While it may not be against the TOS you can't tell me that it's an ethical practice
The whole point of a trust system is being able to have the confidence in the person you are dealing with
When you buy and sell account you invalidate that and make it completely meaningless
As a direct result I'm unwilling to trust anyone of this forum when buying/selling/trading and so should everyone else until this sort of practice is outlawed
Then again some people would sell their own mothers just to make a quick buck
Good Riddance I say
Ethical -- perhaps not. But it isn't a particularly deep ethical question, considering that the market for these accounts is for signature advertising -- not scamming. The emphasis is generally on forum activity, not trust rating. Sure, scammers will scam, though.
That's fine
Now ask yourself the question why there are restrictions on new user accounts being able to create signatures
No matter which way you put it.. The only reason you buy and sell accounts are to get around restrictions/rules that have been placed there for a certain purpose
And to me that seems so counter-intuitive to impose the restrictions and allow the counter measures
