AUCTIONS: new ways of making TE - possible scams?

☆☆☆☆☆☆ Join date : 2013-01-23 Posts : 2134

so lately I've been seeing a lot of shady accounts along with trusted ones doing so called auctions for cards, usually LE and valuable cards
the trick is, that you have to 'buy in' in order to participate
usually i'm seeing 1 TE for buy in
Is this a scam or are sellers really desperate to make a few coins?

another similar one is where "sellers" say that they will do a lottery for a certain card
again, buy in is 1TE usually and then the seller will pick a winner "randomly" to win a card

what's up with these? they SCREAM scammers to me, but a LOT of people are biting apparently

thoughts?

☆ Join date : 2012-12-31 Posts : 66

That's sounds more like a raffle instead of an auction. And I would be hesitant about any raffle/lottery because there's no way to know if the seller "randomly" pick their friends to win.

However, there are legit auctions that don't have any "buy in" fees. Those are perfectly fine since you'd only pay if you won the auction.

☆☆ Join date : 2013-03-08 Posts : 159

Raffle. You give me 1 TE. You do not win. You gave me TE. I do not ever give away any cards, but I get a friend to say he won.

Buy in auction. You give me 1 TE. My friend quotes a ridiculously high number. Again, no cards ever changed hands, but you already gave me 1 TE.

Scams.

☆☆☆☆☆☆ Join date : 2013-01-23 Posts : 2134

that's what I thought
thanks for confirming

☆☆☆ Join date : 2013-01-17 Posts : 340

General rule of thumb is if it's too good to be true, it probably is. The minute you complete a trade with TE, whether it's 1 or 100, and get nothing in return, should be a clear sign that something's not right.

There *might* be honest raffle organizers out there, but the risk far outweighs the returns.

Edit: What am I saying, I meant raffles

☆☆ Join date : 2012-12-26 Posts : 221

I got lucky for a raffle for a WWU. It was canceled and I got 6 te back, 1 te more than I paid for the fee.

But that will never happen again. Participating in raffles and auctions (if they have a buy-in fee) have huge risks, and you'll most likely not win anyways.

☆☆☆☆☆☆ Join date : 2012-12-11 Posts : 1479

Heads up guys. There's a new "contest" in the trading center with a buy-in fee...

☆☆☆ Join date : 2013-01-13 Posts : 368

I don't think people would have the balls to scam on this forum :p

☆☆☆☆☆☆ Join date : 2013-01-23 Posts : 2134

let's hope they are much smarter than that
otherwise....

☆☆ Join date : 2013-03-08 Posts : 159

Participation, creation, and advertising of these things directly contributes to a scam friendly environment. Just say no to time separated deals.

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