do i still have to concern myself with the possibility of there being dupes on d2 lod nonladder? I play on us east and by the way i don't (and can never afford) look for .08 or hybrid items. so are perfect runewords, Uniques, and rares safe these days?

can only speak for Europe server, but yes: there are still lots of unperm items around which also get frequently traded (items with stats from old patches, hybrids, duped regular items and so on)

You don’t have nearly enough fg to worry about anything duped

When I have more...not trying to get anything now. Thanks for having no answer

I answered your question.

Unless you get thousands for hybrids or .08s there’s nothing really to worry about. Even then most people provide history or will mark as perm/unperm

I won't be looking for any .08 or hybrid things. eventually i may search around for gg magics, p runewords, or unique stuff
examples are gg magic fools gt, 3/3 scepters, p ebotdz, etc

Relatively safe...