Legit question about "trading" gold.

#0 - March 25, 2008, 12:45 a.m.

Hi, I'm planning on sending some gold to a very good friend as a birthday gift. It's 5.2k gold. For an obvious reason :D

Anyways, I've heard people saying that they've been banned for "Trading" gold in vast amounts, without any questioning or verification as to the legitimacy of the exchange.

The last thing I want is a gesture of goodwill to end up in an account ban for either of us.

Is there any method to make sure neither of us get banned because of a lazy ban radar?

*This is a direct copy of my post from the general forums, one poster advised me to post here.
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=5469240871&postId=54928187781&sid=1#14

Belfaire

#3 - March 25, 2008, 12:49 a.m.

We won't (and don't) penalize players for legitimate gold transactions. If you or anyone else wants to send their friend five thousand gold gathered from sources what aren't illicit, then you're quite free to do so without fear of the long arm of the law.

If you bought that five thousand gold, though, you might suddenly find yourself in a bit of a budget crisis. ;)

Belfaire

#8 - May 25, 2008, 7:26 a.m.

This intrigues me! What's the name and realm of the character that got suspended?

Belfaire

#11 - May 25, 2008, 7:32 a.m.

I've reviewed the facts and getting that guild bank had nothing to do with your suspension. There was evidence that third-party automation programs were in use on your machine; if this isn't the case, you should contact Account Administration at [email protected] to have it looked into.

Belfaire

#14 - May 25, 2008, 7:41 a.m.

No, the Game Master you spoke with was correct. Economy Exploitation is a blanket category we use when dealing with illicit activities in-game.

Belfaire

#24 - May 25, 2008, 8 p.m.

Q u o t e:

ok must be a mistake then coz i definitely dont have any of those

Hopefully it'll get sorted out by AA, then. Make sure to note any programs or services you feel might've tripped our alarms if you have any in mind.

Belfaire

#27 - May 25, 2008, 8:03 p.m.

Q u o t e:

absolutely no idea at all !

on another note if i xfer my chars to a new account , and that someone how gets a warning lets say, will it be warning #1 for the account or will my account be closed coz of 2 warnings on dif chars from previous account ?

Account warnings are soulbound. They can't be transferred. :)