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Kriegprojekt 
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Subject: So I purchased Guardian Cubs to resell on the AH and...
Blizzard cancelled the transaction, deleted all of the cubs from my inventory (I bought 20) and sent me a GM email saying I was using my account for explotative activity of the economy. Funny thing is they said my account is now banned (which it isnt) too. I messaged them three times trying to figure out what happened but they insisted they were in the right and my account is now banned.

Did I miss the memo from them where we are not allowed to sell these on the AH at all? Ive been looking but havent seen one.

 

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Subject: So I purchased Guardian Cubs to resell on the AH and...
This is from the QnA on the pet store site....


Q: Could I put the Guardian Cub up on the auction house to try to make some gold if I wanted to?

While our goal is to offer players alternative ways to add a Pet Store pet to their collection, we?re ok with it if some players choose to use the Guardian Cub as a safe and secure way to try to acquire a little extra in-game gold without turning to third-party gold-selling services. However, please keep in mind that there's never any guarantee that someone will purchase what you put up for sale in the auction house, or how much they'll pay for it. Also, it?s important to note that we take a firm stance against buying gold from outside sources because in most cases, the gold these companies offer has been stolen from compromised accounts. (You can read more about our stance here, or you can read our recent blog post on teh subject here.) While some players might be able to acquire some extra gold by putting the Guardian Cub in the auction house, that?s preferable to players contributing to the gold-selling ?black market? and account theft.


You need to get them on the phone bro.

 

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Subject: So I purchased Guardian Cubs to resell on the AH and...
I think the key here is the huge number he bought (20) basically flagging himself as a gold seller. If he had bought one or two, sold them and then bought a couple more he would probably sailed under the Blizzard radar.

 

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Subject: So I purchased Guardian Cubs to resell on the AH and...
Yea dude, you bought 20 of them...

 

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Subject: So I purchased Guardian Cubs to resell on the AH and...
Blizzard has some sort of program that will auto ban accounts if certain "exploitative" things occur. If you phone in a call and explain what happened, they will forward the info onto someone higher up and they should unban your account . . in like a day sad

 

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Arcilite_I posted:
Yea dude, you bought 20 of them...


Yeah. I bought 20 last week and did the same though...


I guess they flagged me as Chinese or something.

 

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20 of them?! wow doesn't that get expensive?

 

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Sprawl-zero1eye- posted:
20 of them?! wow doesn't that get expensive?



I just dont tell my wife, bro.

 

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You can see why they might be a little trigger happy in blocking you though, I would hope. tongue

 

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Subject: So I purchased Guardian Cubs to resell on the AH and...
Clear this up, you bought twenty for cash or twenty for gold with intent to sell later?

If the first and your were banned I would reverse the charges now let alone be screaming at them for the idiocy, if the later I would protest the suspension over and over.

 

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Sprawl-zero1eye- posted:
You can see why they might be a little trigger happy in blocking you though, I would hope. tongue


Yeah, just talked to them. The guy I talked to was probably the most professional customer service rep I have ever dealt with. He said they flagged the CC I used due to the two large purchases. Their system saw potential credit card fraud activity. Dealing with that rep made the whole thing, not a big deal.

 

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Subject: So I purchased Guardian Cubs to resell on the AH and...
its good to see that some places actually think about stuff like that though.. it is a legitimate worry, specially for something like that... though if its the same card you had your sub on i think it would be silly.

now.. i do hate it when ppl try to use cards for stupid piss ant purchases (like a pack of gum), and it comes up with a bank authorization thing that takes 10 minutes to resolve...

 

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Subject: So I purchased Guardian Cubs to resell on the AH and...
Always happens to me with my BoA card. I purchase something out of the ordinary, like a plane trip for a vacation or something, then I go to purchase some small $5 item and it's denied. I call them up, and the cite suspicious activity... grr.

 

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Subject: So I purchased Guardian Cubs to resell on the AH and...
Where are all the people who used to post how incensed they would be if blizzard ever starting sanctioning gold buying?


Oh wait, they probably already quit WoW.

Nevermind.

 

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Exactly. Noone cares anymore because they either:

1. Don't play it.

2. Have so much money because of the current state of the game it's a non-issue.

I've never bought gold, and haven't played in a couple months. Yet I have like 120k+ on one server.

 

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I think you are probably correct. People used to scream to high heaven that they day blizzard opened a cash shop or sanctioned gold buying they would leave the game for good.

I guess they made good on their threats grin

 

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Subject: So I purchased Guardian Cubs to resell on the AH and...
Spookysheep posted:
I think you are probably correct. People used to scream to high heaven that they day blizzard opened a cash shop or sanctioned gold buying they would leave the game for good.

I guess they made good on their threats grin



I wish they would open a Diablo 3 AH in WoW where I can actually sell in game items for cash.

 

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Kriegprojekt posted:
Spookysheep posted:
I think you are probably correct. People used to scream to high heaven that they day blizzard opened a cash shop or sanctioned gold buying they would leave the game for good.

I guess they made good on their threats grin



I wish they would open a Diablo 3 AH in WoW where I can actually sell in game items for cash.


agree...and i feel it's coming. if D3 AH wins, the i feel that it will be the way with other MMO's. im all for it!

 

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While 20 is a lot the blue post did not say there was a limit. I think they need to quickly rethink this. Then again we only have the posters word that this is true. If it is true I hope they can fix it and give him or her a refund.

 

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they let you buy 20, then ban? sue them..

 

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Fist_de_Yuma posted:
While 20 is a lot the blue post did not say there was a limit. I think they need to quickly rethink this. Then again we only have the posters word that this is true. If it is true I hope they can fix it and give him or her a refund.



The transaction was reversed, so I didnt pay for them. Hopefully it didnt come out that I didnt get a refund in my original post. The thing that kills me is you can order at least 20 at a time (I think more like 100 at a time but havent checked) by using the Blizzard Store scroll down window. The CSR even said it was a problem for a lot of other people who are trying to sell in game for gold. He said they are working out the kinks and hope to have some fixes soon. What that means I dont know. I suggested they limit the total to 4 or 5 per 24 hours if they were concerned with CC fraud.

 

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