Thread: IGE yanks RMT auctions from website.    

http://www.brokentoys.org/2007/01/25/eb ... -auctions/

Website attained from Slashdot, which 'confirmed' this finding. Posted in the General Discussion board since IGE doesn't do business in FFXI through eBay (much).

I'd argue it's an interesting step in the opposite direction from the Station Exchange, but there's simply too much for them to keep up on top of and people will find creative ways around it.

uhh that's old fucking news. Ebay yanked auctions of items and gold since i used to play everquest 8 years ago.

Originally Posted by Slott

uhh that's old fucking news. Ebay yanked auctions of items and gold since i used to play everquest 8 years ago.

"I spoke today with a media representative for the company, who confirmed that eBay is now delisting all auctions for 'virtual artifacts' from the site. This includes currency, items, and accounts/characters; not even the 'neopoints' used in the popular Neopets service is exempt from this decision."

From /., evidently they decided to widen the scope. btw, you misspelled "Nynja"

Originally Posted by Epincus

Originally Posted by Slott

uhh that's old fucking news. Ebay yanked auctions of items and gold since i used to play everquest 8 years ago.

"I spoke today with a media representative for the company, who confirmed that eBay is now delisting all auctions for 'virtual artifacts' from the site. This includes currency, items, and accounts/characters; not even the 'neopoints' used in the popular Neopets service is exempt from this decision."

From /., evidently they decided to widen the scope. btw, you misspelled "Nynja"

dude slott u mispelled a characters name

Originally Posted by Razeil

Originally Posted by Epincus

Originally Posted by Slott

uhh that's old fucking news. Ebay yanked auctions of items and gold since i used to play everquest 8 years ago.

"I spoke today with a media representative for the company, who confirmed that eBay is now delisting all auctions for 'virtual artifacts' from the site. This includes currency, items, and accounts/characters; not even the 'neopoints' used in the popular Neopets service is exempt from this decision."

From /., evidently they decided to widen the scope. btw, you misspelled "Nynja"

dude slott u mispelled a characters name

Observations!

nynjaaa is his name on alla. so uhh... you lose? I guess its more so complete policy now... however sony had ebay pulling ALL eq shit off ebay every time years ago.

Hey I know how to use quotes effectively!

^^^ example

Ontopic: I know most MMOs (that disallow RMT) have been on top of eBay accounts, but sometimes eBay just needs an extra nudge to keep those listings off their site. Just hard to keep up after all this time.

Read through that and noticed someone talking about loopholes in the EULA regarding selling accounts...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ayphotohosting

And for the lazy people

Originally Posted by Guy Selling WoW Acct. on EBay

DISCLAIMER: By bidding on, inquiring about, or viewing this auction you are stating that you are in NO way affiliated with Blizzard Entertainment or any associated entity. World of Warcraft is a trademark of Blizzard Entertainment. All characters, items, gold pieces, or other intellectual property in World of Warcraft are the sole property of Blizzard Entertainment. This auction is not for the ownership of their intellectual property but rather for the time spent working on this character and acquiring items. All references to "My character", "This character", "This account" or "My account" are indicative of my time spent on leveling the character. This auction is not for ownership of the account, which remains the property of Blizzard. The auction is for time spent leveling the characters, items, skills, keys, and other facets of the account.
DISCLAIMER: You are bidding on my time leveling for this account. This account remains the property of Blizzard. You will not 'OWN' the account, because it belongs to Blizzard. The only thing you are bidding on is the time I have invested into the account. All characters, items, in-game currency, or anything else associated with this auction will remain the property of Blizzard. By bidding on, asking about, or viewing this auction you are stating that you are in NO way whatsoever affiliated with Blizzard Entertainment or any associated entity. World of Warcraft is a trademark of Blizzard Entertainment. All characters, items, gold pieces, or other intellectual property in World of Warcraft are the sole property of Blizzard Entertainment. This auction is not for the ownership of their intellectual property but rather for the time spent working on these characters and acquiring items. All title, ownership rights, and intellectual property rights in and to World of Warcraft are owned by Blizzard Entertainment and its licensors. This auction is not for said rights or intellectual property but is a compensation for time and effort invested personally outside the game. All items related in this auction will remain the sole property of Blizzard Entertainment. By viewing OR bidding on this account you assert that you are in no way affiliated or employed with Blizzard Entertainment. Before bidding on my auction you must read and agree to Blizzard's EULA located at http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/legal/eula.

Originally Posted by Sykes

Those arguments don't hold up. If eBay can determine that you are intending to transfer an account, regardless of the wording, they will remove the auction. Or at least that is what I've seen them do for other prohibited items.

The question is whether or not they'll actually follow through on their promises.

I've seen a lot of cases where your bidding on X small item and the account is a bonus. If people report the listing to E-Bay they generally get removed.

Too bad the ToS says any transfer of character is a violation whether for monetary value or for free.

I sold a couple auctions for gil 3 years ago (back when 10-15k was BIG ... nov-dec 03 I think). One of em went fast and got through, but the other 2 of them were taken down, and I recieved emails stating that if I tried to sell online items again that my ebay account would be shut down.

I also sold some stuff on diablo 2, but had no problems with that.

I love those disclaimers because they are like "if I invent a loophole then of course its legal." Its still illegal, and you still have no rights to the account or the "time" you spent in that account.

You can charge people for the time you invested in your account all you want, actually. Just you can't transfer the account to them.