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Article #340810Re: selling toon: can I do it according to EULA?
From: skibber
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 09:17
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 09:17
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On 15-03-2011 17:11:11, Steve Kaye wrote: > On Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:51:35 +0100, evan...@gmail.com (EvanMac) > wrote: > >>Urbin <urbin@invalid.invalid> wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:40:24 +0100, EvanMac wrote: >>> > because I have a toon (belf pally prot/retri) I levelled to 80 (and 81 >>> > in cata) for tanking pourpose, but because I want to level my druid for >>> > tanking pourpose, I thought to delete it; but soon I also thought "why >>> > don't sell it?" >>> > >>> > so, I made a fast check on ebay and found that some hi-level toon sells >>> > for around 700 ย. >>> > >>> > so, my question is: can I do this according to EULA or blizz will ban my >>> > account? >>> > >>> > to be clear, I just want to make some money, only if possible/legal, >>> > from a toon I think I'll never use >>> > >>> > OTOH I have a collateral question: How much could be worth the toon? >>> > >>> > here she is: >>> > <http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/hakkar/clotilde/simple>>> > >>> > and I have a worgen druid too, how much maybe worth her? >>> > >>> > <http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/hakkar/kensa/simple>>> > >>> > thanks in advance for your replies >>> >>> There are two problems: >>> >>> To sell just one character but not all of them, you would need to transfer >>> the character off your account. As far as I know, this can't be done (I >>> think there are some provisions for members of the same family or some such >>> but am not sure), so you would need to sell your whole account. >> >>uhm... every time I transfered a char from a ream to another, I always >>saw the checkbox to transfer to another account; dunno if I can transfer >>the toon to whoever I want > > You can transfer characters between accounts but it is only between > accounts of family members. I think that you need to transfer it to > an account with the same surname. Always. > >>> And even if it were possible, selling anything from in-game for real-life >>> currency is against the EULA/TOS. >> >>I read all the eula and tos today's morning, before posting here, and it >>seems to me that I can't sell *item(s)*, but not my toon > > You can't transfer characters between accounts unless it is between > family members so the relevant sentence would be under the section > "Ownership/Selling of the Account or Virtual Items" and is as follows: > > "Blizzard does not recognize the transfer of World of Warcraft > Accounts or BNET Accounts (each an ยAccountย). You may not purchase, > sell, gift or trade any Account, or offer to purchase, sell, gift or > trade any Account, and any such attempt shall be null and void." > > >>anyway, because I realized that I don't play with my pally (as stated in >>the OP) I take her in my account without doing anything... I'd rather >>prefer that she continues her life in some other people hands :D > > I couldn't imagine getting rid of such a high level character. I have > one of character of each class on my main server, the lowest is level > 64, and I wouldn't consider deleting any of them. Things change too > much* so I don't know which character will be my favourite tomorrow. > > * And by "things", I include my own personal preferences. I used to > think that playing a Druid as Balance was a ludicrous idea because > Feral was so much fun. I literally couldn't figure out why anyone > would do it. :) Now my Druid's main spec is Balance and it has been > since the early 70s. > > steve.kaye > -- > Jelan, 85 Priest Clokk, 81 Druid Belugar, 76 Warrior > Kibbs, 83 Paladin Jengu, 81 Death Knight Mingan, 76 Shaman > Miho, 82 Rogue Jaille, 80 Warlock Aloola, 65 Mage > [ Ravenholdt-EU (Horde) ] Yopp, 64 Hunter >
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