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    Cooldude's Avatar Member
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    Got email for buying gold!?

    I just bought 10k gold and got an email from blizz and mail in game telling me that they don't approve. But no ban or final warnings or anything :O
    is that normal!?

    Got email for buying gold!?
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    pyox's Avatar Sergeant GOLD SELLER CoreCoins Purchaser
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    Originally Posted by Cooldude View Post
    I just bought 10k gold and got an email from blizz and mail in game telling me that they don't approve. But no ban or final warnings or anything :O
    is that normal!?
    yup, they dont ban you for buying gold . they ban you for selling it.

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    This is the first I've heard of them notifying that you participated though.

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    Originally Posted by Cooldude View Post
    I just bought 10k gold and got an email from blizz and mail in game telling me that they don't approve. But no ban or final warnings or anything :O
    is that normal!?
    can u post exactly what they mail blocking out the infos that pretain to ur account

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    I received that kind of email too. This is what i received :

    Greetings,

    Account Name:

    In light of some recent activity on your World of Warcraft account, we’d like make sure you’re aware of the negative impact that buying gold from third-party companies has on the World of Warcraft community -- as well as the potential consequences for players who are found to be using such services.

    Every day, we encounter players who have been victims of in-game scams or whose Battle.net accounts have been stolen, and who log in one day to find their characters’ inventories have been stripped of gold and other valuable items. The overwhelming majority of these scams and thefts are conducted by unethical third-party companies that sell stolen gold to other players for real money. Accounts of players who choose to buy gold and support these exploitive companies may be subject to a variety of account penalties, including the removal of purchased gold so it can be returned to the rightful character.

    Third-party gold-selling companies frequently prey upon dedicated players -- often including their own customers -- without regard to the disruption their actions cause to the game and other World of Warcraft players. Ultimately, without players’ support, these companies have no way to continue their unethical actions, and that’s why we encourage the community to refrain from using their services.

    Additional information on the negative impact of purchasing gold, as well as some important information on how you can protect your account from theft, can be found on our website at: Impact of Buying Gold - Shop - World of Warcraft

    Thank you for helping us keep World of Warcraft a fun and safe environment for all of our players.

    Regards,
    Blizzard Entertainment
    http://www.blizzard.com/support

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    pyox's Avatar Sergeant GOLD SELLER CoreCoins Purchaser
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    Originally Posted by nameless964 View Post
    I received that kind of email too. This is what i received :

    Greetings,

    Account Name:

    In light of some recent activity on your World of Warcraft account, we’d like make sure you’re aware of the negative impact that buying gold from third-party companies has on the World of Warcraft community -- as well as the potential consequences for players who are found to be using such services.

    Every day, we encounter players who have been victims of in-game scams or whose Battle.net accounts have been stolen, and who log in one day to find their characters’ inventories have been stripped of gold and other valuable items. The overwhelming majority of these scams and thefts are conducted by unethical third-party companies that sell stolen gold to other players for real money. Accounts of players who choose to buy gold and support these exploitive companies may be subject to a variety of account penalties, including the removal of purchased gold so it can be returned to the rightful character.

    Third-party gold-selling companies frequently prey upon dedicated players -- often including their own customers -- without regard to the disruption their actions cause to the game and other World of Warcraft players. Ultimately, without players’ support, these companies have no way to continue their unethical actions, and that’s why we encourage the community to refrain from using their services.

    Additional information on the negative impact of purchasing gold, as well as some important information on how you can protect your account from theft, can be found on our website at: Impact of Buying Gold - Shop - World of Warcraft

    Thank you for helping us keep World of Warcraft a fun and safe environment for all of our players.

    Regards,
    Blizzard Entertainment
    http://www.blizzard.com/support
    I got that email many time on all my buying gold account.. i tohugh it was instant when you trade without item for first time for a big amount.

    They dont ban anymore for buying gold, but for selling it so your good dont worry about it, they do that so you dont buy gold anymore... you wont get another email if you buy .. neither a warning.. nothing will happen

    The guy who sold you gold was probly flagged too.

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    Yeah, I didn't think too much about it.

    But I added items in the trade windows ( olds 60/70 epics that wasn't worth it ) and still got the emails.

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    pyox's Avatar Sergeant GOLD SELLER CoreCoins Purchaser
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    Originally Posted by nameless964 View Post
    Yeah, I didn't think too much about it.

    But I added items in the trade windows ( olds 60/70 epics that wasn't worth it ) and still got the emails.

    then maybe when they find out its obvious like runecloth for 200k

    dunno.

    But i know they dont ban for buying gold

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    Very interesting, learned a lot from this thread Thanks for sharing!

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    Same for me, i bougth one SoR at Chinese sellers, i give more gold, so i back me 4k, then i receive the same mail where it explain it a wrong thing to buy gold


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    I got that email before, it happened when my regular gold guy was out of buisness so I had to goto a chinese site. When its dont through trade they catch it and send the email. But my regular guy always did it through guild bank and I never got the warning email doing it that way.

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    I remember this email back from the wotlk, it's normal and you won't get banned or anything. Just the email from blizzard being sad

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    happened to me a week ago when i bought 40k

    i figured it was just like "some dude traded him lots of gold, lets send this email just in game it was a gold seller"

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