http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2008/11/13/diary-of-a-black-market-mmo-profiteer

I, myself, buy gold from these gold-selling sites and what I can say is this - I buy from them because I want to. I have all the right to buy from them because it’s my character and money. It’s my hard-earned money so nobody except me have the right on where I would want to spend it. I am paying good money on my subscription and I don’t have any payment backlogs from Blizz. I don’t believe it destroys the in-game economy and certainly, I don’t believe it destroys the essence of the game. What I think of these sites is that they offer a helping hand for players like me who just wants to get into the real action and not spend my time grinding. I am a family man. I have a life, I have a work and I have a hobby. I don’t want to spend all of my time online just to grind gold. I also do not want to be in a party full of ninjas who roll for items which they do not need. I AM PLAYING THE GAME FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES, FOR THE FUN OF PLAYING IT, AND NOT TO GRIND GOLD. Why grind if you can just get your gold from these sites and level your character? Not to mention they’re really cheap. It’s even a big help to get those precious items that you need out of the AH. I just want to go play, raid and kill the big, bad bosses. Grinding can make your playing experience VERY, VERY BORING! Thus, you tend to quit the game earlier than you expect.

Life should be easy. Let’s not complicate it.

Let’s all buy gold, shall we?