Banned for 'selling gold', just thought I should post it.

[switchport]

Just about 45 minutes ago one of my accounts was permanently banned for exploitative behavior, I was buying stuff with wow gold. Namely I bought the entire account with wow gold, each expansion individually and the time cards. I also purchased some steam games and such. Clearly I was running a risk of having this happen sooner rather than later, but I just thought I should post it for reference to those who might consider 'selling gold'. There is risk, I believe I gained more out of this account than I lost, though if my other two accounts go down with it, then maybe not. It's hard to say really, but regardless, I'm not mad, sad, or upset, if all my accounts were banned I would gladly say goodbye to wow, and I believe this is the attitude that must be taken in order to enjoy wow botting and reaping the benefits.

Mind you that I have never had a permanent ban from botting alone, only from when I was buying things outside of wow.

Good luck and happy botting!

Account Name: WOW2

Reason for Closure: Terms of Use Violation -- Exploitative Activity: Abuse of the Economy

This account was closed because one or more characters were identified exchanging, or contributing to the exchange of, in-game property (items or gold) for "real-world" currency. This exchange process negatively impacts the World of Warcraft game environment by detracting from the value of the in-game economy.

Even if this is the result of account sharing, the account owner can still be held responsible for the penalty because of the impact it had on the game environment.

We've found the above behavior is many times directly related to groups responsible for compromising World of Warcraft accounts; we take these issues very seriously. To better understand our position against exploitative activity and the risks involved, please review this article: Blizzard Support

The exploitative activity that took place on this account violates the World of Warcraft Terms of Use. We ask you take a moment to review these terms at Blizzard Entertainment: Blizzard Legal Documentation. Note that additional Terms of Use violations may result in more severe actions against this account, up to and including permanent closure.

If you believe your account was compromised, please submit an in-game petition or fill the contact email form at http://us.blizzard.com/support/webform.xml?locale=en_US. Our support staff will assist you as soon as possible. If you are unable to access your account due to the password being changed, please visit our Login Support site here: https://us.battle.net/account/support/password-reset.html

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Regards,

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[switchport]

Just as a side note:

This account was banned individually, I have two accounts on the same battlenet login and the other account is completely accessible and appears to be completely unaffected.
I suspect it will be being watched in the coming days, but I'm not really worried about it, it's a disposable account.

 

[Gentoo]

f2f trade, guildbank withdrawl?

 

[Dubbelu]

So you didn't really sell gold, you bought items with gold?
I really doubt your other 2 accounts are going to get banned, if they werent in the trading process.