May 25th 2010 05:42 am
WHY I’LL NEVER BUY A PRE-OWNED WOW ACCOUNT
Here are some of the reasons:
1. Buying a pre-owned WoW account, even one with uber-geared 80s, is not guaranteed to make you an uber player. Nothing beats knowing your toon, your spec, your class from the day he or she was "born".
2. You run the risk of bumping into former and current guildies/friends of the original owner who, for sure, will ask you questions you don’t know the answers to. They’d know in a heartbeat that it’s not the original owner they’re talking to, and a few might even report you for hacking into their buddy’s account.
3. Historically, most of the original owners find themselves breaking into a cold sweat, needing their WoW fix, regretting they ever sold their accounts (but won’t return the money)….so they tell Blizz they’ve been hacked into. And well, you know what follows after they cry wolf.
4. I know some people who bought accounts only to discover that the uber-leet main toons on the accounts are known on their respective servers as Azeroth’s biggest ninja looters /Trade chat jackasses/guild hoppers….and no raid party wants them in. Trouble is, how does one check a toon’s reputation before purchasing an account?
5. Well, if your toon does manage to get into a raid, erm, there’s that little problem with Vent. Especially if the original owner was of the opposite sex.
Would YOU buy a pre-owned WoW account?
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Aleco on 25 May 2010 at 5:45 pm #
Well, if you’re going through the trouble of buying a pre-owned account, I’m assuming many of the buyers will be transferring servers and changing the characters name. That only leaves the problem of the original owner taking back their account through the Blizzard support, which is something that the buyer will have to trust the seller never to do.
-Aleco