Many times I get comments if I'll sell my accounts on ebay. I say no but people often don't believe me. Why do they think this? Do many boxers normaly sell their accounts or why do they get these ideas?

I would never sell my accounts, not even if the day come I'll stop playing WoW. The characters feel like my personal property (might in fact even consider them fictional friends) so I would never want any others to play them. Also if I ever stop I want to have the possibility to reactivate again.

Is this just me, or do many of you also feel a kind of personal affection to your characters?
Or would you sell them?