I just finished reading though three WoW Insider articles on this, and frankly I'm amazed how many people think he did absolutely nothing wrong. It also scares me how many people say they'd have abused it as well, or abused it in worse ways ("I'd go to WG and just stop the opposing faction from ever taking it!")

The lack of common sense combined with both greed and the anonymity of the internet is unbelievable at times. It's no wonder people mortgage their house to send $400k to Nigerian Scammers, or how you can fall for a Nigerian scam TWICE.

If I got the item in question in the mail, I'd immediately open a ticket and try to think of how much fun I can have with it without abusing it and getting banned. Start a duel with a guildie and 1-shot them? Definitely. Kill a raid boss or pvp with it? How can you even THINK that doesn't count as abuse and you won't get banned?