man, the golden ages are long gone. at least for me.
i started back in the 90's when ultima online came out.
this was before all the RWT went overseas and outside of usa
to third world sweatshop companies.
me and friends would steal items ( with skills in game )
you could pickpocket, so we'd steal house keys rob their
houses, pk the shit out of them until they moved away
then place a house there and sell it on ebay for 50 bucks.
bigger houses were pulling in 100's.
you used to be able to do all these sales on ebay no problem.
people were selling UO houses, then accounts, gold, you name it.
asherons call came out and i made a kings ransom.
literally made thousands and thousands selling shadow armor,
and components for other useful things that were no drop.
people were paying 500-1000 for armor sets easy on darktide.
i think it started to go downhill when big companies like IGE
came in. isn't that always the case, big company ruins it.
now there's so many scammers and the transactions are
spread out overseas it's problematic.
even though things have changed for me, playing over
15 years i guess? damn thats a long time..
it's still fun. i made a lot of money off tf2 recently also.
selling unusuals, and rares, pulled in nearly 2 grand total!
i just wish it was easier to find honest traders/customers.