why would someone want to buy a account?

[Sonny]

selling my account .05 btc

lol.
Forget about it, no one will buy a jr member for $40.  

[Sonny]

I would sell that. Every time I see something like that it seems like a scam.

You would or you wouldn't? I guess it's a tricky process as you're likely to get scammed. Can't imagine there's many escrows who offer their services for this haha.

Maybe the escrow can leave a negative trust on that traded account after the trade, and the buyer will not be able to use it for any sig deal lol.

[quarkyplum]

selling my account .05 btc

lol.
Forget about it, no one will buy a jr member for $40.  

ok selling my account .01 btc!

[cybershawrk]

well you never know someone might be really interested in buying a junior member account for .01 btc good luck. 

[Sonny]

well you never know someone might be really interested in buying a junior member account for .01 btc good luck. 

cybershawrk, take you chance
Buy his account before he is promoted to member

[cybershawrk]

naw I think i'm good on that but good luck to him anyway lol

[Sindelar1938]

Lots of signature ad campaigns that allow you to earn btc

the more trust and activity the better

[prihedap]

why would someone want to buy a account?Is it safe?How does it work?

you buy to an agrid prize that is how it is. you  wil bu an acct becuz u can

[howzar]

Bought accounts aren't Always used to scam. Some companies use alt accounts to speak from an unbiased point of view to avoid getting their business look down onto for speaking their opinion.

[Kiki112]

95% chance they will use it to scam other users
5% chance they will use it to get access to campaigns that require higher activity

[apsvinet]

All of the above, mainly scamming / doing generally sketchy stuff.
Advertising might be the only "legit" thing that comes to mind.
Or maybe he's a collector!

[quarkyplum]

well you never know someone might be really interested in buying a junior member account for .01 btc good luck. 

cybershawrk, take you chance
Buy his account before he is promoted to member

i'm a member!!!

[techgeek]

well you never know someone might be really interested in buying a junior member account for .01 btc good luck. 

cybershawrk, take you chance
Buy his account before he is promoted to member

i'm a member!!!

So when it gets to full member whats your price? lol.

Also heres a discussion with the moderator if buying/selling is okay or not.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=303414.msg3269475#msg3269475

[Kiki112]

I'll put it in words so they don't need to click stuff


"As it has been answered, yes Forum accounts are allowed to be bought or sold, and you may have more than one. The reason being, it would be impossible for the staff to weed out all account sales and multiple accounts. We just couldn't do it, so by allowing it, everyone is aware that it happens and knows to watch out for it if they need to. If we said no buying/selling accounts and no alt accounts allowed, the many people who could slip through the cracks would be able to do far more damage, as the community wouldn't be on guard the same way it is now.

That being said, buying/selling accounts isn't always bad, people can use the accounts for paid signature advertising, giveaways, and whatnaught, rather than using them to scam. There are scammers, and those that use alts responsibly. Some people have alt/purchased accounts so that they may speak their mind without fear of people associating certain ideals or policies to them. For example, and established business may not like to post their personal opinions which may be unpopular on the account that also is used to faciliate trade.

I hope this clears it up a bit better."

so basically they can't forbid account sales as the community would think all acounts are okay, this way the community is on guard and watching out for fake accounts..

[cybershawrk]

Thanks for that last post it really cleared things up for me now I don't have to go searching to find the answers.

[apsvinet]

Thanks for that last post it really cleared things up for me now I don't have to go searching to find the answers.

That's what the forums is for, I suppose.
Atleast this section! Glad you got your answer.
Peace.

[hilariousandco]

Accounts with 50+ activity are now even more valuable since Primedice put their rates up to 0.0003 per post. You could soon earn the price you paid for the account back.

[borer]

he must be scammer

[yntro]

why would someone want to buy a account?Is it safe?How does it work?

you mean bitcointalk account I guess... well because of trust.. you can ask for lends and even convince ppl to give it without coletaral and bam you got your self some money

[marcovaldo]

why would someone want to buy a account?Is it safe?How does it work?

You can have several reasons.
Mostly for advertising.


And if you want to get some money from your account, you can sell it.
But be careful if you don't want to be scammed.