Player cheated of 18k USD in EVE Online

A danish player of EVE Online attempted to buy "virtual goods" worth 17.900 USD from OwnYourGame over 3 months via Visa/Paypal. The goods was never delivered, and the player has now sued the danish bank who issued the Visa card. The court has however denied any guilt on behalf of the bank (Nordea) because the transaction was through Paypal and not straight through the credit card.

source (danish) http://www.domstol.dk/oestrelandsret/nyheder/Pressemeddelelser/Pages/Pressemeddelelse(Betalingmedelektroniskepengeviabetalingskort.aspx and http://kpn.dk/spil/article1572364.ece

Man, that man is looking my people look stupid :O.

-Orakk

Man, that man is looking my people look stupid :O.

Orakk

[QUOTE="Orakk"]

Man, that man is looking my people look stupid :O.

-Orakk

DarKre

It's the perfect business opportunity this. You advertise fake digital goods (works best for Eve) and when a desperate, middle aged no lifer appears desperately wanting that starship +7, he will pay his life's wages for it. You then say thanks and never speak to him again. Rince and Repeat with different sites and goods.

You are completely protected by doing this because the person cannot sue anyone (you aren't an enterprise with any contact details - if you do, they should be fake) and they cannot complain openly about it because he instantly becomes branded as an abuser of unfairly gained content. I don't want to generate any funny ideas here, it's just to highlight how easy it can be to rip people off whilst being protected by simply being anonymous.

People who buy into this virtual item provision for real cash is just ludicrous, they deserve to have their money taken from them if they are THAT desperate and stupid.

[QUOTE="Orakk"]

Man, that man is looking my people look stupid :O.

-Orakk

DarKre

at least he can speak your language. can you speak his?

[QUOTE="DarKre"][QUOTE="Orakk"]

Man, that man is looking my people look stupid :O.

-Orakk

TheGreaterForce

at least he can speak your language. can you speak his?

[QUOTE="TheGreaterForce"][QUOTE="DarKre"] Your english is looking your people look stupid..DarKre

at least he can speak your language. can you speak his?

[QUOTE="DarKre"][QUOTE="Orakk"]

Man, that man is looking my people look stupid :O.

-Orakk

krazyorange

There's a difference between someone who tries to learn a language and one who ruins it on purpose ( l33t speakers).

Someone who tries to learn English or any other language shouldn't be insulted for making a honest mistake.

No one was insulting anyone... ...so many righteous people up on here. Now look what you did..we are totally off topic.DarKre

By the way, You weren't on topic in the first place.

No one was insulting anyone... ...so many righteous people up on here. Now look what you did..we are totally off topic.DarKre

You mean..."look what I did"

Right? Righhhtt

[QUOTE="krazyorange"][QUOTE="DarKre"] Your english is looking your people look stupid..Swiftstrike5

I wonder what he was trying to get that was "worth," at a low guestimate, 256 billion isk.

A fully officer fitted titan might cover half to two-thirds of that.

and people say wow is addicting LOL!Helbrec

WoW's record is at 50k USD.

[QUOTE="Helbrec"]and people say wow is addicting LOL!Tuzolord

WoW's record is at 50k USD.

Forget that, what about the lady that prostituted herself out for that mount and gold.

If you give somebody real money for virtual goods you are paying for absolutely nothing; he payed for nothing and he got nothing.

That said, somebody who is willing to spend 18k on pixels is clearly beyond help.

That probably wasn't even his own money. Perhaps his mum gave him some money he could buy an apartment and move out of the house (the guy is clearly 40+ years old). Imagine the suprise when she saw him weeping in the garage with Eve Online open saying: OWNT!Solidus171

He didn't spend his money, he just ran up 17,000 on his credit card. That is gonna take forever to pay off. On topic, I can't believe this guy spent 17000 all at once. If I wanted to buy in-game items I would buy one and see if it was reliable. But why would you buy in-game items it takes away the since of pride when after all those hours of work you got the uber sword or something. I however gave up on mmorpgs because I was playing wow for awhile but by level 68 it began to fell like a job I had to pay for.

Who has 18,000 dollars to spend on a game? lenson

[QUOTE="Solidus171"]That probably wasn't even his own money. Perhaps his mum gave him some money he could buy an apartment and move out of the house (the guy is clearly 40+ years old). Imagine the suprise when she saw him weeping in the garage with Eve Online open saying: OWNT!Videogamefan123

He didn't spend his money, he just ran up 17,000 on his credit card. That is gonna take forever to pay off. On topic, I can't believe this guy spent 17000 all at once. If I wanted to buy in-game items I would buy one and see if it was reliable. But why would you buy in-game items it takes away the since of pride when after all those hours of work you got the uber sword or something. I however gave up on mmorpgs because I was playing wow for awhile but by level 68 it began to fell like a job I had to pay for.

Exactly... Unless he pays that off fast... that $18,000 in charges is going to wind up costing him $100,000+ if not several hundred thousand over the coarse of a couple years... credit card interest is beast... up to 30% at some places... he is going to be spending a lot more than that $18,000...

Man, that man is looking my people look stupid :O.

-Orakk

Therapy anyone?! :oCurlyfrii87