EBAY removing sales of characters and gold.

[jungleboy2]

Looks like the profit machine is over for making money off the sell of accounts now. Ebay is removing all listings of characters, items, and gold for any mmo there is. Sad day for profiteers everywhere. As if archers were not suffering enough in conquer with the new patches ebay goes ahead and finishes it all of with this bit o news. Oh well good thing i dont rely on selling characters for making money cause man. I would really be crying right now. Below is the link it's to slashdot.com and they have more refererences that will enlighten you as to what all this means.

[Lays_Stax]

Omg. I make chars and sell them on ebay all the time... what the hell.... Now i have to get my job again.. *** i hate this ****!

[dlerch]

a possible way around this is to sell the username and password information to said account as well as the users personal information to the account. This is NOT owned by the game owner. I dont know what ebay would say to this but it is worth exploring.

[KatsuAkimoto]

Lol, technically its not legal to sell them anyway.

[jungleboy2]

Originally posted by dlerch@Jan 29 2007, 21:19
a possible way around this is to sell the username and password information to said account as well as the users personal information to the account. This is NOT owned by the game owner. I dont know what ebay would say to this but it is worth exploring.

nah they are removing anything thats even remotely to do with virtual ownership. it's already been tried. and those sells where removed. so yep no selling on ebay. though there might be a opening for a new kind of sight. maybe someone could start a website totally dedicated to selling characters and trading. though the reason why ebay stopped account sells was they got sued by a bunch of gaming companies. there you go.

[freddofrog~]

just put it on the selling thread on epvp.. or spam it on ur server or sumthin, besides, i just sell accts and **** to my friends

[jungleboy2]

Originally posted by freddofrog~@Jan 30 2007, 07:29
just put it on the selling thread on epvp.. or spam it on ur server or sumthin, besides, i just sell accts and **** to my friends

sorry but thats nice idea but unfortuanately epvp isn't the world wide end all when it comes to gaming info. ebay was the best for one reason. you could vend alot of characters and at a low cost. which meant you maximized your profits. seriously there where guys who hiring illegals to do only one thing all day long on games like dark age of camelot, wow, and other mmo games. now they got no place to sell all these multiple accounts. in reality man epvp wont tolerate someone listing that kind of weight on their forums. there would be too much traffic. you need a auction site like ebay thats not afraid to get sued. now you see the problem there is no one out there willing to take that kind of heat.

[-=EPvP^RULEZ=-]

-maybe ebay think it's time for those lazy *** people to get their own chars , hunt and work hard for it...

-maybe MMO gaming is having a big issue like having a TAX on P2P and probably more... and they dont want to be a part of it...

-or maybe its b'coz of a lot of people selling an account is scammers and ebay is get to blame?

just some facts im not sure.... **** this sh*t!!

[_Trinity_]

I can understand the step made by Ebay... 'Illegal' selling/sharing killed many used programs, but its like buying CD's and Games on cons... They just charge TOO much for it.

Average price for a CD in Europe: ?17,- <<< insane...
Average price for a DVD: ?7-25,- <<< not inc. brand new ones that just are out 1 week...
PS3/360/Wii Game: ?50-70,- <<< note that about... 20 games is a brand new next-gen PC...

I can understand the artists rights and the copyright rules... But Ebay is just covering their behinds to not end up like, just pick a share prog: Kazaa...

If you want to sell your chars for money, you should just log off, run, drive or cycle to your local newspaper. You would be outside more and get some sunlight...

And I guess there will be a new site coming out somewhere... at some point in time

[jungleboy2]

Originally posted by _Trinity_@Jan 30 2007, 18:14
I can understand the step made by Ebay... 'Illegal' selling/sharing killed many used programs, but its like buying CD's and Games on cons... They just charge TOO much for it.

Average price for a CD in Europe: ?17,- <<< insane...
Average price for a DVD: ?7-25,- <<< not inc. brand new ones that just are out 1 week...
PS3/360/Wii Game: ?50-70,- <<< note that about... 20 games is a brand new next-gen PC...

I can understand the artists rights and the copyright rules... But Ebay is just covering their behinds to not end up like, just pick a share prog: Kazaa...

If you want to sell your chars for money, you should just log off, run, drive or cycle to your local newspaper. You would be outside more and get some sunlight...

And I guess there will be a new site coming out somewhere... at some point in time

true but at the same time it's interesting to see big moves like this. i find it quite fascinating when a auction giant like ebay. makes such an unexpected statement. will this mean that they wont allow the sell of program disks as well. i mean seriously this kind of action could very well stop people from selling cd's of games and operating systems as well. cause technically that is intellectual property.

i think this kind of thing will be interesting to see unfold. further more yea your right the kind of heat they got on them was unreal. sony was suing them, as well as microsoft. which funny enough microsoft was a partner in wow. they stopped the sell of wow accounts and items and gold in feb. 06. i mean seriously this is some wild stuff. i think the news crews should get ahold of this story and investigate it. yet i think alot of people dont understand how big online gaming has become. it's literally a billion dollar business.

[Lays_Stax]

i dont really trust in-game ****... i like to receive the cash then give info.. im well trusted on my server... but i dont trust the noobs

[KatsuAkimoto]

Aha, yea, I would never buy an account online. Doesn't make sense to me at all:&#092;