March 26th 2009 01:34 am
GOLD TRADING EXPOSED BY NICK RYAN Plus My Two Cents’ Worth
Even Massively has picked up on the Nick Ryan article "Gold Trading Exposed" . Click here for the Massively post.
Nice to see that the article is getting more exposure. Now here’s what I think of the first installment of Ryan’s series.
1. I’m glad to see my answers fairly intact. One of the benefits of the interview-by-email format. I’m even letting slide the fact that my moniker changed a bit, but that’s the least of my concerns. Now is it my imagination or I’m the only person mentioned in this installment that is earnestly pro-RMT? I feel kinda outnumbered in this post but hey, maybe more from our side of the camp will be given print space in the next few posts.
2. I found Imre Jele’s saying that RMT is akin to prostitution a little extreme. Even more iksome is his reference to organized crime, which paints RMT in a more sordid shade. I don’t think he has the right to make such a harsh sweeping statement because as someone who’s bought gold from all sorts of sellers, I had the good fortune to do business with professional and ethical companies like IGE and MySuperSales who may very well be the bellwether in an industry that’s looking to be regulated. I’m sure there are other good apples out there that I haven’t reviewed that could set the standards on how RMT should be carried out but it’s unfortunate that the bad apples outnumber the good. Ugh, it’s going to be an uphill battle to get everyone to recognize RMT as a legit sector, especially with the likes of Jele making all these exaggerated and negative analogies and making it more difficult for other people to cotton to the idea.
3. On the first page, it says: "Secret or not, we all hate ‘gold sellers’." Again what’s up with such a sweeping statement? WE ALL??? Come on!
4. "Is gold selling like pornography: something more of us do than admit?" - I resent this comparison.
5. For a mere introduction, Mark Jacobs gets first dibs on virtual print space to add fuel to the anti-RMT fire and unfairly classifies all virtual curency sellers as the bane of the MMORPG Industry. Yeah we all hate spam. Go hate the spammers from the scammy sites but spare the honest sellers who are trying so damn hard to professionalize this sector!! Not all of them are the cockroaches you paint them to be!
Aaaarrghhh, must stay Zen or I will go nuts!
More of my two cents when Ryan’s second installment comes out.
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