As for Nutbolt he is relatively new to the game I think, at least to the Alliance, as for people thinking he is trying to trap people I don't think this is the case he simply wishes to buy turns at 400k uu per 1k turns, I'd sell at this price (If I could take uu) and do on many an occasion sell turns for naqudah cheaper than current market rates. As I don't use turns personally or very rarely, i.e only in war. I have no desire to spend my time farming
Many players have suppliers who for various reasons, (kindness, supporting continual traders, and so on,) sell to them at under market value for goods. I.e Market price for Uu is what 700, 800, I know of players, including some in Tech who sell for 500/600 (inc. to non-tech players)
Nutbolt isn't trying to trap anyone, just wants turns cheaper than some would like to sell them for, their is no crime in this.
The players who do the "traps" you speak of, are the vermin who broker you for your turns or uu or w.e with a 0 missing, i.e (70 bil naq for 1 mil uu as apposed to 700 bil), easy to miss, expecially if your trying to do it quickly, they also advertise buying at 700 bil as well, and catch you out when your most vunerable with all your goods out in the open trying to quickly accept your broker.
Nutbolt is just trying to find some cheap turn suppliers, we all have them, he isn't trying to trap anybody, I will sell to him at his rate of 400k, and im sure many other players don't care what they sell their turns for either as they just sit on their account wasting at 5k. If you don't want to sell your turns at a lower rate than the maximum you can possibly get for them, then fine.
If somebody asks me to sell them naqudah for $ and I ask for $5 per tril naqudah does that mean I'm trying to trap them, no, just making good business
As for technocracy coming for you if you hit its members, meh, we are not warmongers, we are not scammers or extortionists, we are peaceful traders, treat us like we treat others, i.e don't come mass us for well... trying to do what we do best which is trade, and we will have no reason to do anything other than keep on trading.
If you have any kind of problem with any of our members for any reason, don't think "well I'll just mass them", send myself or billusballus or Bio a PM and we should be able to sort out said problem peacefully.
Peace And Love.
12ag.
(Advice for traders out their, If you wish to know the competitive price on a good you wish to trade, scan the market topics, their will be both extremes of high and low rates, depending on some peoples need or lack their of for profiteering. Work out the medium to find a competitive price and trade their or work out your own rates for your various profiteering.
If you wish to trade at 1/2 the rates other people trade with, fine, but good luck getting any trades. You will find a couple players who like to trade no matter the rate, these players will never be the best players in the game due to their inability to profit and grow, but generally these people are nice to talk too. being that their not greedy resource hogs
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Preying on unwitting subjects to find very cheap deals.
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