ever been scammed in acnl?

[TheGreatBrain]

Not scammed, but.....

Made a trade, gave the person a good wifi rating even though they took forever to trade, and were not very friendly.They didn't bother to give me one.And I know I was friendly.This doesn't seem like a big deal, but for some reason it really bugs me.It's been a week now, and everytime I see them post, I want to yell "YOU OWE ME A POSITIVE WIFI RATING".

 

[Noir]

I never was scammed, thankfully. I don't recall at least.

But it's unfortunate that those of you got scammed, had to face that. I hope you all recovered well. >:

I pay attention to the people who come to my town. And rarely do trades. But I'm usually very careful and watch every movement. But I also have cruddy wifi so I don't want people thinking I'm trying to screw them over. :[

 

[AskaRay]

I've never been scammed and honestly it sort of peeves me that people expect me to babysit them...

I mean, I guess I should be more cautious, but I don't care if people wander around my town. I mean, I'm making it nice, I WANT people to explore and look at it, you know? I mean I do understand the reasoning behind everyone's paranoia, but for me...no thanks. Of course when I visit other towns I follow their rules, don't get me wrong.

If anyone chops down any of my trees, I have literally 100+ baskets of fruit in storage, so whatever.
If someone accidentally or "accidentally" runs through my flowers, they're all standard anyway. The only hybrids I have are some orange ones (which seem to be the most common in my town) and a little patch in the fence. That's it. Nothing I'd cry about if they got stolen (I mean I'd be mad ofc but... nothing I'd recover from).

And I LOVE it when people are like, "Can I look around?" or "Can I ___" but I'm NOT going to follow you oh my god. Usually besides trading I have crap to do and I'm going to go do it whether you're still in my town or not, so no time to babysit.

Really, I'd be furious if others could kick up paths. Thankfully..... haha.

 

[Shydragon]

Once someone sold me a forged painting for around 5k bells. Darn you, Klaus!

 

[badcrumbs]

Never been scammed, thankfully! I almost never follow visitors around my town, either, unless I have to show them where something is. I prefer to let them go about their business on their own. Everyone has been super friendly and respectful so far... and I hope I didn't just jinx myself ...

 

[Seoul]

Thankfully, I haven't been scammed. Though, the most riskiest thing I have done was drop off all of my furniture (including DLCs) and bells at a stranger's town (literally never ever talked to her in my life) when I was resetting. Luckily, the stranger was so kind and patient (the process took around 3-5 hours...) and none of my stuff went missing.

 

[mirujing]

Luckily, no!! I accidentally left my 3DS on once, and someone cam into my town and they could've stolen all of my stuff though, haha..

 

[nammie]

I've only been scammed by my own villagers selling me fake paintings in ACNL lol

 

[MeghanNewLeaf]

I've never been scammed, thankfully, although I tend to give people an outrageous amount of Bells when purchasing items such as DLC.

 

[mattyboo1]

I have had a couple of people attempt to steal from me ( somebody even impersonated a giveaway and then tried to steal my landscaping supplies) but I always flipped the wifi switch. How is somebody going to disconnect though as the new 3ds will not have a wifi switch.
Once on club tortimer this person said that they would double my bells if I have them 16000 bells so I have it I them and then the island saved and then they crashed it. Also sometimes giveaways don't give me everything they promise.

 

[Watchingthetreetops]

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I actually sort of had the opposite happen today? I learned about the btb recently, and I was trading them for bells. Well, he had a very....well, not creative name. It had a period next to it, which I did not see at first, and I ended up trading a lot of btb to someone I haven't talked to. I contacted an admin about it, and she's fixing it, which I'm very grateful for. I think it's funny, I was so worried about trading btb because I've heard rumors about scams, and then today....I done goofed.

Thankfully, the problem was resolved.

 

[-Apples-]

I've only been scammed by my own villagers selling me fake paintings in ACNL lol

That's why I don't buy paintings from other villagers.

What if Tom Nook was a scammer?

 

[mattyboo1]

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I actually sort of had the opposite happen today? I learned about the btb recently, and I was trading them for bells. Well, he had a very....well, not creative name. It had a period next to it, which I did not see at first, and I ended up trading a lot of btb to someone I haven't talked to. I contacted an admin about it, and she's fixing it, which I'm very grateful for. I think it's funny, I was so worried about trading btb because I've heard rumors about scams, and then today....I done goofed.

Thankfully, the problem was resolved.

I saw your other thread on this lol. At least it got fixed for you.

 

[BetaChorale]

Someone I met off the island took a Dango I had buried for safety, along with all my perfect pears and purple roses :/ She had been my friend for a while so i guess she was smart enough to waita few visits until i trusted her alone for a bit before stealing of me. She did say once or twice (I thought jokingly) that she'd "steal my town because it was so pretty" like dude it's not even that great. Afterwords she deleted me off her bf list and friend list so i couldn't say anything... ugh, island people, amirite?

 

[RiceBunny]

Yup, once. This girl was selling a Marshal she claimed was 99% original. She said she never talked to him and never saw him selling at re-tail either. I get him in my town, check his house and BAM it's stripped. 90% of the sloppy furniture GONE. Even the sloppy table is gone, which is hard to do since there were things sitting on top of it. I was SO ****ing mad. It's like buying something on Ebay with the "in mint condition" tag slapped on it, then you finally receive the item and it's more used than a tampon machine at a girl's bathroom.

