Interesting Idea for Gold/character sellersFollow

I am prefacing this with I am not a seller, nor sell. I wanted to create this subject because of the everlasting amount of idiots that come here to sell.

So Here is my idea:

I feel we should create a thread, and sticky it. The thread title would be deemed something like:

"Gold Sellers Post here"

or

"Selling something? Post here for fastest response"

My basis behind it is that Gold Sellers, and Character sellers alike are traditionally not the brightest group of individuals. If we sticky a thread specifically with the purpose of selling; The second someone posts there, we can downrate/ban etc.

Almost like a rat-trap, cheese with a deadly consequence. The sellers will come to the thread, see the "hey post here if selling". So they open the thread and find it empty (because we caught and downrated/banned everyone else) and say "Hey! Noones here yet, I'm going to post first to make some sick profit for me or my company and be a hero!" then post their information up.

I think that it would be successful if we caught even 1 person posting to the thread. Just a thought, but ingenious if you ask me. What do you guys think?

Sticky thread sellers trap?

/Signed

Want me to make the thread? LOL

/Cheers

Go make thread.

You do bring a good point to the table Miten.. to that all I can reply with is: If you care about the game; If you can read; If you talk to anyone; You know that selling ANYTHING in WoW is illegal, and against ToS. There will be ignorant people who will be all "OMgzoraz we cann seeeel stuffs now??? I'm gun be reech right quitck." to which I call them idiots. Let them be moths to the flame.

I unfortunatly am the type of person who isn't very forgiving of idiocy.

I officially sign this thread. Too bad I don't have any say in anything.

I admit, there are intelligent, crafty, and smart sellers out there. These people have invested time paying people, setting up shops, hiring, managing etc. I read a recent article about someone who enlists elderly to farm gold for them. (Mind you I'm sure the article was a spoof). The owners decided to bring computers to an old folks home, teach them how to use them, teach them how to play. This gave them a sense of community. The ability to speak and do things with their friends. They would hold weekly contests to see who could make the most gold, give them prizes from giftcards to supermarkets or whatever. This is an ingenious idea, and still illegal at the same time.



This is true that they would lose money buying new accounts. If you take a closer look, a lot of these places hire people to do the dirty work. The King Pins, Managers, Owners, or whoever you want to call them, do not find and sell the gold themselves. Albeit advertising isn't done by them a lot of times either. They have websites for selling, which they can manage. But Seeing "GOLDSANTA: HEY KIDDIES COME GET YOUR HOLIDAY GOLD AT www.wesellgold.com AND GET A DISCOUNT!!" spammed across my channel while im in WPL makes me feel the adverts aren't exactly bright.



Another good point. Posting on a fan site is no means to being directly banned by blizzard per se. My original post itself was referring to the boards. Yes they are like roaches; for every 2 you kill there are 2 more right behind it. I personally would find it great seeing these peoples ads, then laughing at them as I downrate them over and over again. To say that we can get them banned IG? Not likely, but here we DO have some power.

Take it months down the road if this comes to pass and actually works. Blizzard may take notice. Yes they are a huge company who have a lot to do. Sometimes the smallest boat in the ocean can make the biggest waves.



Indeed. Again this is for the people like myself who get the mail ingame advertising who are irritated. The people who wish they could do something about it, but can't. This idea for a post, would allow me to at least do something.

unless im mistaken... allah IS owned by IGE the number 1 gold selling site


so this happening wouldnt suprise me too much.. itll serve two functions.. one as you guys stated getting the gold sellers banned and TWO!! ELIMINATING IGE/ALLAKHAZAM'S COMPETITION SO THEY CAN CORNER THE GOLDSELLING MARKET

Before you go out and stock up on tinfoil you might want to know that Alla has always banned gold/account selling posters, even prior to IGE's parent company buying them.

dude ige bought allakhazam like a year ago where have you been lol

Tetsuol I appreciate your pulling up those articles. The first one reads, which was quoted:




So.... they are, but they do not support IGE in any way. Kindof like eating the foods of parents you detest.

Edited, Jan 9th 2007 3:48pm by Ebonspine

Nope, nobody reads stickies. Ever.

They get banned soon enough, and this gives them too much attention (which is what they want). I don't think this is necessary.