Taking advantage of human stupidity

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THIS WORKS MORE TIMES THAN YOU MAY THINK, TONS OF INSTANT GOLD WHEN IT WORKS!!!


With so many pockets running around the game, it is very possible to scam others out of their money. Not everyone is financially bright, and these methods take advantage of that. First of all, don't be stupid and use your main to do these. Get a mule (a different character), or even better yet, a mule on a completely separate account, to mask your actions.

This works. Plain and simple. It takes advantage of human psychology of repetition. And it can get you a very rapid 100 gold.

What it is:

The AH Dupe tries to 'trick' an auction buyer who is making a BUY-OUT purchase of a routine item that normally sells for X amount of silver, into purchasing it for X amount of gold. the AH
dupe uses monotony to lull the purchaser into repetitious clicking, causing them to pay less attention to what they are buying, and inadvertently purchasing the item for gold instead of silver.

How it works:

Have you ever driven a car at night, staring at the white lines zooming by on the road, and suddenly realize that 5 minutes have gone by (or longer) and you have no idea how you were able drive? You dont have a clue what cars have or have not been around you, because you totally spaced out. Your subconscious mind went into 'auto-pilot' and you safely drove your car. This is called 'being human'. Anyone exposed to repeated, repetitious stimuli is subject to losing their ability to distinguish one from another. Can happen to anyone...including a WoW auction buyer.

Look at this list:

* Do you want to purchase this item for 88 silver? Yes/No
* Do you want to purchase this item for 88 silver? Yes/No
* Do you want to purchase this item for 88 silver? Yes/No
* Do you want to purchase this item for 88 silver? Yes/No
* Do you want to purchase this item for 88 silver? Yes/No
* Do you want to purchase this item for 88 gold? Yes/No
* Do you want to purchase this item for 88 silver? Yes/No
* Do you want to purchase this item for 88 silver? Yes/No

The auction buyer sees a bunch of useful consumables (such as stacks of 20 light feathers, or stacks of silk cloths, or free action potions, etc. Anything that is popular with players). he sees a big list in the AH of these stacks, and they are going for the normal buy-out rate. He starts purchasing them like he always does. One after another, clicking through each screen. He doesn't really notice that one says '88 gold' instead of '88 silver' so he clicks it anyway.

What you need to do:

Sell at least 6 or more IDENTICAL items on the AH. Make them for the normal going rate (not cheaper or you could stand to lose money). Put them up back to back in one long list. The buyout on the fifth item is gold instead of silver. Everything else must be identical. There is a
chance that the buyer will get 'caught' in your scam. Its not
guaranteed, but there are always dummies around that will be duped. This is a scam, and everyone who buys frequently from the
AH is susceptible to it.

[Örpheus]

I don't know how this works, as the AH screen shows thumbs of gold and silver; people can tell if its selling for 88 silver or 88 gold,unless the screen is different on the Oceanic realms or something. It's extremely easy to tell the colors of gold and silver currency.

[drcar]

lol, I see this all the time and catch it...I dont think anyone falls for it.

[Eratoc]

friend of mine falled for it and lost 200g instead of 20g

[jacca]

wow ive seen people putting something in a row of 99s suddenly there is 99g...i thought they were just off there ********** ^^ ima try this

[thestupidguy]

ive seen stuff like this in the AH. but I always catch it. Guess i'm faster then the normal person. I would never fall for this sort of thing, but maybe others will.

[Simy]

It's worth try it u know

[Relz]

its sad to say for me........i never catch it. but i also dont have over 20gold at a time.......thats what happens when you "twink" yourself

[warriorspwn]

so, what you mean to say is, that if someone want to just buy them all, they wont be able to notice the 88gold, they just go ahead and keep clicking until there done buying them all?

[zitronenbaum]

It's about a year ago, when someone bought a mana potion for about 100g. This happened to me accidently, i put the potion in the AH for a buyout of 98 gold, but i think I wanted to put it for 98 silver. This was very cool.

[Robob]

People who play wow 24/7 fall for that more likely cause they are (X.X)

and can barely see what they even buying.

[Tenche]

yeah i found this out last year on axident it was freaking sweet