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Mega Duck
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Mega Duck

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I notice a lot of people posting their sale in the Discontinued item status thread and buffing their price reports due to an item being involved in the trade.
(artificially increasing the price of their sale by saying that an item within the trade is worth more/less than it actually is, or what was agreed on with the other person involved.) This typically only happens with items above max cash.

I'd like to suggest not allowing people to state how much their sale came too, when other items are included, since people give a false report fairly often for their own benefit.

Example:

Instead of "Sold Red Phat for 65b (Green Phat + 20b)

They would only be able to type:

"Sold Red Phat for Green Phat + 20b"
This way, the people doing their research can make up their own mind


I think this would be better for people to do their own research, instead of believing the buffed up / de-buffed prices which were currently seeing in the item status threads.
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01-Jan-2022 13:16:30

Tuffty
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Tuffty

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Hello Mega Duck.

Not sure how this can be enforced. F-Mods can't do anything on how people within the Comminity post their sales. We don't have the power.

All people have to do is add the words " Around " and it might help. But again it's totally voluntary if the Community want to post this way.

I'm sure before anyone spends billions on a Party Hat they have done their research before hand.

Nice idea but not sure it will take off with the Community.
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02-Jan-2022 13:01:19

Mega Duck
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Thanks for your reply Tuffty. :)

Yes this would be a little tricky to enforce now i view it from a different angle.

The only thing that springs to mind, is that Jagex add a new rule stating that we can only list exactly what was involved in the trade for items over maximum cash, without predictions or estimates of the items involved.

Tuffty said :
I'm sure before anyone spends billions on a Party Hat they have done their research before hand.


I agree, the only trouble is that there's so much misinformation out there, it's almost impossible to tell the difference from what is real and what isn't.
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03-Jan-2022 13:03:32

Tuffty
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There is another way to look at this.

Every Rares trade MUST be accompanied by a screen shot of the items. User names and time stamp. That would help get rid of most of the reports as suspect fake or manipulating.

Must be something though that the whole Community can get on board with. Without them any suggestion is powerless without backing from them. Well you know the odd few will always complain and not want any changes. Yet the vast majority want something more upto date.

Keep the ideas coming and I'll make sure they get passed along. ;)
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03-Jan-2022 13:10:29

Mega Duck
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I like the idea of it being an official requirement to accompany Rare trades with screenshots + timestamps & usernames.

I'm sure most would be on board with it too, as it's already being done by most of the community.

All posts that don't follow suit would be hidden by the Fmod team, however this will also be a lot more work for you guys with having to spot photoshopped pictures etc, so perhaps Jagex should also consider inviting more Fmods around the clock.

I'll keep thinking of ideas and report back here if i come up with anything useful :)
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