[Botting Is Dead, They Make More Off You Buying Their Scripts]

2 hours ago, CReckless said:

It really comes down to the fact that it's more profitable for them to sell people scripts who think they're about to run the next big botfarm than it ever will be for them to farm gold themselves, because the ban rates are so insanely high right now. 

I can assure you that a ton of scripters make a lot more from botting than from selling scripts. Other scripters make more by selling scripts because they suck at botting.
Botting isn't just following a set of rules to have success, else we'd all be swimming in mad cash. You're right about the latter though, ban rates are insanely high right now and that's due to prime season.
 

2 hours ago, CReckless said:

Oh and once your IP is flagged it's over, you can't bot on that IP again, doesn't matter the account. This is why these forums are so dead-- most people have already figured this out a long time ago and given up. 

I don't know where you get this info from, but I can tell you you're wrong. I've had hundreds, if not thousands, of bans on my home IP but I keep going. Meanwhile I'm also playing my main which doesn't get banned. It isn't purely IP based. A lot of people have indeed given up on botting, because nobody succeeds at first. It's the ones that persist and learn from the past that actually make money botting.
 

2 hours ago, CReckless said:

I paid almost $100 to a private scripter here from the site, Gastro, who subsequently made my script way faster than he said it would take prior to me paying (1 hour as opposed to 24), and then asked for more money to update it with a simple UI (this took him 5 mins) because it wasn't working as intended in it's current state. Script was rushed and very sloppy.

$100 for a private script, no matter what it is, is peanuts. Heck even a GE Ash Collector would probably cost you that much. You're not paying per line of code, you're paying for the time they spend on you and their past expertise. Since he delivered the script after an hour, it appears to be rushed to you. On the other hand, what took Gastro an hour, might take a beginner scripter several. 

Like others have said above, it seems like you didn't specify enough. This is the main issue when a client isn't happy with what they got.
 

2 hours ago, CReckless said:

I asked for one very minor thing to be changed to help speed the bot up immensely and scripter said he would add it then never responded again after that, I guess because I wasn't paying for a 3rd time to update the same script. They're friendly and helpful prior to you paying, afterwards they could care less, it's onto the next customer. 

Then you have people like this, who have realized even if they get one idiot to pay this price, it's covered half their rent for the month, and all they have to do is a few hours of work and a little copy pasting from previous scripts, and ta-da! Your private bot farm script is ready to go!

I'm not sure what image you have of scripters, but you seem to think they're from a poor country and this is their main source of income.
Every scripter I've met so far, has a job, family and duties besides dreambot. Scripting is a hobby, we do it for fun. Getting something more out of it is just an extra. (that's my view at least)

[RipBananas | Steals bananas from an innocent store owner]

Pretty straightforward, steals bananas from Wydin's back room.

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 - White apron (in bank or inventory)
 - Partial completion of Pirate's treasure so you can enter the back room (you need to have smuggled the karamja rum)

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 - Grab apron if you don't have one in bank
 - Add a (profit) counter

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