The best approach, for the time being, is to start your own accounts rather than buying a friends.
Blizz (in my opinion) frowns upon this and will make it more problematic for you down the line.
The best approach, for the time being, is to start your own accounts rather than buying a friends.
Blizz (in my opinion) frowns upon this and will make it more problematic for you down the line.
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Rats... this sounds like bad news. Is there any way to legally transfer ownership of an account? E.g. if I purchase a new key for my friend's account and work with them to get the last name changed?
No legal way of transferring between 2 people because selling, trading, giving away accounts is against TOS.Originally Posted by 'raikodin',index.php?page=Thread&postID=45568#post 45568
You're SOL.
Buy another account, have ALL the accounts with the same contact info.
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Thank you all for the info. Sounds like I'll just need to ditch the extra account. It's better to find out now than from a GM so I appreciate the honest info.
For what its worth, I had a character transfered off my an account for my girlfriend with completely different credentials except the state of residence. It went through flawlessly. I also bought a new account and transfered an alt character off an account to the new account and I had the same name, mine, but different address since I started the original account and that went through fine.
Though none of the accounts where 20,000gp transfers, just dime a dozen warlocks.
The name on the account is the only part that has to match - not the billing, the address, etc.
Most likely you helped your gf set up her account, and your name was on it originally? If it transferred, for some reason the same name is on the account.
The billing info doesn't matter - the registered name is what they check, and it is checked by computer. If you attempt to transfer with a last name even one letter off it simply won't even start the transfer. It gives a message that the destination account is ineligible.
On the purchasing part... you can upgrade in account management without buying the box game, but unless you are outside the US, buying the game in store will be about $10 cheaper. I'd look for the battlechest with WoW and BC (and of course use refer a friend on yourself).
No legal way of transferring between 2 people because selling, trading, giving away accounts is against TOS.
You're SOL.
Buy another account, have ALL the accounts with the same contact info.
actually thats wrong.
it states in the ToS that your friend can legally give you his account if he gives you everything, I.E. The actual box, CD Key, everything.
orly? Please to be showing me this part, could be useful :p
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The section you refer to is in the EULA, but it doesn't work like you think.
EULA 3.B
"You may permanently transfer all of your rights and obligations under the License Agreement to another by physically transferring the original media (e.g., the CD-ROM or DVD you purchased), all original packaging, and all Manuals or other documentation distributed with the Game; provided, however, that you permanently delete all copies and installations of the Game in your possession or control, and that the recipient agrees to the terms of this License Agreement."
The key is the term "all of your rights and obligations under..." Now read this:
TOS Section 3
"Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, you acknowledge and agree that you shall have no ownership or other property interest in the Account, and you further acknowledge and agree that all rights in and to the Account are and shall forever be owned by and inure to the benefit of Blizzard."
Here Blizz says that you do not own the account. You have no rights in the account. Because you have no rights in the account itself, transferring all your rights as provided in the EULA does not transfer the ability to use the account. Therefore, when you "sell" your account you don't really sell anything at all, and that's why Blizz will give it right back if you ask.
When you purchase WoW you purchase the discs and the right to install the game on your computer. Once you do that, BLizzard allows you to use an account to play on their server. It's easiest to think of your account and access to the Blizz server as a completely separate program that you can rent for $15 a month (Because that's what it really is). If you were renting a couch from Rent-A-Center you could "sell" it to a third party, but they wouldn't actually receive any rights in it. Same idea here.
Looking back that seems long-winded but I think the concept can be hard to understand. I work in software licensing and distribution so I'd like to think the above is fairly accurate.
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