Cowardice plays no part in a forum where established, trusted accounts are bought and sold. What, exactly, would I be risking, above a price of a decent dinner?
Simply don't want to give you the satisfaction of knowing you've cost me the price of a hero account.
Perhaps "too thrifty," but "cowardly"?
Nah.
On a more practical note: Is there any reason, other than butthurt, for you continuing to shit up this thread?
Funny enough, in your trolling you did manage to touch on another topic that is a valid concern. I know you don't care to think about things in a way that isn't completely ignorant of common sense, but a hero account sells for over 1 BTC. No idea what a staff account would sell for, but trusted accounts would hypothetically cost more. You mentioned you could buy an account that outranks hilariousandco for the price of a decent dinner. Correct me if I'm wrong but Legendary Accounts sell for over 2 BTC. I'd say $500 is a pretty decent dissuasion. What keeps people from buying trusted accounts is the cost. Accounts are worth more than their reputation, their value is also derived from the months/years put into them. So say I could buy a mildly trusted Legendary account for 5 BTC, I might find someone who would trust me with a couple BTC. If I scammed them or used the account to commit trust abuse, I'd be out some money. That said, if you still believe that scammers aren't financially motivated, and they scam just for giggles, I guess that logic wont make sense to you. But most people would agree that scammers aren't about losing money on a scam.
*edit* Still on topic, something else you mentioned was that if you could sell Ebay accounts, then Ebay's feedback system would be worthless. Again you are correct. Check the digital goods section. I took a quick peak and I saw more than a few Ebay accounts for sale. The 10% sellers fees are what make up for Ebay being a scammers haven. Ebay will just pay you back sometimes because that is their business model.
I posted here because you are right though, the thread is going off topic. Everyone please try to return to the topic in the OP. As long as TerminatorXL wants to debate account selling, they should be allowed to. Before you say I'm trying to save face or something, I just think the thread is pointless, and will die itself since you don't actually have anything to say rather than insults and off topic arguments.