New to forum, some help?

Hi, im new to scythe, because recently, i've decided i need to swap my acc for a lower lvl with more gold, or sell it, or get some cash on it. can someone help me not get scammed, and how to use a OMM, and what to do? thanks.

 

Firstly - it's sythe . I think you need to first gain some trust on the forum (post often with useful content, find some friends, maybe even use some services). The more vouches you have - the more people will trust you, and the greater chance your accounts get sold. Here are some main concepts of sythe selling:

Going first: one of you may decide to go first. This means that you start with your part of the trade (give account or give money) An untrusted person usually goes first, but should ONLY do so to a trusted member. A trusted member is someone who has a GOOD amount of vouches. To me, anyone who has 20+ vouches, some of which include high amounts of money is trusted (varies with everyone). Don't go first to someone who is pretending to be someone else, and always confirm MSN (this can be done by requesting a private message from their sythe account). Never go first to someone you aren't comfortable with trading (you'll get a feel for scammers after a while)

Using a Middleman: When you and your seller/buyer ask a Trusted sythe member to verify a runescape account before giving it to the buyer. This is a great option, because most middle-men will take pictures of the trade and help you report scammers by providing solid proof. There are also official middlemen: these are always trusted and are approved by Sythe administrators, you can always expect good value from them - however, they will usually charge for their services.

Vouches: these are written on the forum thread of the sale, and state the trade and how it went down; example: "Vouch for 15jjc for buying my bleh bleh bleh for bleh bleh bleh, trade went smooth - great guy". You can place your vouches in your own vouch thread (in the vouches forum).

Ban Bvaders: These bastards are fucking everywhere. They usually make a new account after scamming someone. Fortunately, most of them are dumb as all shit and will use the same msn. Here is an easy way to spot evaders:

1. Search their msn address on Google
2. Start looking at the Sythe threads that come up
3. If you find a banned used stating said msn as theirs - Bull's Eye
4. Report the bastard in the "Report A Scammer" forum (read the rules first)

Impostors: These are also everywhere. They will usually get an MSN similar to that of a trusted sythe person. They will then message you with a deal too good to be true. Make sure to ALWAYS request a private message on sythe with the person you are talking with (ensures you aren't talking with an impostor)

Runescape Account Selling Etiquette: There are a few things that are very important to show when selling an RS account on Sythe.

1. Picture of stats. Very important - make sure you score out some non-important stats so jagex can't track you down using the highscores.

2. Picture of login screen - shows that recovery questions are NOT set, and the an email address is NOT registered

3. Price check of valuable items - this shows how wealthy your account is.

4. Starting bid price and Auto-win price. Start bid is what you beleive the absolute minimum is that you would accept, Auto-win is how much you would generally like (add a few $$ if you want) There is a price check thread if you don't know how much your account is worth/ want an experienced estimate

Took me a while to write this, hope you learn from my post

 

thanks for the advice. using a omm is the best way not to get scammed. right. is buying an acc with multiple 99s for 100$ too good to be true?

 

I just checked your previous posts, I wouldn't recommend going first. See if the seller agrees to using an OMM since this is a hefty trade.

EDIT:

Always know that the person you are buying from can easily recover an account even without recovery answers.

Jagex will trust the earliest valid information used with the account, so things like creation date, the first time the account got a membership (payment type too) will be much better evidence than recovery questions. Just a warning, good luck with the trade

 

okay. should i ask him for all that information?

 

That is the general idea, most trusted sythe members will provide all of that information. Straight after he gives you it - attempt to recover the account using it (do not change the password). If you specify the info and it works, congratulations on a safe trade. If the info doesn't work, you will know which information you didn't get right (the tracking page will state that) If the owner refuses to give you the correct details, he is probably going to recover it later (but you never know)

 

That's if you make a deal without an omm.
If you use an OMM, he'll test out both the recoveries, to make sure all the information provided is enough to recover the account.

Considering your a leecher, I would strongly advice on using an OMM -
the leechers either scam or get scammed; Im not sayin' your here to scam.. but you could be an easy target because of your rank.

Hope that helped