Amaretto Breedables Customer Connection

Hey guys its very frustrating for Amaretto to learn about copybotters   and stolen horses and all of the things that will ruin the fun for everyone.   So just yet another reminder, a few things you can do to protect yourself and your horses.

• Don’t buy/sell horses to avatars that are only one day old.

• Always set prices of your horses in your inventory.

• Don’t buy horses from random people iming you.

• Always check the creator of the horse. It should always without exception be JJ Cerna or Ancient Biscuit.

• NEVER i mean never buy a duplicated horse or a horse that you haven’t seen rezzed in secondlife.

Amaretto can not be there to help you at every horse sale nor can we refund you if you buy a copybotted horse or a duplicated horse. You have to protect yourself against these people in secondlife, if you do fall victim to one of these scams the best thing to do is file a abuse report them to linden labs.

Please be responsible and protect yourself, its sad that this even has to be a connection.  But you guys have to be proactive and protect yourself against such scams and report all scammers to linden labs with a abuse report.

Happy breeding everyone until  next monday!!!

Horse Thieves in the digital age and how to protect yourself and your horses.

This is a MUST read as we at Amaretto Ranch Breedables have been forced to make a POLICY CHANGE.

First for ALL HORSE BREEDERS that wish to sell horses:

Following these steps will help cut down on the current rash of stolen horses.

If someone contacts you and is interested in purchasing a horse that is not already marked for sale please use the following steps to protect your horse and yourself.

If you wish to sell the horse…Please take the horse to a private area and NEVER set the horse for sale in front of the interested party that wishes to purchase the horse. ALWAYS either set the horse with your sale price in a private area or take the horse into your inventory and mark it for sale via right clicking the horse and choosing  the properties, set the price your desire to sell the horse for, click the For Sale box and than rezz the horse.

Again we must stress NEVER mark a horse for sale in front of the interested buyer.

Secondly we would like to start by giving some advice on how to identify when BUYING a stolen horse!

BUYER BEWARE!
Most breeders and horse buyers know how much a horse is worth and what they are willing to pay for it.
If you have someone approach you with a very rare horse (charmed for example sake) and they want a REALLY low price for it…or lower than average price that you have seen….chances are it is a stolen horse. You will now need to take these actions to Linden Lab.
( Amaretto will no longer be involved in these types of disputes).

So Please when buying horses stick with the old saying “If it sounds too good to be true…it probably is”.

We have had a rash of horses being stolen over the past several days. Amaretto has always wanted to protect the community however we can no longer keep replacing stolen horses.

You are responsible for the sales of your horse. You are responsible for setting your horse for sale in a safe manner so that it can not be stolen.

So as of today Thursday July 7th 2011 Amaretto Ranch Breedables will NO LONGER REPLACE STOLEN HORSES.

Although we feel terrible that anyone would have property stolen, we have offered you ways to keep your horses safe and protected and your sale to happen without conflict.

We hope you heed our advice as we do not want to keep seeing stolen horses. You have the power to protect yourself.

We appreciate your understanding of our new Policy Change.

Have a great day and be safe in your sales endeavors!
Sincerely
The Amaretto Team~