I'm with you on this. The only thing Levitikin is exploiting is people's gullibility. And Levitikin is a rogue as well... Sounds like a pretty roguish thing to do from an RP standpoint.

I have no beef with you sir, but you and guinea can't honestly think that? Just admit it's a shitty thing to do, and actively lying is considered griefing given the intent was to cheat someone out of $.

i don't think this is bannable...there are lots of "myths" in mmos about what some items do outside of their readable stats. this is not lying in the sense of griefing. it is not fraud in the sense of most duping or claiming to do a MQ and then not doing the hand in.

i think the op has every right to rant on the guy and warn others that he is a peddler...but as far as a ban goes I don't think it is worthy.

Agreed it is a shitty thing. Never said it wasn't. I just wholeheartedly disagree with it being a bannable offense. The damage done to his reputation should be enough.

Yeah, I don't think lying should be made a bannable offense, apart from specific circumstances (lying when applying for IP exemptions, etc). People need to take care of themselves (as was the case here - other individuals were brought into it to test what he said). I sure hope that a person who said any of what he said publicly (I doubt he would) would get hammered by knowledgeable people in the zone.

The reason I say it isn't ban-able is because it's a very slippery slope.

Is the skull worth anything at all? Sure. How much is it worth? Has anyone tried selling one?

If I try to sell you a Batfang Headband. I claim "it's worth 10k but I'll sell it to you for 5k."

You take the bait and buy it. Did I cheat you? Maybe... I definitely gouged you compared to the going rate. Is this ban-able? No. Why not? because you should have done a price check instead of taking my word for it. I would not get banned for doing this.

I'll take it now to the next step.

I try to sell you gatorscale leggings for 2500pp when the going rate is 1500. (Not to mention that several months ago they were only 800.) Can you petition to ban me for this? Highly doubtful.

See what I'm getting at?

Trust me, I do not in any way condone this guys actions! ( Nor do I like current auction prices :( )
If I saw him in person I would love to give him a drop-kick and follow it up with the flying elbow (love wrestling references in tough guy talk :p).
I'm just saying.

I for one think this is a pretty hilarious scam attempt, +10.

on the other pvp server.. would auction from Halas an uber item or spell at a very low price.. get them to port/ run over and when they would put the plat in trade window.. try to Blind ( wasnt working right) root and nuke em down... even that was not considered a punishable offence.

I would have turned it around and asked the scammer if he wanted to buy a timeshare... ;)

This isn't a PvP server. 'Nuff said.