Selling Merlin's Vesper Residence

His edit was before your post. Players are welcome to edit their posts if they change their mind, want to change a bid etc. However all edits are timestamped by the server. The staff can also see the complete history of post edits in the event of a dispute should a thread owner wish to question that.

That said quoting someone and giving them a hard time is not needed as anyone can edit a quote falsely to create drama and it serves nothing to progress the players auction along.

As with all trade posts, as per our rules, the conduct in a trade post is the responsibility of the thread starter. This post was started light on the details other than a duration, no comment of bids only please etc. Always be clear in your trade forum posts if you wish them to stay orderly. If you don't state "Bid's only" all off topic conversation, discussions about the sale, players involved in the sale are of course fair game. Case in point: this thread.

We have test center for this, but in this case I do not believe it does.

People are allowed to make new forum accounts, stop using old ones, or more recently ask that the staff change their forum name. Given the hostility between players, this thread can be an example of that, it is common for older players to make a new account and switch to that. While other players have one account for lively discussions elsewhere and another account to conduct trade activities in private.

In this case the player in question did contact me and alerted me to the change. He was previous contacted because we detected both accounts were at one point used in the trade forum (not nefariously) when we updated our rules policy to place more strict regulation on trade activities.

Realistically it is up to each player to bid in auctions they trust. We live in an era of VPN's and endless throw away IP addresses. If an auction does not seem on the up and up to you, if the seller seems fishy, if bidders are fishy, then walk away. Report the thread if you are concerned and are certain of misconduct. Just do not waste volunteer time reporting every trade thread with people you do not like in it. Nor do not expect a response from the staff on our findings. If we find misconduct it will be dealt with appropriately. Public shaming of players accomplishes nothing and everyone should be considered innocent until proven otherwise.

I lack the time to clean up the slapfight in the last two pages of this thread. However players should take heed my advice.

Seller - Start a much more detailed auction next time, we hope you return to UOR in the near future.

Bidders - Place your bid, be honest and use a single account in the trade forums. Trash talk between players should be left in the trash talk subforum. Instead of questioning another players bids simply stand your ground. If you bid XX gold, and thats your highest bid. Make that statement and stand by it. If someone outbids you with phantom funds then the seller, like any auction, will go to the next highest bidder to complete the transaction. Trading insults accomplishes nothing other than derailing the thread.

Nothing to defend. I was speaking generally on forum conduct. Players in general should never judge another player on a quote

Because with a bit of editing you could have said . . anything. Seriously though quotes do reference the original post and user id for tracking.