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Title: I think Blizzard is in on the gold selling market...
Post by: warz on March 16, 2009, 06:43:58 pm
Okay, I'm lazy and know of a site that sells wow gold extremely cheap. I've used them twice to buy like a quick 2000g for mats, and crap.

Every time I use this site, though, they're instant to respond and be online. I always do a face to face trade and they're always online it seems like. They chill in the SW bank - they're mostly level 1 chars with random lettered names, and they're all in the same guild which also consists of random letters. I've noticed they do this for the guild bank so they can store gold and easily xfer gold from farming chars to the level 1 chars that sell them in SW.

Now, I've always been weary because these characters are just so obvious. I see them every time in the bank and they're usually targeting somebody next to them, which I think is funny. It's funny to see them in the act of selling gold. Why doesn't Blizzard catch on to this? You'd think they'd be easily found and banned. The first time I bought gold was a long time ago, and they're still there. But, on a another note, they've got reps that'll call your cell phone when they're online to give you the gold and they have called me instantly both times, and both times were from a California-based phone number with an American sounding person of the phone - no accents from what I could tell.

So, just yesterday I logged on and was questing in Sholazar and I saw a level 80 mage farming herbs and mining nodes, and he was in the same random lettered guild. I had found one of their farmers! I did a who of their guild and sure enough 4 other level 1 chars were online from the same guild, as well as 2 other 80s... both on Sholazar (one of the better places for mining, from what i hear).

I went to Armory and tried looking up the 80s profile and he was unlisted... odd, I tried looking up the other 2 80s both of which are unlisted. Obviously the 1s wont show up. So I looked up the guild, which exists, but shows no members. Guild page here (http://www.wowarmory.com/guild-info.xml?r=Stormreaver&n=fkuiaysde&p=1)

Also, when I sold one of my accounts like a year ago, prior to the paid name change - only xfer existed, I had used my xfer like 3 days before selling the account. I xfer'd the char to a server that my other chars were on (but on a diff account), and added the char I was selling to my friends lists. The same day that I sold my account, the char was removed from my friends list and either had its name changed, xfer'd off or was banned. I know, also, that banned chars remain on the server so they wouldn't be removed from my friends list.

All of this leads me to believe that Blizzard is profiting off the gold selling market, too! dun dun dun
Title: Re: I think Blizzard is in on the gold selling market...
Post by: truste1 on March 16, 2009, 06:50:16 pm
If you can't beat them, join them.
Title: Re: I think Blizzard is in on the gold selling market...
Post by: Blaze on March 16, 2009, 06:51:01 pm
No.
Title: Re: I think Blizzard is in on the gold selling market...
Post by: iago on March 16, 2009, 08:18:40 pm
If blizzard was into selling gold, why wouldn't they just, like, create it from thin air? They DO have access to do that. :P
Title: Re: I think Blizzard is in on the gold selling market...
Post by: warz on March 16, 2009, 09:03:03 pm
If blizzard was into selling gold, why wouldn't they just, like, create it from thin air? They DO have access to do that. :P

Yea, I know. I don't actually think Blizzard is selling gold... but it's kind of odd that these gold sellers have these weird tricks it seems like.
Title: Re: I think Blizzard is in on the gold selling market...
Post by: AntiVirus on March 16, 2009, 11:23:35 pm
If blizzard was into selling gold, why wouldn't they just, like, create it from thin air? They DO have access to do that. :P

Inflation, duh. :P
Title: Re: I think Blizzard is in on the gold selling market...
Post by: iago on March 17, 2009, 01:26:26 pm
If blizzard was into selling gold, why wouldn't they just, like, create it from thin air? They DO have access to do that. :P

Inflation, duh. :P

I was waiting for somebody to say that. :P

It's funny, because it's an artificial economy, but still works like a real one. Weird! :)
Title: Re: I think Blizzard is in on the gold selling market...
Post by: Blaze on March 17, 2009, 01:51:42 pm
Only because Blizzard adds large gold syncs (Ways to waste large sums of money) into the game every couple of patches.  Epic flight training, 22 slot bags, motorcycles, etc.
Title: Re: I think Blizzard is in on the gold selling market...
Post by: iago on March 17, 2009, 02:02:40 pm
There needs to be more motorcycles in fantasy worlds.

That makes sense, though, since gold is created but never really disappears :)
Title: Re: I think Blizzard is in on the gold selling market...
Post by: Sidoh on March 17, 2009, 02:05:43 pm
That's kind of interesting warz, but I'd imagine it's just people who are exploiting every little feature that makes them more efficient.  The guild thing is kinda weird, though.

Only because Blizzard adds large gold syncs (Ways to waste large sums of money) into the game every couple of patches.  Epic flight training, 22 slot bags, motorcycles, etc.

