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Originally posted by iakae:
Two things. First off, you shouldn't say to not accept pure email deals. You have to treat them with more caution, yes, but to just decline every pure email offer isn't the best way to go about doing business.

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What I meant by this is that you should have them post or im you on MOTL so that you can verify their identity. I stand by that advise because of the mass of impersonator rippers lately.

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Secondly, you say that a ripper will always have every card that you need. That's not true.

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Point well taken. What I should say is most rippers instead of rippers always. Since rippers will usually not set off every one of these alarms, this is one not to ignore.

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Also, to dispell rumors to the contrary, you shouldn't treat the Mods any differently in trades than you would a normal person. I'm definitely not saying that any of them are rippers, because that's simply not true. However, a person's rank on MOTL should have nothing to do with trusting that person during trades. Use every bit of caution that you can in EVERY deal.

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Well, to some extent that is true, but I'd like to think that the mods were chosen to be mods for a reason. But, more importantly is that mods almost always have huge numbers of ref's (100+). However, I have had rippers try to tell me that they are mods on other sites to try to get me to send first. Your advice of using every bit of caution for every deal should probably be rule #1, though.

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You should read my article about how to avoid getting ripped off!
http://classic.magictraders.com/ubb/Forum10/HTML/000266.html

1x Cursed Scroll
1x Mogg Fanatic
1x Jackal Pup

for my:
1x 7th Shivan Dragon

He told me to simul send and I agreed since I couldn't ask him to send first because I didn't have the power to.. so.. 1 week passed by.. and.. I got my mint Cursed Scroll in the mail for a 7th Shivan Dragon.

BTW, great article, I just put a link to it in my h/w link.

We simulsend, and I get back a Badlands and three DRAIN POWER.... I contact a mod (cant remember her name, it was years ago, she puts pressure on him... and over the next month I get three packages back with varying number of dual lands as a "bribe" to take him off the BTA... I report this, and the next week my FoW's along with two more duals show up... and he's on the Confirmed Bad List.

Lesson: If its too good to be true, it probably is. I got eight extra dual lands out of this moron, my FoW's back, and his apology... and he rightfully got banned. It's taken me this long to get the courage to come back, but hopefully, I'll do better this time...

Lesson: The ******* had only 8 refs - this time until I'm established with a decent number of refs... IF YOU DONT HAVE 20 REFS, DONT OFFER.