TP even when there isn't a dupe glitch going on looking for people who they think have duped items and reporting them. 

[floral]

I imagine that it's harder to sell? I kept mine on a shell for a while and my main is old but isn't that impressive... not over 300 avatars, not many game trophies, no battledome pet, etc, so I'm afraid of trying to sell it.

[Swim]

dont sell onsite its pretty much an instant ice

[KaibaSama]

Dupes may be somewhat harder to sell as many people may be wary of getting their accounts frozen by buying one. It depends on the person I guess. There are people on here who do buy dupes, I know that. 

If you're afraid to sell the dupe, don't sell it. It's better to be safe than sorry. 

[floral]

It's not a dupe but it looks to me that TNT can't tell either way nor can the users

[KaibaSama]

I don't think the users can actually tell if it's a dupe or not, but there are watchdogs who pretty much investigate any account selling a high end item that was one of the items that was likely to be duped in the last dupe glitch (or was one of the items that was duped) and if they don't think that account could have gotten that item themselves, they'll report the user for having a duped item, even if the item isn't duped at all. 

[Required]

I don't think TNT or the users can actually tell if it's a dupe or not, but there are watchdogs who pretty much investigate any account selling a high end item that was one of the items that was likely to be duped in the last dupe glitch (or was one of the items that was duped) and if they don't think that account could have gotten that item themselves, they'll report the user for having a duped item, even if the item isn't duped at all. 

 

TNT can. Not so long ago a guy on the TP board bought a suspiciously low-priced BGC and it seems that people accused him of having bought a dupe. He sent a ticket to TNT and they answered that the item was in fact not a dupe. And he also asked for a SuAP and it turned out to be a duped, TNT returned him the NPs that he had payed for it

[KaibaSama]

TNT can. Not so long ago a guy on the TP board bought a suspiciously low-priced BGC and it seems that people accused him of having bought a dupe. He sent a ticket to TNT and they answered that the item was in fact not a dupe. And he also asked for a SuAP and it turned out to be a duped, TNT returned him the NPs that he had payed for it

It's funny then how they can tell what items are dupes or not, and yet there are users with dupes who's accounts are just fine. I know TNT doesn't look through every item, but I imagine they would have been checking the items that were being duped on dupe day to see if what people had was legit or not. 

I do remember that event now. 

[Swim]

If you had a suap pre dupe, literally everyone should know you because only the elite had suaps plus it wouldnt be worth even selling compared to what you payed for it

[floral]

I got it years ago with USD, held onto it while I played on my main (didn't want to keep it there because of ABing and all), thought I could resell it eventually (I would mostly lend it to friends), then the dupes happened.

This info helps a lot.