I totally and utterly STINK at merchanting, I hate buying or selling stuff to other players, because I'm not patient enough to just sit around in a bank, doing nothing except typing to get the stuff I want bought or sold (on a side note, I really admire people who can actually do that, I get bored too easily), so I train my skills in order to be self sufficient and get the stuff I need on my own. That's how I got to the levels where I can make most of the things I want (the ones I can't make ... i buy from other players :wall: *sigh*). I have to admit I have been scammed only once but that was entirely my fault because I should checked the price before selling (it was only an addy plate and I got 10k so it was no biggie) but other than that I have never been scammed, perhaps because I rarely trade with other players and I'd rather buy things from specialty stores as well as sell them to stores, or hi alch them, true, I get half the price and I made my first million after I hit lvl 90 combat, but I prefer to make my money in an honest way, after all what's the fun in just sitting around yelling "selling (insert random item here)!!!!!!!!" when u could spend that same time training? Meh, I guess I will never understand
