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woooow talk about stickin your nose where it doesn't belong.
Hmm.. I kept going back and forth on this notion. Then I removed my apathy for people selling/buying game items in RL.
Once I did that, it would seem that Glitter's, or anyone elses, nose does indeed belong. FFXI is a community, and because of that actions like RMT affect us all. Not only is RMT against the rules that everyone agreed to, but the prevaling notion is that RMT is a negative force on the community. There appears to be an ethical directive to become involved, and it seems Glitter was the one with enough conviction to do so.
For the karma bonus, Glitter didn't "narc." Indeed, she handled this in the best possible way by giving the seller and bidders an avenue to back out without actually getting SOE/SE involved. I doubt you need a cheering section, but nicely done Glitter.
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If SE won't shut down IGE or any of the other sites why can't someone sell something on ebay?
I doubt it's a case of they won't, as much as it's a case of it being damn near impossible to do.
IGE is a Hong Kong based company, while SE is based out of Tokyo. The laws local to IGE may make it prohibitively difficult for SE to have anything done against IGE. Even if there was some legal route for SE to take, the political climate between Japan and China probably precludes any meaningful cooperation between the two countries law enforcement entities.
Edited, Wed Jan 18 17:43:35 2006 by Unixium