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http://www.ebay.com/sch/dannyjr989/m.html?item=181256804411&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a33bf583b&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562


This really turns my stomach.

But...you can make them, for free even.

But not registered from 2010-2012  :)

I dont know how these ( registered from 2010-2012  ) can have such value

Hey, it's a free market...

It's pathetic.

I don't see why anyone would buy this but whatever.

Does no one see the potential for abuse here? Are you going to give a newbie with 10 posts a loan? Hell no.
Are you going to give a very seasoned member with a good rep a loan if he promises a good interest rate? Probably.

I think people are wising up and are asking for collateral now.

lol $25? What a con, plus if you were an old member it would definitely be worth a lot more, yes, I won't let mine go for less than 1000BTC :D and you'd have to do the transfer with a neutral escrow ;).

some scammers trying to abuse system I sure these accounts has no worth anymore

yes you are right but dumb peoples never give up they are almost doing this again and again because they are dumb

I can't believe he's actually trying to sell for $25. Aren't they worth $0 because you can just register and work yourself up.

but they are trying to convey peoples that these old accounts has some worth but its not true

Sadly some people fall for it. He's already sold some at this forum over at the digital goods section.

What's wrong with selling accounts, I have seen people selling world of warcraft account for like few thousands...

Selling these accounts are different. It encourages scammers. The people who normally want to purchase these accounts want them for their date/trust because they think people will trust them more.

The amount of newbies I seen basing reputation on post count, trust & date registered is unbelievable. I bet most users with early registration dates have been bought.

This sucks. They are even junior member accounts, why would anyone want those from '11.

I can see how this ruins the community in multiple ways.

This is just creating more possible scams.

I'm with Lethn, I'd never sell my account out cheaply. I suspect most "veterans" feel similarly.

Still weird though. :)

it's insane thinking about all the things that can be monetized. i signed up last week and i was wondering if anyone was selling their accounts, especially since you can make money by posting ads in your signature.

i'd rather let my account go inactive than sell it for $20 anyways.

People always find bad ways in good things.

But the activity for the account is low so its not hard to spot scammer right?

Well yes, but if it was high they could be used for scamming.

$100 ? god damn, this is genius.

it could also be used for sig ads.. but yeah, that kind of stuff compromises the community here. and it seems like bitcointalks can't do anything, short of buying the account and disabling it.

well i guess that would be speculative at this point since there are no services that offer payment for existing posts..... only for new posts.

I own the account so I should be allowed to sell it, though that doesn't make it right.

The only reason to buy this is for a scam.  >:(

That's ridiculous.
I'd use a proxy or VPN.

People can always register new ones and use those.

People are selling it on this forum itself.

Yeah, it is allowed.

I can't believe how high the price is for just one account, that's silly.

When you can register and be a jr. member in a few days.

Hm... I would love to buy some accounts if its free... cause of the 360 sec per post

Just wait 2 weeks your account will become a member status you only need to wait 75 seconds I guess.

Yeah, and it's there for a reason.

It think such advertisements only attract people who are going to scam people here. Who else wants to buy and old account with a few posts? If it had many posts, the owner could earn some $ with it by advertising third parties in their signature. But that's not the case now.

Unfortunately the account's owners where so smart to not tell their accountnames. Bitcointalk should otherwise ban their accounts in my opinion.

Incorrect. The person who buys them and uses them for the wrong reasons should be banned.

what a chump. the only thing that would create trust would be its age. only a few posting and no trust marking. i cant wait for the day scamming is not so heavy with btc

Doing that you are fighting against symptoms of the problem instead of causes. By banning the buyers, the sellers still have made their profit and that would make this business attractive. But, I think it's easier to ban the buyers indeed, as the moderators probably can see an huge change in IP address.

i know i know

Trust unearned can be acquired...

Sad

but mod can still pick these accounts very easily as they have one few days back

Maybe the mod should start selling high activity accounts for BTC. They can use it for something useful...