Scamming and bad transactions

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I feel like I'm jumping into the middle of a battle here, but I always wondered why wifi ratings aren't displayed in this board. Anyone know why? They would be pretty useful.

i think because trades usually dont happen/aren't supposed to happen on this board so they arent necessary. i think they are. could be wrong.
 
I feel like I'm jumping into the middle of a battle here, but I always wondered why wifi ratings aren't displayed in this board. Anyone know why? They would be pretty useful.

Probably because the ratings are based around playing/trading with people over ACNL's wifi connection.
 
I feel like I'm jumping into the middle of a battle here, but I always wondered why wifi ratings aren't displayed in this board. Anyone know why? They would be pretty useful.

A lot of users are always on edge about scammers though, which is good because they will pm you about said user. But you only get a warning pm if they see you making a transaction public lol. So that makes it hard for people to warn you about real money transactions or faulty game codes and such. Sometimes attitude will contribute to being scammed. If you're being an ass to someone they're probably going to give you the same attitude back or hold a grudge against you. Also negative wi-fi ratings aren't enough a lot of times because you only see them in boards that usually have 3DS exchanges happening.
hope that helps lol
 
This was after she revealed that she scammed.

It's like this:

"Hey everyone, I robbed the bank!"

"GASP! That guy robbed that bank! He should be punished!"

When the offender themselves already revealed that they did the crime, everyone knows that they did it. You can't call it public if they're restating what the offender choose to reveal. Even if they don't "public shame" her, everyone can still know because she posted it herself.

And so what? If she did a crime, she should be punished. What's wrong with saying she should be banned for her offenses?

Final point: People aren't actively going around trying to get embarrass here. In fact, they've still decided to withhold her name even when people have asked who the scammer was. (Which sucks, because then they might get scammed) All they're doing is having their own conversations with said scammer about why what happened to her was fair/why she should be punished.

There's forgiveness for the first crime that happened months ago, and then there's scamming 4 moire people just a few days ago. Of course they should be punished and "not allowed to roam the forums" at least for some time.
 
I wish the ratings appeared on EVERY thread and EVERY board. Makes it easier to see user ratings.

I'm all for forgiveness. If the scammer apologizes and finishes the trade/gives back stolen items, I think the negative rating should be removed. If they don't fix what they did or continue to do it, the ratings should stay there.

That's how I see it.

I agree with you, if they make it right then it is ok, but do it again and again and don't learn a lesson, that is where it gets a bit pushy
 
I wish the ratings appeared on EVERY thread and EVERY board. Makes it easier to see user ratings.

I'm all for forgiveness. If the scammer apologizes and finishes the trade/gives back stolen items, I think the negative rating should be removed. If they don't fix what they did or continue to do it, the ratings should stay there.

That's how I see it.

exactly. i wish they'd be on every board too, it's really useful and i dont see why they shouldn't be on every board.
negative ratings shouldn't be removed unless the person who left it says it's okay to remove it. and hopefully, this is the case. some people said that theyre getting removed without approval from the person who left them, which is a scary thought.
 
A lot of users are always on edge about scammers though, which is good because they will pm you about said user. But you only get a warning pm if they see you making a transaction public lol. So that makes it hard for people to warn you about real money transactions or faulty game codes and such. Sometimes attitude will contribute to being scammed. If you're being an ass to someone they're probably going to give you the same attitude back or hold a grudge against you. Also negative wi-fi ratings aren't enough a lot of times because you only see them in boards that usually have 3DS exchanges happening.

The wifi ratings should be displayed in EVERY board like they used to be. But yeah, the real life transactions are a problem. Not sure how to make those safer besides just trusting the person and winging it. Unless the code gets sent first and tested before sending TBT over? Can't the mods track who's paid TBT to who and who hasn't? Can't they also give and take TBT from users?
 
Probably because the ratings are based around playing/trading with people over ACNL's wifi connection.

I've always used/left them for non-AC transactions too. I mean, I'm just as likely to leave feedback when purchasing a collectible or pokemon with tbt as I am when purchasing an item with AC bells.

But I kind of see why they might be kept separate.
 
This was after she revealed that she scammed.

It's like this:
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Shayne was scammed by the main culprit, though, which is why she chimed in. Said user (not Shayne) got me in November and four (I believe) others in the last few days.
 
I've always used/left them for non-AC transactions too. I mean, I'm just as likely to leave feedback when purchasing a collectible or pokemon with tbt as I am when purchasing an item with AC bells.

But I kind of see why they might be kept separate.

I can see why they're separate as well. However, shouldn't they be joined together? You're still technically trading with the person.
 
I feel bad for the mod who has to sort this out

I feel like if they did do Wi-Fi ratings displayed on every board, it could have the totals of positive, neutral and negative visible from the beginning, and drop down menus (Like for the 'Who liked this' thingy) next to each one with Username and comment.
 
I feel bad for the mod who has to sort this out

I feel like if they did do Wi-Fi ratings displayed on every board, it could have the totals of positive, neutral and negative visible from the beginning, and drop down menus (Like for the 'Who liked this' thingy) next to each one with Username and comment.

They have the number of ratings and then the percent. If the user doesn't have 100%, it would be a good idea to click on it and find out why.
 
I agree with you. If they do it once it could be a mistake or they could learn their lesson, but FIVE times? This person should be banned permanately straight away.

What I learned here is that the main admin does not believe in permanent banning. Unless if you're engaged in extreme behavior, they're not going to ban someone forever, no matter how many times. They don't want to lose publicity like ACC was doing. I may agree with their moderation system, but the lack of permabanning is one thing I disagree on. So don't count on wishing permabans upon someone. That's very rare.

Yes and after I scammed flop I learned my lesson (Ban) and never did anything like that again. How ever Adol The Red has been scamming LOTS of people he doesn't have a BAN or anything.

I see your point, but don't call out other names and publicize their offenses. That is known as public blacklisting, which the site frowns upon.
 
Having read through this thread I feel like TBT is now a non-democratic country and we're protesting the aristocracy and we're picketing and rioting in the streets...

I see it all in my head... @o@
 
Having read through this thread I feel like TBT is now a non-democratic country and we're protesting the aristocracy and we're picketing and rioting in the streets...

I see it all in my head... @o@

We were doing good in the beginning, but this thread was meant to be a heads up and not a discussion thread. Sorry that it happened.
 
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