I don't know if this is a bought account or OP is a fool. Looks like there's a gap in posting between 7/2017 and 3/2018, but even with that he should know what merits are, how to send them, and how many he should have.
Why would anyone want to buy an account with the trust score he has, anyway? That really wouldn't make sense, but who knows.
OP, you don't have to do this, but can you sign a message from an old staked address?
Whoops. Looks like this is a bought account. OP posted this back in 2011:
Captain, extrapolating difficulty increases without accounting for profitability is stupid. There is no way that difficulty will continue to increase at 30% every 10 days unless the price goes back up to 30 or more. Notice how many people are selling used 5830s now in the forum. This is a strong indication that people are reluctant to add to capacity now and that difficulty growth will almost certainly slow. I think the real threat (and reason that I wouldn't invest) is that price could stagnate or fall somewhat, leaving people with big new investments in the lurch.
I wish someone would come up with a better use for GLBSE than mining. If someone trustworthy listed a somewhat professional sexcam or gambling site there, I would be eager to invest my coin. Bitcoin users almost all young men -> porn/gambling are perfect target markets.
Notice how good the grammar and everything else is compared to what he's posting now. I'm so sure this is a bought or hacked account that I'm going to add to his feedback.
Merit points were given to every one automatically by the system. Starting from members rank to legendary. And I think it was stated clearly that once anyone exhaust their merit points, they would be left with nothing else to gift. Maybe you fell into this category and have ran out of merit points.
Thank you for summarizing all the responses and stating the obvious. May you never wonder why you don't get merit.