Money syncs? ;)
Title: Re: I think Blizzard is in on the gold selling market...
Post by: iago on March 17, 2009, 02:23:43 pm
That's kind of interesting warz, but I'd imagine it's just people who are exploiting every little feature that makes them more efficient.  The guild thing is kinda weird, though.

Only because Blizzard adds large gold syncs (Ways to waste large sums of money) into the game every couple of patches.  Epic flight training, 22 slot bags, motorcycles, etc.

Money syncs? ;)
Heh, I can't believe I missed that! I'm as bad as him! :)
Title: Re: I think Blizzard is in on the gold selling market...
Post by: Blaze on March 17, 2009, 02:25:08 pm
Heh, that's one hell of a typo.  :D
Title: Re: I think Blizzard is in on the gold selling market...
Post by: iago on March 17, 2009, 02:30:04 pm
That's nothing.. thanks to a spellchecker gone wild, my friend posted to a mailing list about "mammary leaks" :)

(unfortunately, he didn't use the phrase "mammary leak".. that would have been awesome, though!)
Title: Re: I think Blizzard is in on the gold selling market...
Post by: Furious on March 17, 2009, 02:41:23 pm
Speaking of gold, someone should give me 22k.  I need epic flying on three toons and normal+epic flying on one.

HALP MEH
Title: Re: I think Blizzard is in on the gold selling market...
Post by: warz on March 17, 2009, 03:37:41 pm
Only because Blizzard adds large gold syncs (Ways to waste large sums of money) into the game every couple of patches.  Epic flight training, 22 slot bags, motorcycles, etc.

Cold weather flying is the lamest thing I can think of that I've paid for so far...
Title: Re: I think Blizzard is in on the gold selling market...
Post by: Hitmen on March 17, 2009, 04:20:20 pm
Speaking of gold, someone should give me 22k.  I need epic flying on three toons and normal+epic flying on one.

HALP MEH
I've already paid for normal/epic/northrend flying for 3 toons. It sucks.
Title: Re: I think Blizzard is in on the gold selling market...
Post by: Newby on March 17, 2009, 04:31:50 pm
If you get my account banned, I will cry. :P

(Not that I care, but... :))
Title: Re: I think Blizzard is in on the gold selling market...
Post by: Furious on March 17, 2009, 04:53:21 pm
Speaking of gold, someone should give me 22k.  I need epic flying on three toons and normal+epic flying on one.

HALP MEH
I've already paid for normal/epic/northrend flying for 3 toons. It sucks.

I see no need to get epic flying, so I spend my money on other things.  Naxx, EoE and OS are so close to Dalaran that I don't even care :X
Title: Re: I think Blizzard is in on the gold selling market...
Post by: Hitmen on March 17, 2009, 04:59:57 pm
Speaking of gold, someone should give me 22k.  I need epic flying on three toons and normal+epic flying on one.

HALP MEH
I've already paid for normal/epic/northrend flying for 3 toons. It sucks.

I see no need to get epic flying, so I spend my money on other things.  Naxx, EoE and OS are so close to Dalaran that I don't even care :X
The first time was for my main. Then I switched mains. Now I want to drop mining so I could have JC/BS, and mining is my only real source of income, so my other alt that was also a miner got his. It's working out ok, got some cash saved back up again.

Also, my DK now has ambassador and is about halfway to loremaster. /needs life
Title: Re: I think Blizzard is in on the gold selling market...
Post by: warz on March 17, 2009, 10:55:13 pm
Trust me... if you don't have an epic flying mount then you just don't know what you're missing. It's like an entirely better game with the epic flying mount. :P
Title: Re: I think Blizzard is in on the gold selling market...
Post by: Sidoh on March 17, 2009, 10:58:17 pm
That's nothing.. thanks to a spellchecker gone wild, my friend posted to a mailing list about "mammary leaks" :)

(unfortunately, he didn't use the phrase "mammary leak".. that would have been awesome, though!)


haahahahahahahahah.  That's fucking awesome.
Title: Re: I think Blizzard is in on the gold selling market...
Post by: Furious on March 18, 2009, 12:22:06 am
Trust me... if you don't have an epic flying mount then you just don't know what you're missing. It's like an entirely better game with the epic flying mount. :P

I have it on my main.  Just not my 4 other toons 70+.
Title: Re: I think Blizzard is in on the gold selling market...
Post by: MyndFyre on March 18, 2009, 12:58:10 am
I've seen quotes from Blizzard reps saying they do participate with the farmers to try to track down the big people/companies.  I don't remember where or when but it's a pretty sharp tactic.
Title: Re: I think Blizzard is in on the gold selling market...
Post by: Blaze on March 18, 2009, 01:02:41 am
I've seen quotes from Blizzard reps saying they do participate with the farmers to try to track down the big people/companies.  I don't remember where or when but it's a pretty sharp tactic.

Screenshot or it didn't happen.