is this a scam?

[djmazi]

on our server there is some ppl who sell arena point u go in there arena team and they are high rated and u will get many arena points and they want you to pay for example 600g and if i dont pay those gold is that a scam? they were like "Selling arena points for 600g" in trade channel
and can they report it? for not paying

[selafane]

Yea that would be considered a scam. b/c you are telling them you will give x amount of gold if they give x amount of points.

so if you dont pay you are scamming them out of there 600g and they just gave you x amount of points for nothing.

they prolly would report you, however, i doubt there is anything that can be done about it.

[elusivecorn]

scamming gets you in trouble, don't do it.

[damon2y]

scamming gets you in trouble, don't do it.

Thank you captain obvious. and yes it is technically a scam because both parties agreed on a set value for another value (in your case Gold for Points you cant earn yourself) and if neither party doesnt confront with the said item it is stealing or scamming

[Verye]

Wrong. This is technically not considered scamming. Arena point trading, while not bannable, is not supported by Blizzard in any way, and if you are scammed in this way, no action will be taken.

Source from WoW Senior GM (I have other quotes but I'm too lazy to find them): WoW Forums -> Selling Arena Points and Arena Charters

It is not condoned, nor is it strictly against our policies. If something goes amiss with your deal though we would not be able to step in and assist.

However, policy changes often, and in the future, scams of these types may not be allowed.

Source from another WoW Senior GM: WoW Forums -> Question about Buying Arena Pts

At the moment, buying and selling both teams and arena points is not a violation of our policies. These are however, very unpopular practices, and we do not support them, despite opting not to punish this behavior.

.......

Conversely, if someone is thinking of getting into the scamming business with this in mind, I can say that it is a very poor idea to do so. Not only is this hugely detrimental to your reputation on a realm, we've been known to have sudden (much like a tsunami, or an earthquake) changes of heart on issues of this nature if it looks like someone is willfully attempting to take significant advantage of our willingness not to involve ourselves in certain transactions.

Note: These posts are from the WoW US forums, not WoW EU. WoW EU has a very different policy from WoW US. These quotes do not apply to WoW EU players in any way.

Hope that clears things up for you folks.

[krazyluda007]

Just a question?

Have you at least been wrong once Verye ? xD
But seriously.

Verye Should know....cause he is epixxxx!

[Verye]

I have been wrong once, yes, but it was in a dispute between WoW US and WoW EU policies, so technically I wasn't "wrong", per se. My specialty is WoW US policies.

This also means that the above post applies to US policies. Do not come complaining to me if you're on EU and you do this and you get banned.