This entire sittuation is shady. There was a conversation in my ls going on earlier about the inflation of prices. I'm certain this is a common conversation in most shells as of late because of the almost drastic hikes. Time passes, and I'm in a party having a conversation with someone else, and also in a few tells and all of a sudden I see someone in the shell say something like "I saw a hauby for 1mil.." which thus caused me to send a tell, and ask "You saw a hauby for a mil?".. because there is someone I know who would like one, although with the constant raise of prices it's a bit impossible to just buy it for him. And he sends a tell back, and is like "Yah, a year ago.." or something to that effect, and I lol. In the sittuation of the advertised price being 1.1mil I would've urgently tried to buy it and get a good deal. Simply too many people I know right now that would kill for a deal like that. It would be a "happy" find, as I think I saw another explain. Of course it is a bit of a large discount, but would be seen as a discount just the same.
Now, what doesn't settle well with me is you say the seller's friend called buyer out as a theif, and yet, he did nothing other than pay the amount that was asked. Let's forget that either of them were in a shell together, their names, or their nations in this matter. If the buyer left out a 0, and the seller did not catch it in time-- Yes, I'd prolly find him to be a bit of a thief. Now if I was publicly called out as a THF... meh, I'd more than likely keep it. Now, say if you came to me and explained your friend made an error politely, I am most assured in the given sittuation that I would've given it back or the rightful amount. It just depends on the variables.
I used to be very trustful at lower levels. Was at a skill up party and I needed more accuracy, and a person of my ls at the time allowed me to use his ring as he had plenty of accuracy but he needed more mp as I do believe he was a dark and thus I went to trade him my mana ring. Bare in mind I was a whm and we had a pld tank so I was trying to do this while keeping up with everything going on around me-- and I traded to the wrong galka. Didn't look at names or anything in a bit of a rush and hit ok-- the wrong galka's inventory was full and thus could not accept the trade. He said to me "It's a good thing that my inventory was full and that you need to be more careful."
I was completely embarressed by the sittuation -- because it was in fact MY mistake, and granted something as minor as a mana ring is not seen as a big deal now, but I would've felt really upset then. More at myself than anyone else because he would've been completely in the right of my ring. Now to say whether or not his inventory not have been full and had he have kept a noob's ring would his integrity have been placed in question? Perhaps. I'd like to think that he would have returned it, as I'm most assured I'd have. It still would not change the fact that it was my mistake though.