 

[Shadow Star]

I don't believe I've been scammed, but there was a time where a person nearly stole the only hybrids my town has. I'm not much of a flower breeder and just have the beautiful town ordinance to stop weed growth should I leave the game for a while. I met a girl on CT and we became friends and exchanged friend codes. She then asked if she could come round my town. Figuring there was nothing much to steal if she did, I agreed. I tried to follow her around, but I couldn't quite track her. She mentioned I had a lot of hybrids to which I said wasn't that many. She kinda just went 'oh' then left. I think she was hoping I wouldn't notice if she'd stolen some if I had a lot of hybrids. As far as I'm aware, she never did steal any and she never visited my town again.

I don't actually do trading or that much here. I'm mostly a silent forum stalker, so trading with someone is a rare occurrence. However, when I have traded, I've been fortunate to not get scammed and everyone has been really polite and friendly.

 

[Melgogs]

Not scammed, but.....

Made a trade, gave the person a good wifi rating even though they took forever to trade, and were not very friendly.They didn't bother to give me one.And I know I was friendly.This doesn't seem like a big deal, but for some reason it really bugs me.It's been a week now, and everytime I see them post, I want to yell "YOU OWE ME A POSITIVE WIFI RATING".

*Sigh* I know that feel, bro...
I often forget to leave wifi ratings myself unless someone gives one to me first cus then it's like "Oh that's right, this site has wifi ratings" so it does kinda sting when I DO remember to give one and the person doesn't bother to give one back xD

It especially sucks when you give someone something for free! Like let them catalog your sets and they barely say thanks and later don't even bother to give you a rating when you give them one. Just so rude.

 

[RiceBunny]

*Sigh* I know that feel, bro...
I often forget to leave wifi ratings myself unless someone gives one to me first cus then it's like "Oh that's right, this site has wifi ratings" so it does kinda sting when I DO remember to give one and the person doesn't bother to give one back xD

It especially sucks when you give someone something for free! Like let them catalog your sets and they barely say thanks and later don't even bother to give you a rating when you give them one. Just so rude.

I've been there. I gave someone a free sushi platter even though they were buying it. I asked her to come to me instead of me going to her. She wasn't happy with that since she wanted a count for her station upgrade as well. I'm just sitting here like "really?! I'm giving you something for free and you're going to insist I come to YOU?!" I at the time was in a rush and was also working on my station upgrade. I told her "nvm then ^.^ no worries". She quickly changed her mind and said "fine I'll come to you". I was very friendly, dropped her free item plus a full basket of perfect apples. She wasn't friendly, took the items and ****ed off quickly lol
Needless to say, I did NOT leave her a rating >.> She didn't leave me one either(as expected).

It usually doesn't bother me if someone doesn't leave a wifi rating. Is it rude not to leave one?! Sure, but I'm not going to waste my time getting upset about it. However, if the trade was successful, and I've gone above and beyond to satisfy you as a costumer, THAT'S when it gets under my skin. If the person doesn't leave a rating after all my hard work, it's like a slap in the face >.>!

 

[Melgogs]

I've been there. I gave someone a free sushi platter even though they were buying it. I asked her to come to me instead of me going to her. She wasn't happy with that since she wanted a count for her station upgrade as well. I'm just sitting here like "really?! I'm giving you something for free and you're going to insist I come to YOU?!" I at the time was in a rush and was also working on my station upgrade. I told her "nvm then ^.^ no worries". She quickly changed her mind and said "fine I'll come to you". I was very friendly, dropped her free item plus a full basket of perfect apples. She wasn't friendly, took the items and ****ed off quickly lol
Needless to say, I did NOT leave her a rating >.> She didn't leave me one either(as expected).

It usually doesn't bother me if someone leaves a wifi rating. Is it rude not to leave one?! Sure, but I'm not going to waste my time getting upset about it. However, if the trade was successful, and I've gone above and beyond to satisfy you as a costumer, THAT'S when it gets under my skin. If the person doesn't leave a rating after all my hard work, it's like a slap in the face >.>!

WOW that person was really rude. I think that would have warranted giving her a bad rating but then again I've done the same as you in those kinds of situations and simply not left a rating at all. I dunno, I'd only give a bad wifi rating to a full blown scammer or maybe someone unbelievably rude? Yeah. Still, just reading your experience makes me annoyed on your behalf. It's always common courtesy to go on the person's terms when that person is giving you something for free and to at least thank them properly, seriously.

 

[RiceBunny]

WOW that person was really rude. I think that would have warranted giving her a bad rating but then again I've done the same as you in those kinds of situations and simply not left a rating at all. I dunno, I'd only give a bad wifi rating to a full blown scammer or maybe someone unbelievably rude? Yeah. Still, just reading your experience makes me annoyed on your behalf. It's always common courtesy to go on the person's terms when that person is giving you something for free and to at least thank them properly, seriously.

Yeah, I'm the same way. I wouldn't feel right about giving someone a bad rating just because they were a bit rude or we didn't see eye-to-eye. I'd only leave one if they were extremely rude, scammed, stole or wasted my time in a major way. Like not following through with an auction/sale, depending on the reason why. If it's because they took an offer via PM that was higher than mine then you bet your bottom dollar I'm gonna smack them in the face with a bad wi-fi rating >.> I'm over here camping out at their auction for days, and they're over there taking offers via PM wasting everyone's time, and getting people's hopes up. As Stephanie Tanner from Full House would say: How rude!