Buying Partyhats!

[Warmonger]

Hello! I'm interested in buying a Partyhat or maybe two (or even three ) depending on the prices. I mostly want a red, but if someone would make a decent offer on any other color, I would likely take it. As for method of transfer, I can think of only two options: 1. You give me an account with the partyhat on it (I care nothing of the stats on the account--Heck, when I transfer the hat off myself, you can have the account back! I really don't care). 2. We wait until it is free trade, and you sell me the hat onto a noob account that I will make.

On to a huge issue I have begun to notice as I have browsed the forums...Vouches, trust, etc. As it may be, I have no vouches. I have never traded anything before, for a few reasons (mainly the trade limit ). I don't really know if that means that I am totally unable to make this trade or not :/. I think we can work out something involving a "trusted" middleman right? I'm not too keen on going first, because although I know for a fact that I'm not a scammer, there is no way for me to tell if anyone else is going to scam me. One decent method is as follows: For the first deal, you show me the hat/account first to confirm that you actually have the hat. If so, we proceed to get a middleman. We then make the trade, sadly wasting money on a middleman. From there (assuming I buy more hats), we talk about how we want to do the second, hopefully avoiding the middleman altogether. I do wish this site had a lie detector built in !

Can someone update me on the current price of Partyhats, since they must be a bit cheaper (talking in-real-life $) due to the fact they are worth half of their old in-game value before the news of free trade arose?

Edit: Since free trade is a ways off, I will be happy to just buy an account with a Partyhat on it today!

 

[Mormaii]

If free trade is introduced then probably the price of partyhats will rise if they are traded for nothing. Or it may be the prices will stay the same but the seller will demand the RSGP to cover the trade. Nobody will trade a phat worth 500m for 200$ or so for nothing if free trade is introduced. That makes no sense. So if you plan on buying a hat just pay the cash and pay the RSGP for it but if you want to wait till free trade I do not know why you did this thread since it will be some time before it is introduced, IF it is introduced. We never know what could happen.

 

[Mormaii]

EDIT: sorry for double post.

 

[VenomOS]

I don't see how real prices for Runescape items will be getting higher once the update due to the fact that GP is easily obtained, make a new account and suicide Sorceress garden for 3-4 weeks for 100M and then transfer, hardly any risk involved and loads of cash.

 

[Warmonger]

I appreciate your post Mormaii, but apparently, you think that I know nothing of Runescape economy. Being the owner of multiple Partyhats earned through merchanting, I don't see why you are trying to tell me what is going to happen. I have no idea how you think I am going to pay 500m and real life cash for a Partyhat when they have no street value! Many people have been dumping Partyhats into the grand exchange. Let me explain why. When free trade comes around, junk will have no use, right? Well, when people buy a purple for 500m and like 500m junk, they aren't really paying 1b. They can turn around and sell the junk back through many methods. Street value is extremely inflated and will absolutely have to crash. Check the Runescape forums and you will see that people are paying near market for Partyhats now. Before you try to tell me that I have to pay hundreds of real dollars and 500m, think this to yourself: Couldn't I just buy one for 500m off the forums?!?!?

I agree that free trade is a ways off (probably a month-ish?). You forgot that I gave another option . I'll make it very clear this time:

Buying account with a Partyhat on it!!! <------ Read this!

 

[Inner Rebirth]

That's usually not how it works around here. Good luck.

 

[Warmonger]

I know that isn't how it HAS worked, but that is likely the way it WILL have to work in the future. Trust me on this, if Partyhats drop (they already have dropped to half their street price), then no one will pay market value for one on top of hundreds of USD's. That is crazy to talk. Why the heck wouldn't someone buy one off the forums and save their real-life cash? I think some people on here are still thinking that Partyhats are worth billions and billions above their market value--trust me, this is wrong. Go look it up.

 

[Inner Rebirth]

Mormaii explained it all. Read it and take what you want out of it because that's how it is.

 

[Warmonger]

I like to hear feedback on my thread, but to be honest, I think you guys are full of beans. I would have to be mental to spend hundreds on a Partyhat AND PAY 500m on top of it, when I could just as easily buy one for 500m and save my real life cash. I'm not attacking you or anything, but I think you need to take a visit over to Runescape forums and grand exchange database. People are selling Partyhats for less and less everyday, often at market price (in the grand exchange even!).

I'm sorry for being a bit arrogant or rude, but I know that this is the case, and I'm not getting ripped off. If you don't want to sell to me, then you don't have to. The back market is moving in the direction I have explained many times. When the in-game value of Partyhats crashes, they become easier to obtain, and people are willing to pay less for them. That is just the way the economy works, I am very sorry to break it to you or anyone hoping to sell for higher prices.

Hope to hear from you again, and thanks for posting.

 

[Mormaii]

While i've seen myself warmonger that partyhats are being sold on the G.E it might be true that prices crash on them due to the fact that many people are not sure how will this end if free trade is introduced. I do not see phats crashing in the long run since they are discontinued items. And trust me, if you have the RSGP to buy a phat just keep it and don't buy one, you never know what will happen with Phat prices (that's what people are thinking and why they are dumping their phats on to the G.E) AND even if prices drop on partyhats and they are sold for maket price, NOBODY WILL SELL YOU ONE UNLESS YOU PAY CASH + RSGP TO THEM OR JUST CASH. They won't just sell it to you for RSGP, at least not here. This forum consists of RWT, and what kind of RWT it is when you are only trading RS money and not real money? If you want that kind of trade just search on the forums for a legit seller and not a RWTer.

