Bonded Courier Looking for Work
I'll say up front I probably won't have need of your service, but I am curious: what kind of bond are you putting up besides your reputation?
De minimis non curat Lex Luthor.
I'll say up front I probably won't have need of your service, but I am curious: what kind of bond are you putting up besides your reputation?
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Although Fulmens' slightly whimsical thread title described himself as a bonded courier in effect he is really acting as an unlicensed Escrow agent.
*Is it bonding? It sounds like the verb form should be bonding.
EDIT: Just to clarify I have no doubt that Fulmens' would be perfectly honest when providing this service, I was just commenting on the fact that if he were dishonest there isn't really much people could do about it.
I'll say up front I probably won't have need of your service, but I am curious: what kind of bond are you putting up besides your reputation?
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I was around a few years back when Lotg7.5s cost about 75 million. Well this one guy on the forums overbid(extra 0) and bid 750 million. Which back then was colossal. Fulmen's donated some of his money, and organized a charity drive of sorts. They raised the 750 million, and then he traded it to the guy for the Lotg7.5 that he had bought. There was a screenshot of it actually. So that guy got his 750 million back.
But anyways, that's the kinda guy Fulmens is. So personally, I wouldn't have any trouble trusting him in a large transaction. He's got little to gain from stealing a billion or two really. Heck, he's destroying billions in the Crazy 88's SG to gain prestige. So obviously he can make billions and toss it away just as easily. Would you worry about asking Bill Gates to hold onto 10 bucks for a few minutes while you went to pick up your friend? :-D
I'll also vouch for Fulmen's trustworthiness. I've done business with him on two separate occasions (as part of his prestige<-->inf. matching), and have never been let down.
I'll add that I don't doubt Fulmens' reputation. I was just curious about whether there really was a bond in place and how it would work if so.
De minimis non curat Lex Luthor.
I'll add that I don't doubt Fulmens' reputation. I was just curious about whether there really was a bond in place and how it would work if so.
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Ooh, a sarcasm detector. Oh, that's a *real* useful invention. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...t-sarcasm.html
I'm bonded through Chillin'Villains.
... what?
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I was around a few years back when Lotg7.5s cost about 75 million. Well this one guy on the forums overbid(extra 0) and bid 750 million. Which back then was colossal. Fulmen's donated some of his money, and organized a charity drive of sorts. They raised the 750 million, and then he traded it to the guy for the Lotg7.5 that he had bought. There was a screenshot of it actually. So that guy got his 750 million back. |
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Yeah. It's not really bonded, it's just... You can't possibly be trading enough money to seriously think Fulmens would be tempted to steal any of it.
I've done stuff like that in games. Since I'm pretty open about who I am, I have sort of default credibility.
Honestly, I can't imagine anyone who posts here who would cheat someone. It may be old fashioned, but I beleive in honor and no matter what debates nayt arise, I have a hard time beleiving that anyone here would actually give up thier honor a few billion in what is essentially play money.
It may be a trusim that we have the ethics we can afford but we can afford some pretty freaking high standards.
I believe that Fulmens is offering to cover the cheated party's transaction while seeking collection on the cheater. If that is the case I will offer for free to advertise the cheater's global on any public forum I have available to me so as to provide a atmosphere of moral suasion to avoid such behavior.
I think I have done some transaction w/ fulmens before and all was well.
Iirc, I moved infamy to influence back when we needed someone to help with that
Did the Devs ever explain why they hard-coded a 999,999,999 inf cap for trades??
Enyalios: The idea is that I work like the trade window. If it's 3 billion inf for a Glad Armor 3%,for instance, one side mails me 3 billion, the other side mails me the Glad Armor, and then I forward it along. If one side doesn't mail me enough, I ask about it and then I return everything to the original owner.
NOTE: If you're thinking about doing this, mail me 1 inf first to make sure you have the correct global.
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Sig tweaked.
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I'm sure a lot of us billionaires would back up Fulmens word being his bond.
I am confident enough in Fulmens' reputation that I can say this:
If you can provide me proof that Fulmens has ripped you off, I will personally replace every lost Inf out of my own pocket.
In order to cover transactions of the magnitude we're discussing in this thread, I'd likely have to strip one of my characters to come up with that kind of money. I have no qualms making this promise, nor any fear of losing any of my builds.
This offer does not cover user error. If you email 10 billion Inf to the wrong person, it's not my problem, and I'm not covering it.
@Roderick
I'm sure a lot of us billionaires would back up Fulmens word being his bond.
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I am confident enough in Fulmens' reputation that I can say this:
If you can provide me proof that Fulmens has ripped you off, I will personally replace every lost Inf out of my own pocket. |
--Frog
AWww. You guys are sweet.
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I'm trying to create a job where there isn't one again.
There have been people trying to figure out how they can do enormous trades safely.
Before gleemail, I moved billions of inf side to side, safely and reliably, and I have references.
So for any two-billion-plus transaction, I'm willing to make sure both sides get what's agreed to. There is a 100 million inf fee. Sounds like a lot, but it's less than 5% by definition. I'm undercutting Mr. Wentworth!
(If this goes well and doesn't take up too much of my time, I may deliver for 5% on transactions between 500 million and 2 billion. I can be lazy, though.)
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