Not quite, though many people have a different view of what sharking is.

He isn't lying about the value of either item or trying to decieve anyone, so it's more of just an unrealistic and pointless trade than a shark attempt.

To answer your question, sharking involves lying to the victim about the actual item value/rarity in a bid to make a big profit.

It's not sharking, but that's obviously not a real trade.

When they ask me for an offer i let them choose whatever they want from my bp I trade them if i like the deal i dont if it not a deal i could accept.is that considered a shark too?
i dont care about prices that much I find it childish to price pixels but i wont like to be banned for something that stupid as that...
I was always trading like that btw...before even you build your site.

as an example i was on a server someone had unboxes a dead president headsplitter
i trade him and i ask him to choose i had hats from 2-15 buds
he picked the cheaper hat i had a hearts ceremonial duped i give that to him and i took the splitter... is that sharking.the buyer wanted that from all the hats i had.
i told him that the other was more ``expensive`` but he wanted the ceremonial.

some ppl like me dont trade for profit just for the likes of it. :/
definition for sharking is very blur

Originally posted by ❤SkapasOnDemand❤:

When they ask me for an offer i let them choose whatever they want from my bp I trade them if i like the deal i dont if it not a deal i could accept.is that considered a shark too?
i dont care about prices that much I find it childish to price pixels but i wont like to be banned for something that stupid as that...
I was always trading like that btw...before even you build your site.

That isn't sharking at all. If they choose what they want and are happy with the deal then everything is okay. The only problem would be if they ask you the value of an item in your backpack and you lie about it to fool them into a trade that benefits you more.

Originally posted by Currier Bell:

Originally posted by ❤SkapasOnDemand❤:

When they ask me for an offer i let them choose whatever they want from my bp I trade them if i like the deal i dont if it not a deal i could accept.is that considered a shark too?
i dont care about prices that much I find it childish to price pixels but i wont like to be banned for something that stupid as that...
I was always trading like that btw...before even you build your site.

That isn't sharking at all. If they choose what they want and are happy with the deal then everything is okay. The only problem would be if they ask you the value of an item in your backpack and you lie about it to fool them into a trade that benefits you more.

Partially true, the defining point of sharking is deceit- and in many cases not mentioning that you're paying 1% of the price of an item, especially if the user is new, and even more so is a new user was targeted for the trade is as much as a deceit as outright lying about the price.

In the case of sharking, we hope users exercise honour and common sense. If a user is very new, don't fleece them for their items, that does not make a good trading community or a stable economy.

Outpost's approach to sharking is to make it harder for sharks to work by banning their accounts and the accounts of those who make tools for sharking. Through this, we hope we can make it easier for new traders to get into the economy.

We appreciate users wanting to make a profit, but like any sensible trading platform, we want to support fair trade where both parties benefit.