Valhalla Legends Archive

Quote from: iago on February 02, 2004, 08:03 AM
I saw level 1 only.  But this is hardcore ladder.. maybe on softcore they have better characters?

I play on Softcore, and in hell mode I still see level 1's and 2's of the spambots. Pretty much a waste of time in my view, nobody buys that stuff anyways! The spambot I see most is that Team VIP one or whatever, They're so annoying. Why can't they just think of new advertising schemes?

Because it might be affective? Alot more people buy D2 items than you think, go search "diablo 2 hardcore useast ladder" in ebay (why, just last night I made over $110). I have looked at their sites (on another computer, for safety reasons) and they do NOT have items for the hardcore realm, it is a bit of a waste of time(unless they sold out, doubtfully).

They are annoying, but they do work, which is why they don't bother with a new advertising scheme. Their two choices are pretty much to spam the channels of spam the games, and I'm pretty sure they're doing both.

Good analysis.

A friend of mine made a lot of money selling items to those places.  I'm talking 5 digits, american.

He's my idol then.

I spent quite a bit of time looking through ebay auctions for a dupe hack, was willing to pay upwards of $250 for one, but after purchasing some 'methods' for 3.49, I got discouraged because they were methods which were rare (realm down, server lag). Anywho I made $10 reselling the 'duping methods' already so it's all good, but damn, never trust people.

I wish I had been around when the rune dupe was happening, I've purchased from a guy several times, had the chance to talk to him he's made thousands off it...

Quote from: iago on February 21, 2004, 07:04 PM
A friend of mine made a lot of money selling items to those places.  I'm talking 5 digits, american.

That's incredible lmao. To think people actually buy this stuff? I never turned to this because it's a giant violation of the Terms and Agreement, And it's a waste because after my brother magic finding for a week would find it. I think they should close the accounts selling with PayPal/eBay. The Terms and Agreement says somewhere: "Everything in the game is property of Blizzard Entertainment and Battle.net" So you can't really sell that kind of stuff.

Quote from: Tron on February 26, 2004, 04:00 AM

Quote from: iago on February 21, 2004, 07:04 PM
A friend of mine made a lot of money selling items to those places.  I'm talking 5 digits, american.

That's incredible lmao. To think people actually buy this stuff? I never turned to this because it's a giant violation of the Terms and Agreement, And it's a waste because after my brother magic finding for a week would find it. I think they should close the accounts selling with PayPal/eBay. The Terms and Agreement says somewhere: "Everything in the game is property of Blizzard Entertainment and Battle.net" So you can't really sell that kind of stuff.

That's why they all say "The items remain the property of blizzard entertainment, you are paying for the time taken to find the item" or something to that effect.

Quote from: Tron on February 26, 2004, 04:00 AM

Quote from: iago on February 21, 2004, 07:04 PM
A friend of mine made a lot of money selling items to those places.  I'm talking 5 digits, american.

That's incredible lmao. To think people actually buy this stuff? I never turned to this because it's a giant violation of the Terms and Agreement, And it's a waste because after my brother magic finding for a week would find it. I think they should close the accounts selling with PayPal/eBay. The Terms and Agreement says somewhere: "Everything in the game is property of Blizzard Entertainment and Battle.net" So you can't really sell that kind of stuff.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33883&item=3074672863
That's mine, now let's go look at a random D2 item post...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3080148844&category=33883

As you can see, the delivery of the item and time spent finding the item can be charged as a service, and there is nothing blizzard can do about it...

Let's see blizzard's take on ebay...
"How does Blizzard plan on dealing with the selling of items on Ebay?
The selling of characters or items is not a feature supported in World of Warcraft. Any users that choose to participate in this activity do so at their own risk. Blizzard will not facilitate nor mediate in the sale or trading of characters/items. "
http://www.blizzard.com/wow/faq/faq_support.shtml

Obviously the same goes for Diablo2, as they do not interfere.

Note: Tron, you should think before you post, or don't post at all, I'm beginning to get tired of making you look like an idiot.

Tron pay no attention to the twit reply whore (Hey j0k3r  ). And j0k3r... you shouldn't look down on him just because he didn't draw a connection that really isn't even that apparent. Give him a break its not like you haven't ever screwed up.

Also, Blizzard does facilitate trading of items in Diablo 2.

Quote from: Hazard on February 26, 2004, 04:45 PM
Tron pay no attention to the twit reply whore (Hey j0k3r  ).

As opposed to being a twit new thread whore?

Quote from: Hazard on February 26, 2004, 04:45 PM
And j0k3r... you shouldn't look down on him just because he didn't draw a connection that really isn't even that apparent. Give him a break its not like you haven't ever screwed up.

Who said I looked down on him? I guess it did come off as a little harsh, I tend to think if I know it then everyone knows it (I don't usually know more than people in given areas).

Quote from: Hazard on February 26, 2004, 04:45 PM
Also, Blizzard does facilitate trading of items in Diablo 2.

IN Diablo 2, not over ebay for money, they don't want to get involved in every scam case on ebay, and have legal issues about money to deal with.

New thread whore? Huh?

You told him you were tired of making him look like an idiot. Stop making an ass of **yourself with your attempts at superiority.

The point is that you made it seem as if Blizzard does not deal in trading of accounts/items in D2, when in fact they do deal in trading of items.

Quote from: Hazard on February 26, 2004, 05:06 PM
New thread whore? Huh?

You told him you were tired of making him look like an idiot. Stop making an ass of himself with your attempts at superiority.

The point is that you made it seem as if Blizzard does not deal in trading of accounts/items in D2, when in fact they do deal in trading of items.

Now I'm going out on a limb and calling you a dumbass.

If you don't reply to threads, you start them, which is where I got 'new thread' from, was that really so hard?

I am getting tired of correcting him about ebay things that are totally outrageous, and often contradictory. And I can only assume you meant to say "yourself", not "himself".

Re-read that last part of my post, the question pertains to EBAY, as is stated very blatently.

Why did you even get involved? You had nothing to do with any of this.

I got involved because you are picking on some kid when in fact you should just leave him alone... if you hate what he says so much don't read his posts. Its as simple as that.

I still don't get how being a new-thread whore has anything to do with anything.

Just leave the guy alone... its as simple as that.

Quote from: j0k3r on February 26, 2004, 04:58 PM

Quote from: Hazard on February 26, 2004, 04:45 PM
Tron pay no attention to the twit reply whore (Hey j0k3r  ).

As opposed to being a twit new thread whore?

It's bound to sink in eventually, just keep reading it. Not reading his posts is kind of hard, seeing as how I just read posts, not caring about who posted what until I get to the end. Had that been skywing who was seriously saying those things I'd have acted no differently.

My last couple of posts have been directed towards you. In the post I did flame him in I tried to give him some advice at the end, so it wasn't in total vain. If I hadn't replied and corrected him, he'd still have his preconceived notions about ebay and D2.

To get back on topic, not everyone on ebay buys items just to use them, some people use them to find or trade for other items, and resell for a profit. As I'm sure I've said before, a couple weeks ago I bought some runes for $100 and made a $50 profit by reselling them.

I didn't actually read this entire thread, but I understood enough about the meaning to say, "shut up and stop being assholes.  flaming isn't welcome here."