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Originally Posted by skorge
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I played EQ day one, back in 1999, and none, I mean NONE were sold for plat back in 1999...they were all listed on ebay...accounts were selling for up to $4,000 cash back then (a single level 50 planar geared wizard from FoH on Veeshan got over 4k cash for his toon)...i personally sold an account that had a 50 shaman and 45 warrior on it for $1,700....
I think selling accounts for plat should not be allowed as it was never done during classic live
Note: this was before sony/verant banned the selling of accounts/items on ebay
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It was done in classic. Granted of course some FoH geared toon was going to be sold on ebay for several thousands. Im well aware of what the market was for real cash back then for characters. However keep in mind not everyone was geared through the teeth, or hell not everyone was even max level. Those people found ways to get rid of their goods still.
Like I said its extremely naive to believe it didn't happen in classic. However I will say that I don't agree that it should be a publicly advertised practice as it does have a large effect on the economy. I think a part of the reason it wasn't as huge of a deal back in the day was because it was more of a behind the scenes kind of thing, wasn't public knowledge to your average gaming joe.
However it's not my place to put a ruling one way or another on the server. Just calling it how I see it.
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On a side note, it seems a bit hypocritical of people to be slamming this thread/OP, and completely ignoring/allowing bobs toon sales. It is what it is, but why get on one person's case over what is indirectly the same thing in accepting plat or in game goods for a character? Sure its not exactly the same, but when push comes to shove its a similar concept.