big yikes

hard way to learn the lesson of doing these trades a small bit at a time

for trade this size, its worth it to wait for mods. I dont really care much about sub 1k trade, but once it goes up above 2k I be probably use mod. specially dealing with new comer, unless I'm dealing with people similar to my self.

lol whats even the point of the scammer accusations forum if you dont get your FG back?

to waste ur own time just to see the other guy suffer, maybe hopefully he will decide to give back ur fg.

I can't imagine a guy scamming is thinking long-term about his account and consequences lol. Only really protects the site as a false sense of a security for users. I bet if there was a poll 95% of people think you would get ur FG back if you make a report and won.

personally I never really have much experience when it comes to scamming on this site to talk about it, even I been here for over 17 years never really got scammed once. I heard a lot about it but never really got into seriously big trade that I dont use mod just to protect both me and the seller/buyer. but I see ur point

if you cant afford to lose it, dont spend it.

theres been bigger, also dont expect to get fg back after you get scammed lol

zero incentive to waste your time with the screen shots /message reports etc.

You don’t get anything back so why bother imo

I’m still very new to this site, but I’ve done quite a few trades and obviously had to give first a lot. I just video record every trade. I figure if I get scammed I won’t get my gold back, so I only give first to someone who has more to lose than to gain if they scam me. In this case for a 20k trade they would need to already have 20k for me to go without a mediator.