Yes. I’ve opened 2, both of which received replies within a couple of hours. Both of which were dealt with in (at least what I’d consider to be) reasonable ways.
LOL. OP totally bought the gold, then got scared, then decided to make up this story on the forums in the hope that he would have “denial documentation” in case he gets caught
He also did not get the alleged GM response that he claims.
Screenshot or it didn’t happen.
Take the gold and roll the dice on copping a 3 day ban. Easy decision.
When I first started playing I sent 1000g to what I thought was a alt, yeah never seen it again.
Not when you give me a specific scenario to respond to.
Don’t forget the part where one happened in a video game and one happened IRL. That’s also a pretty big difference.
Then again I also stated it was a side bar so why you think it’s supposed to be relevant to the OP is beyond me.
Are you talking about gifting people money and whether you have to report it for taxes? Because it’s actually 15k for any given year and not relevant to this discussion anyways.
I’d return it so fast your head would spin.
If it were a mistake: good karma.
If it wasn’t a mistake: someone’s trying to get me banned for RMT.
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I’d take the gold, REPLY to the letter, return the gold that way. So if they don’t take it back in 30 days, it gets returned to you and yo uget to keep it.
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You’re right. Which we had, and the response was a little irrelevant. I purposely didn’t bring that up, in that way, but 
Yes, that’s a big difference too, but that doesn’t mean that any big differences are therefore on-topic for a side-track conversation.
I mean, perhaps my reference back to the OP wasn’t the best, but you could just follow the thread.
No. No, I’m not. I’m talking about what I stated. However, if there is a stipulation that only over $15K has to be reported, that could affect what actions should be taken if mail with money is sent to a person’s address with their name and address on the envelope (legally, of course).
If the question is how one should react morally, or ethically, then my opinion is that unless you are actively challenging the laws that govern your actions where you live, then you have no moral highground in judging people for abiding by them.
Which was in reference to the laws whereby movement of $10,000 or more must be reported (which you might be a little familiar with if you’ve ever been on an international flight).
i would sent it back immediately. i would even send more gold than they sent me by mistake actually. my morals and integirty mean so much more to me than ANY dollar amount.
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I’d keep the gold then send the recipe back with a 1,000g COD saying “I think you accidentally sent this to me. You can have it back.”
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wasn’t this part of some sort of scam back in either wrath or tbc? like they would mail you a item and some gold or something. i’m not particulary sure how it worked but it involved mailing you items.
Someone returned a bunch of herbs I sent to them randomly instead of my bank alt, so I would probably return it as thanks for someone doing it to me.
Lol, sure 
. I guess anything’s believable on the internet
puts on tinfoil hat
Why is someone sending me stuff…
Who is this? What do they want?
returns it to sender… now paranoid
Not 1k gold but some dude keeps sending me a boat load of netherweave cloth randomly and I keep asking my guild who tf it is and I never get a response.
I would try to message or mail them a letter asking if it was a mistake
Keep the gold. You won’t score any points with actiblizz by returning it.
Send it back.
Just take the gold man 
Definitely option 3. And wait until right before it expires then take it if no response. I don’t know if gold can have a bad code to it like duped or something.
I used to trade suspicious items to an alt or vendor sell then buy it back it