What's up everyone! In today's Agent Insights, I'm gonna be talking about selling your AJ items for real money online, and how it can be a scam.
To start the entire process, the seller (henceforth referred to as A) will put images of their items on an online shopping site. One example of such a website is eBay.
Usually, A will write in the description to tell them your username, or some other method they will use to give you the bought items. However, it is possible that A just takes your money after the purchase and not do anything after that.
This is possible because such online platforms are not using a system like trade. In trading, the items are swapped at the same time. However, this system is more similar to gifting instead. One goes first, and the other goes after. What's different is that this time, you're using real money, not online virtual currency.
Additionally, there is no way you can report A to AJHQ because chances are, A did not include their username in the images or description.
Of course, there could be cases that A is being genuine about the sale. However, the prices for some items that I found on ebay are pretty pricey for pixels. Do we really want to risk a significant sum of real life money for pixels? I personally would not.
Furthermore, doing such a transaction could get your account permabanned because both you and the seller are violating the AJ terms of service.
Therefore, I highly recommend you all not to risk making such purchases. It may seem tempting, but there are way to many risks taken for just obtaining pixels. In situations like this, it is best to do a quick risk analysis of the situation. If the risks are too high, please don't follow through.
That's all from me today, till next post!
-Dew
To start the entire process, the seller (henceforth referred to as A) will put images of their items on an online shopping site. One example of such a website is eBay.
Usually, A will write in the description to tell them your username, or some other method they will use to give you the bought items. However, it is possible that A just takes your money after the purchase and not do anything after that.
This is possible because such online platforms are not using a system like trade. In trading, the items are swapped at the same time. However, this system is more similar to gifting instead. One goes first, and the other goes after. What's different is that this time, you're using real money, not online virtual currency.
Additionally, there is no way you can report A to AJHQ because chances are, A did not include their username in the images or description.
Of course, there could be cases that A is being genuine about the sale. However, the prices for some items that I found on ebay are pretty pricey for pixels. Do we really want to risk a significant sum of real life money for pixels? I personally would not.
Furthermore, doing such a transaction could get your account permabanned because both you and the seller are violating the AJ terms of service.
Therefore, I highly recommend you all not to risk making such purchases. It may seem tempting, but there are way to many risks taken for just obtaining pixels. In situations like this, it is best to do a quick risk analysis of the situation. If the risks are too high, please don't follow through.
That's all from me today, till next post!
-Dew
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