--- Warning - Beware of price manipulation and Price check range posts ---
This is a friendly warning for anyone unfamiliar with prices and coming to price checks threads such as this one, and some pointers on how to not get scammed.
The first and foremost rule is so critically important and must be common sense, that I made it a heading and not a pointer.
Do your own research and look at various sales/purchases of the item, and the quality of the evidence attached. Does it have screenshot? Does the screenshot mention both players involved in trade? Is there a timestamp to prove when trade took place?
1) Do not trust price range posts without verifying the same using above rule, and especially not at face value.
You can click on the profile of anyone posting ranges and see if they have any sales or purchases of hats posted on price check threads or even advertisements on the marketplace section of the forums, or whether they are pulling these prices out of their orifices hidden by capes.
2) Least of all trust Friend chats dedicated to price checking. Most exist with the very purpose of monopolising the price checking system, and to scam you.
3) Post a buying/selling offer, and visit world 2 in order to get as many offers as possible and be patient before picking the lowest/best price.
4) Never trade anyone in any other place than GE/Priff/Max guild etc. Essentially beware of lurers. if an offer seems too good to be true, it most likely isn't true.
5) Always double check shard calculations and beware of scammers that offer shards in "K" instead of "M". A lot of people have fallen victim to this. ALWAYS DOUBLE CHECK 2ND TRADE WINDOW.
6) Report the purchase or sale with maximum evidence to help other people not get scammed.
Be safe, and good luck trading!