Advise on selling EQ2 account

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On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 14:24:15 +1200, "Young Man" <gman@stuffer.com>
wrote:

>Been playing EQ2 for a few months but am bored of it now. I still have 2 1/2
>months of play time left and would like to sell my account. The problem is
>that my account still has all my billing information which I cannot change
>unless I purchase more game time!
>
>Any ideas how I can get around this problem?
>
>Thanks
>

don't sell it. problem solved.

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"Young Man" <gman@stuffer.com> wrote in message
news:3auppdF6egct4U1@individual.net...
> "Larry Laffer" <private@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:k29k41tss88gcn90mkuek1rlkn2b4k11na@4ax.com...
> > don't sell it. problem solved.
>
> No, but you don't understand. I WANT TO SELL IT! That is why I posted this
> message. If I didn't want to sell it then I would not have posted here.
> Understand?!
>
>
Not really sure if I see the problem. Why not call SOE and ask them for
advice? I'm sure they will have an answer for you.

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On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 17:22:17 +1200, "Young Man" <gman@stuffer.com>
wrote:

>"Shadow" <kitchen@fis.org.nz> wrote in message
>news:0xq2e.17338$C7.10491@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>> Not really sure if I see the problem. Why not call SOE and ask them for
>> advice? I'm sure they will have an answer for you.
>
>Thanks for the suggestion. I'll give it a shot.
>

Shadow was joking.

It is against the EULA to transfer ownership of accounts. The account
could get banned. (albiet unlikely, but the chance exists).

I wasn't kidding with my answer of "don't sell it". It's the right
answer, and the one that SoE will give you.

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Vladesch wrote:
> "Young Man" <gman@stuffer.com> wrote in message
> news:3auguhF6d2898U1@individual.net...
> > Been playing EQ2 for a few months but am bored of it now. I still
have 2
> > 1/2 months of play time left and would like to sell my account. The

> > problem is that my account still has all my billing information
which I
> > cannot change unless I purchase more game time!
> >
> > Any ideas how I can get around this problem?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
>
> Dont see the problem.... the new owner can chance the billinfo when
they buy
> more time.
> Am I missing something?

Yep. Sony automagically withdraws funds at the end of each billing
cycle; you must actively cancell the billing in question. What's to
stop the potential buyer from just letting it ride? If you sell the
account, put in the cancellation order before the next billing cycle,
then THAT cancellation order is cancelled by the new licensors request
and billing info (remember, you license accounts, you do not own them),
that then raises red flags in the SOE billing department with regards
to a potential breakage of the EULA (in this case, it would be
correct). Account gets banned, the buyer's not happy, and everyone but
Sony loses.
--
Xiphos - Short and corect answer has been given: you don't.

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"Xiphos" <xiphos@rahul.net> wrote in message
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>
> Vladesch wrote:
>> "Young Man" <gman@stuffer.com> wrote in message
>> news:3auguhF6d2898U1@individual.net...
>> > Been playing EQ2 for a few months but am bored of it now. I still
> have 2
>> > 1/2 months of play time left and would like to sell my account. The
>
>> > problem is that my account still has all my billing information
> which I
>> > cannot change unless I purchase more game time!
>> >
>> > Any ideas how I can get around this problem?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>>
>> Dont see the problem.... the new owner can chance the billinfo when
> they buy
>> more time.
>> Am I missing something?
>
> Yep. Sony automagically withdraws funds at the end of each billing
> cycle; you must actively cancell the billing in question. What's to
> stop the potential buyer from just letting it ride? If you sell the
> account, put in the cancellation order before the next billing cycle,
> then THAT cancellation order is cancelled by the new licensors request
> and billing info (remember, you license accounts, you do not own them),
> that then raises red flags in the SOE billing department with regards
> to a potential breakage of the EULA (in this case, it would be
> correct). Account gets banned, the buyer's not happy, and everyone but
> Sony loses.
> --
> Xiphos - Short and corect answer has been given: you don't.
>
how about canceling the account, letting the billing cycle end, and THEN
selling the account?
are you sure sony will UN-cancel the account without making the user
re-enter their credit card info?

lee

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Graeme Faelban wrote:
> "Xiphos" <xiphos@rahul.net> wrote in news:1112210637.886742.112670
> @z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:
>
>>
>> Vladesch wrote:
>>> "Young Man" <gman@stuffer.com> wrote in message
>>> news:3auguhF6d2898U1@individual.net...
>>>> Been playing EQ2 for a few months but am bored of it now. I still
>>>> have 2 1/2 months of play time left and would like to sell my
>>>> account. The
>>
>>>> problem is that my account still has all my billing information
>>>> which I cannot change unless I purchase more game time!
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas how I can get around this problem?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>
>>> Dont see the problem.... the new owner can chance the billinfo when
>>> they buy more time.
>>> Am I missing something?
>>
>> Yep. Sony automagically withdraws funds at the end of each billing
>> cycle; you must actively cancell the billing in question. What's to
>> stop the potential buyer from just letting it ride? If you sell the
>> account, put in the cancellation order before the next billing cycle,
>> then THAT cancellation order is cancelled by the new licensors
>> request and billing info (remember, you license accounts, you do not
>> own them), that then raises red flags in the SOE billing department
>> with regards to a potential breakage of the EULA (in this case, it
>> would be correct). Account gets banned, the buyer's not happy, and
>> everyone but Sony loses.
>
> Or, the new owner just restarts the subscription without changing any
> billing information...

When you resubscribe you have to re-enter the credit card information. It
wouldn't be possible for the new owner to restart the account on the old
billing unless he or she knew the former credit card information, which
isn't displayed anywhere.

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Sinaiel Soulmerchant
Wraith of Misericordia
on Brell Serilis