 

[Warmonger]

Mormaii, you need to read my post before you respond next time please! I stated that I WOULD pay cash (USD's) only for a Partyhat. Yes, no RSGP but cash alone. You said people will sell for "JUST CASH." That is precisely what I want to do! Heck no am I paying 500m RSGP and cash, but cash alone is fine. You talk about them not crashing because they are rare, but you keep forgetting that they will be sold for market price no matter what when free trade comes. The only question is what that market price will be, because there won't be street values (no need when you can trade anything you want). As for not crashing in the long run, you also forget that the price of phats was inflated due to the junk values that were traded with them. If you have 500m junk, that is worth a lot, even if you can't sell it on the grand exchange. I know this thread is an absolute fail, but I have already gotten multiple offers for account sales. You make yourself look bad when you tell me no one will ever go along with my offers when people are sending me messages saying they will. I have no clue why you think you know more than I do, because you obviously don't. If you won't sell me one, then just don't. You don't need to tell me a bunch of false facts on why my offers make no sense. I never said I was going to buy for just RSGP's, I stated that I shouldn't have to pay the market value (there is no longer a street value) for that hat on top of USD's. In that case, I would just be able to save the money by heading over to the Runescape forums and buying on there.

I see that I have written a lot, and you have probably skimmed it. I am sorry that I have confused you. I'll make it very simple.

I AM BUYING AN ACCOUNT WITH A RED PARTYHAT FOR REAL USD's.

 

[Inner Rebirth]

I'll make it very simple for you. YOU WILL HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING AN ACCOUNT WITH A RED PARTYHAT UNLESS YOU COVER THE COST OF THE GP AS WELL.

Things aren't going to change for you. Perhaps you should go try RSOF?

 

[Warmonger]

I will make it very simple for you. I already got two offers. Once the deal is done, I will make sure to message you. Thanks for your concern. I am glad you care about me so much.

 

[Runefisher]

who is this kid? ^

 

[wogsRus]

who is this kid? ^

imo a former member of sythe on his new account, lets guess who just got banned for evasion that was a partyhat trade, oh Classic Pker.

 

[Warmonger]

Haha, funny, but totally wrong. I have never made a trade before. This will likely be my first and only trade. I was being sarcastic and was just pointing out how dumb these kids commenting are. Why the heck do they keep saying I won't be able to buy an account for cash alone when I have two good offers? As for me trying to scam someone, that is crazy. I said we would get a middleman, and that is exactly what I plan to do. Don't get mad because you are dumb. Times are changing in Runescape, and they will obviously change on here too.

 

[Mormaii]

well you might have gotten an offer but then that people are completely dumb, you could be buying a phat for cash alone which would be around 300$ and you can always sell the phat for max at the g.e and get around 500m which you can later sell for 1.5$ thus making a huge profit. Maybe that's your plan. And BTW: you are as right as i am, neither of us know for sure what will happen when free trade comes. all we can do is estipulate so you have to respect what others think, i never said you were wrong. i'm just stating an opinion.

PD: you are the one who knows nothing since you expect to buy a phat for just cash after free trade comes out. Don't you think jagex will find it suspicious if someone traded a phat for nothing? Obvious RWT there don't be so dumb bro, use yor head. Phats will still sell for RSGP + cash, never will it be just cash for a phat.

 

[Inner Rebirth]

Not hard to guess who it is in relation to RS.

 

[Warmonger]

I have a very clever way to transfer the hat. This is why I want to buy an account as opposed to trading for the item. As you can see, I sort of change my offer half-way through the thread (maybe I should update the original post :/). I am very against explaining how I plan to transfer for a few reasons that I plan to keep to myself.

In regards to respecting your "opinion" as you call it (it's actually called a prediction because there will be a concrete answer when the time comes), I think that there is a chance that you could be right. My problem comes when you start bashing my thread and prediction. I am attempting to play it a bit safe, so as to not waste my real-life cash. I know that it is very possible that Partyhats could retain much of their value after free trade arrives (free trade will almost surely come--think of the how mad players would be if Jagex were to say "Haha, just kidding free trade and the wild aren't coming back. We were just in it for the world record number of votes. ") You can't deny that it is by the the most likely that Partyhats will drop, and this drop will be reflected in real-world-trading prices too. As of NOW, Partyhats have dropped to roughly half of their street value, and it is easily possible for them to drop lower--what happened when the grand exchange was first introduced? Hint: 60m = Purple Partyhat...and they often couldn't be sold for lowest on the grand exchange either.

By the way, you said "300$." I plan to spend significantly more than that if the right offer comes around. Don't take this to mean that I will buy you Purple Partyhat for $800 bucks, 'cause that is crazy talk.

 

[partyhatcollector]

I can't even get a Blue partyhat for $560, they are rising.