This one learned the hard way that the classic gold you are trading may be from bad sources. Note the Blue response. They can and do follow the gold, and so unless you know the person you are trading very well…perhaps do not do it.
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yes I just read this… shame.
I know a short gnome mage with green hair that is going to be quite upset about this.
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I wonder at times if that little canary will survive SoD.
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They are a survivor(Plays Destiny’s Child)
Poor little guy 
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Looks like a second person was hit for trading gold from Living Flame to Crusader, from that thread.
Do be careful folks.
Also, the Blue mentions one of the bad actors techniques there. Interesting, but…criminal obviously. Avoid it folks, unless you are 100% certain. And how is that done? The 100% certain thing that is…
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Been doing it with the same person for weeks.
I’m lvl35 now in SOD.
Still here.
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whos that person little person? see i didnt call u gnome or midget
This is so dumb… I’ve made over 3 million gold profit in WotLK, and have made over 2,000g profit in SoD so far…
And i just got hit with a 14 day ban, with an automated reply, for what i can only assume was my gold swap a few weeks ago… Literally the first gold swap I’ve ever done between game versions. I joined the [widely known Discord Server, with over 50,000 memebers, built around facilitating Gold Swaps between game versions]* about a month ago, I found a highly reputable person willing to swap 330g SoD for my 65k WotLK, We organized everything in Discord, met up in game, typed out IN CHAT “I am trading 65k WotLK gold for 330g in Season of Discovery” in both game versions, we parted ways, and I thought that was that…
But apparently, Blizzard’s “aUtOmAtEd sYsTeM” flags that… I literally spent an hour beforehand making sure it was Kosher, making sure everything was above board and allowed. I fully understood that it wasn’t a “supported trade” and that had I gotten scammed, I would’ve had no recourse…
But this is literally worse… I would’ve rather been scammed, and lost 65k of my current 2.9 million gold in WotLK than get an UNJUSTIFIED 2 week ban at the START of Phase 2…
So not cool Blizzard… If you’re going to ban people for taking thier hard work in 1 version of the game, and transfering some of that “hard-earned value” to another version of the game… Why don’t you just ban Gold Swaps between Game Versions? Why allow it if you’re just going to turn around and ban honest players?
I appreciate the Bot bans, I appreciate the RMT bans, it’s unhealthy for the game, it inflates the economy, and puts alot of pressure on “casual” Mom and Pop guilds to either raid without consuming, or… Buy gold to be able to afford those consumes. I saw the effect gold buying had firsthand in Season of Mastery, and the effect that GDKP’s had in ‘distributing that gold’ to a large number of players, which hyper-accelerated consumable/reagent inflation on the server.
As someone who LOVES farming gold in this game, and then being able to take that gold and wave it around to get whatever I want, I love it. I also love being able to use the gold I’ve farmed to help guildies and friends who I know don’t have the same amount of time to camp the AH as I can, and who would be forced to either buy gold, or go without consuming to raid. I love that I can just hand them the consumes and not even notice a dent in my fortune. So while I understand the GDKP ban, I do wish you would’ve just banned gold buyers and cheaters instead of removing a system of raiding that, to me, was extremely fun.
But again… Why allow gold swaps if you’re just going to ban us for them?
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Where’s the fun in that?
They don’t ban you for gold swaps. They ban you for RMTing.
The solution is to not gold swap with criminals, scammers, and thieves.
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Obviously, and while being new to “Gold Swaps” I went out of my way to find one of the most reputable sources I could find (the person had over 300 positive reviews and had been an active member in the [widely known Discord Server, with over 50,000 members, built around facilitating Gold Swaps between game versions]* for over 2 years, and swapped at a much less favorable rate because I wanted that security…
I did everything in my power to ensure is was Kosher… So again I ask; Why allow gold swaps if you’re just going to ban people for it. Just ban gold swaps. If it’s that prone to theft/scams/crime, just ban it…
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This alone is the biggest red flag imaginable. Do you think a normal and legitimate player is going to have 300 reviews? It is painfully obvious that this “gold swap” thing is a business for them that entails some sort of RMT.
Banning things because one person fell for an obvious scam harms everyone. Should we ban bank transfers too because someone got scammed into sending all their money to someone?
The fact of the matter is gold swaps are UNSUPPORTED TRANSCATIONS. That means BUYERS BEWARE.
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And it never occurred to you to ask yourself where 300 trades worth of gold came from?
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I’ve made over 3million gold in WotLK, the economy & making gold in WoW is 90% of the game for me. And I’ve met many friends along the way who share my “silly passion”.
Having that many trades says to me “This person’s reliable and legit, and they actively play several versions of WoW” (just like I do, WotLK & SoD).
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You should avoid doing unsupported transactions in the future then. You are likely to fall victim to other scams.
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This sounds like something most people would just use to mask RMT. Maybe you didn’t, but I doubt most do. Same thing that happened with GDKP, maybe you didn’t buy gold to participate, but more probably did than didn’t.
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For how long tho
I’m a little embarrassed for you now.
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