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Petition to allow 3rd party services to post character sales threads

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Defiant Blessings
Game.Theory
GameTheory
#1 - 2014-09-14 21:20:36 UTC  |  Edited by: Defiant Blessings
Hello, my name is Defiant Blessings and I've been a broker and character appraiser on the bazaar for over a year, and have been trading characters for / on behalf of clients for over 5 years.

Very recently, CCP have changed their stance on 3rd parties posting the sale thread of one or more characters on the bazaar, and has negatively impacted my business model in a number of ways. However, this change in the rules interpretation does not remove the possibility of my service, rather it only serves as yet another stumbling block and obstacle in the way of a very large number of players new to the bazaar from safely selling their characters.

I would like to request the assistance of the community, as well that of my clients, to help tell CSM and subsequently CCP that this change is not what we want!

OFFICIAL STATEMENT BY THIS THREAD, AND SUPPORTERS OF THIS THREAD! Defiant wrote:
We are requesting that CCP review policies and to please allow 3rd parties to post character sales threads, so long as the normal procedures are followed such as requiring the character being sold to verify.

Edit: this came about after a number of my VIP client's sales threads had been locked, and a newly worded ruling on the matter of character bazaar posts had been released on the rules thread. I feel this is unfair to the people of Eve and of the Bazaar mostly because 3rd party sales via unscrupulous methods (such as not announcing clearly the ownership of the char, as I had) have been allowed to continue for quite some time. I feel like by being honest, open, and transparent my service has been punished, and I don't believe this is a direction CCP should take the rules of selling characters. A link to one of my recently locked threads can be found here.

Thank you all for your time, and I hope to see you all on the bazaar!
Cheers,
~Defiant Blessings

Character Bazaar Broker & Consultant

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Defiant Blessings
Game.Theory
GameTheory
#2 - 2014-09-14 21:23:45 UTC
Reserved!

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Stinky WizzleteatsJr
East Coast Grass Growers Association
#3 - 2014-09-14 22:20:46 UTC
+1
Colonel Rowdy Mikakka
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#4 - 2014-09-14 23:06:27 UTC
What's the issue if eve gets money ? Get Real
Ali Aras
Nobody in Local
Deepwater Hooligans
#5 - 2014-09-14 23:11:46 UTC
I'm gonna channel Malcanis and say that this is a pretty darn terrible idea.

3rd parties can post threads if they can post as the character...assuming they can control the character. Otherwise? Alllllll kinds of scamming inbound.

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CCP Falcon
#6 - 2014-09-14 23:14:23 UTC
Thanks for bringing this up.

This rule is in place for a reason, to reduce the risk of character sales scamming and to serve as a confirmation that the character being sold is indeed owned by the person looking to sell.

This rule will not change, and the requirement for a sales thread to be posted by the character that is being sold as a confirmation of ownership will stand.

With that in mind, there's nothing more to discuss in this thread, so it's now being locked.

Please do not re-open this topic as this decision is final, and please refrain from further spamming of the the fourm report system.

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