I made a deal with a guy for some armor and as soon as I joined, he dropped like 20 Pul runes then left them there for a while. Eventually dropped the vipermagi. It felt kinda strange so I said I had read not to do drop trades, sorry but I wasn't going to go ahead. Maybe he just had me confused with another trade? Was that just some rich guy who was comfortable considering how low the price is, or is that something to watch out for?

Lot of people use same game for multiple trades, the puls were most likely for someone else. Drop trading is very common for jsp trades.

Yeah makes sense. I was just paranoid of getting ripped off on my first trade. I had like 5 go great after that though. Thanks man.

He's correct on this.
Best bet is to just record all your trades to protect yourself.
If you feel uncomfortable use a mediator

Sounds good man, I appreciate the advice.

First person being afraid of being scammed by someone dropping items lmao

Lmao I know but I have no clue how any of these scams work. Thought maybe it was to build trust then try to get me to do something, or say I picked something up off the ground I shouldn't have with no way to prove I didn't. It was just the combo of like 20+ Puls being dropped for me that I didn't make a deal for AND I had just read something saying to avoid drop trades. Oh well. Lesson learned I guess lol

First of all, welcome to the forum!

The only way to trade without any risk is by using a Mediator.
Even if it's just a small amount of fg

How to request a Mediator:
https://forums.d2jsp.org/info.php?p=11

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

This post was edited by Jagi_Network on Mar 17 2025 01:30pm