Stupid blizzard and buying gold

[babygurl]

So this isn't the first time I've got this email and a ingame mail after buying gold.

Greetings,

Account Name: XXX

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

How is it hurting the wow community.. It's not hurting the servers. They sell stupid cosmetic mounts and pets and yet we can't spend our hard earn money on gold if we want.
Then they say they will penalty me for buying gold.. like wtf why would they do that.. makes no sense.

I guess they are now monitoring large gold trades.. I bought 60k gold and got it traded to me.. then that email came like 4 hrs later so either someone is monitoring the trades or it flags on the system - person a traded xxx amount of gold to person b

Whatever it is.. bloody annoying.

[Snowee]

Seriously QQ'ing about a fcking email after buying gold?
Lets hope you get banned.

We are here not on MMO-Champion were people QQ all the times.

[babygurl]

That's pretty stupid to say.. Why should I get banned.
I'm not QQ-ing just stating my opinion on a email I got and posting it to see if anyone else has gotten such a letter.
Instead I get a idiot response from you.

[jermadrun]

That's pretty stupid to say.. Why should I get banned.
I'm not QQ-ing just stating my opinion on a email I got and posting it to see if anyone else has gotten such a letter.
Instead I get a idiot response from you.

agree with you here, it's harmless. i've recently had gold removed after buying it, and i think they monitor trades. it's much safer to use the auction house. lucky i have a great goldseller and he is replacing the stolen gold for me.

[adolphin]

Seriously QQ'ing about a fcking email after buying gold?
Lets hope you get banned.

We are here not on MMO-Champion were people QQ all the times.

Agreed. Blizz didn't action you at all, seriously dude quit b1tch1ng.

[babygurl]

Your the one bitching on my post.

[Sonicbath]

The reason why the gold gets removed is either the seller pretends to be hacked, or the seller really hacked someone and transferred(sold) his/her gold to you. Then the owner of the gold logged in (or the seller who pretended to be hacked logged in) and asked Blizzard where his/her gold was. So, not the accounts, but this gold was monitored. This is nothing regarding your account. As far as i have experienced who traded large quantities of golds in last 2 years, they "generally" ban the seller but not the buyer. Because, if they do so, all of the buyers who bought from the same seller should have been banned.

This was the gold which was either hacked, or pretended to be hacked(by changing trading ip etc.) and that's why your gold was monitored.