ever been scammed in acnl?

[Candy83]

No, luckily. I don't really trade on tumblr very often, and nearly everyone I've met here is nice and respectful.

Agreed.

I only had one bad experience here from The Bell Tree Forums. It didn't involve trading. And the forum member was here in a don't-blink-or-you-will-miss period.

I'm sorry people have been scammed. Realistically, "Animal Crossing: New Leaf" is a video game. So, for there to be people who do any scamming is rather sad. And for some of them, it is a problem with one's own character.

 

[Bravedart]

Invited a girl of club tortimer and she stole hybrids that my friends gave me :c

 

[Hoppy~Shnell]

Surely the world of AC online would be ruined if this feature was brought back...​

 

[okun0ichio]

Surely the world of AC online would be ruined if this feature was brought back...​

.....when I first got acnl I was wondering why "gates" had to be opened for friends to visit

but now I know.

They could make it such that visitors can only walk around and look but not touch when the player's not playing though.

 

[Watchingthetreetops]

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.

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This is the first site I trade on, but I'm a forum stalker, too. Not so much of a silent one, but I do like posting and getting opinions more then trading stuff. Lately, I've gotten pretty excited because this site opened up an opportunity to trade with other players, which I didn't really have before. So, this is pretty much the first time I've traded a lot of different things with a lot of different people.

 

[Sholee]

I've never been scammed before in ACNL because I've learned to be a smarter trader ever since getting scammed in ACWW. I always receive the bells first BEFORE I give them the items and this has never failed. I also check their wifi ratings and join date. I get a bit hesitant when trading with someone who just joined with no wifi ratings but like i said before, i always receive the bells or items first before i give them anything and so far so good.

 

[XIII]

I've never been scammed in any AC game. I'm very cautious, and the only folk who ever visit my town tend to be people I know. And even then, there's really not much to steal in XIII right now anyway. I also pay attention to Wifi ratings, just to be on the safe side.

 

[Shydragon]

Surely the world of AC online would be ruined if this feature was brought back...​

The Dream Suite is a nice, safe alternative to this idea. I wouldn't have anyone on my friend list if this was a thing v.v'

 

[azukitan]

Sure, my villagers scam me all the time u___u

Ahh, but in all seriousness, I've only been scammed once. Had a few common and hybrid flowers stolen, but no biggie. I'd only be peeved if my villager pics were stolen. I invested so much time in collecting. every. single. one. OTL

 

[CuteKatie]

I have been scammed guys! But by a villager!
It was molly.. She wanted 8,000 bells for a painting! I thought about it.. Molly WAS my fave villager after all... I said OK and brought it (big mistake) I took it to the museum aaaand it was FAKE! Man! Villagers are better scammers than crazy redd! >.<

 

[CozyKitsune]

Bump I love hearing all these storys

 

[Skyfall]

I wasn't scammed but, I opened my gates for people to sell turnips.I didn'have any myself, and I was broke.So I politely told everyone that if you had a lot to sell then tips were required.Some didn't have much and would tip a basket of fruit, and some nothing at all.I was ok with that.But my last two visiters had a ton.I had been doing this for 9 hours and I was tired.One girl would drop a bag of 99k every time she went to her locker.I would thank her each time.Both girls were in my town selling for 45 minutes.When they were finished, the one girl dropped her last bag, and I thanked her.Then the other said " don't thank me yet ".Then she dropped a bag with 10k and left without so much as a thank you.This made me so angry.I'm not a greedy person, and have let people sell for free.But this seemed like a slap in the face.

This made me really angry. Like you, I dont expect to be thanked in $$$ all the time, but at the very least you expect some gratitude. Generosity that gets taken for granted always pisses me off. Sigh. Sorry this happened to you.

 

[mattyboo1]

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 >.>!

maybe a neutral rating would work.

 

[CozyKitsune]

maybe a neutral rating would work.

Agreed!

 

[abcd1233]

I hardly ever trade for fear of being scammed. I think, aside from my brother, I've had only two people in my town; despite the fact that I've been playing since the North America release. Both were positive experiences. I think I may try opening it up a bit more.

 

[Locket]

NO. But I have had one very weird experience at Club Tortimer.

 

[CuteKatie]

keep the story's coming people!

And omg!? Over 130+ comments!? Yay! My thread has been noticed! :3


I haven't been scammed much.. Expect people stealing fruit and flowers before I reset... Other than that I am super carefully.. I ask for cash first and check if it was all there... Then I gave them thew item.. I have a very good WiFi rating.. And I have never scammed anyone.. Except they thing my blue roses prices are a scam.. (They go for 100k a per rose so that's the price I used..)

 

[Imstillyourzelda]

I've never been properly scammed. I usually stay away from 'visiting others' on the island. I've heard people get scammed there quite a bit.

I did have someone I trusted over to my village once though, and she had just restarted her town. I was helping her out and was letting her catalog a few things. After she left, I noticed two of my pink roses were suddenly missing....and I only had around 3-4 at the time. If she'd actually asked I would have given them to her. But she stole them So rude

I don't know about her but I'd feel bad if I stole someone's hybrids or anything for that matter just so I could make my village nicer T-T

 

[Melgogs]

Omg, I almost accidentally scammed someone today, it was awful D:

I'm a hoarder for valiant statues, both real and fake, for no good reason at all. I just like them and always have the idea that I'll end up using all of em but never do, so I just throw em in my closet without even organizing them into real and fakes. Someone was buying a valiant statue and I was all "PSHHH I have like 5 of those, easy peezy" so I sell em one. Turns out I accidentally pulled a Redd on them and gave them a fake one instead x_x

Luckily, they were very understanding and kind and so I immediately went off to give them a real one. Still really embarrassing tho. That's what I get for not organizing my storage and being a hoarder -__-

 

[mashedpotaties]

Numerous times. Early on last year, when I first got the game, I made a Japanese friend via island tours. She gave me some gold roses, tools, perfect fruit baskets, and hybrid purple flowers of various kinds as a gift. When I ran out of storage space, I ended up leaving some of those things out on the ground by my home and the flowers were placed outside of Town Hall (except the gold roses, which I planted next to my house).

Feeling good about making new friends, I took my search to tumblr, where I was very active. I found a few people to exchange codes with who said they would like to come play island games. Out of the four that I invited, three of them stole flowers/fruit and tools from me that I had been given as a gift. I caught two in the act and they ran for the station. At the time and being a complete newbie to the game, I had no idea that you could force an error. I lost everything but two gold flowers out of the bunch. After that, I've been very careful about who to add, but even that can't protect you at all given that others can be perfectly friendly at first even if they plan to swindle you.

I'm very grateful for the ability to bring the hammer down on them now with a forced power-down. It's probably not too good for the 3DS, but it at least protects your town from any damage/lost items. I wish I had known that before I got my treasured gifts stolen.

I would just flip the Wifi switch. :3 Forced powerdowns are risky, IMO~

- - - Post Merge - - -

I hardly ever trade for fear of being scammed. I think, aside from my brother, I've had only two people in my town; despite the fact that I've been playing since the North America release. Both were positive experiences. I think I may try opening it up a bit more.

Don't be afraid to flip that wifi switch if people are acting shady! It's a life-saver~