question about selling hero member accounts...

[knybe]

is it considered generally bad form to sell off hero member accounts?

[Unluckyduck]

Yes it's frowned upon but really as long as you don't disclose the account your selling there's not much that can be done to stop it.

[hilariousandco]

A lot of people consider it bad form and will actually leave negative feedback on the account if they know it or they are trying to sell one. That's why people usually create a new throw-away account to sell it so the account can remain anonymous until sold.

[0xAli]

I have no problem if you say it's sold and you sell it to someone legit not some scammer who will just use your rank/rep to scam people.

[TheNewAnon135246]

For me personally it depends on the reason of selling/buying. As long as people use it for signature campaigns I don't really mind. Sad enough the accounts are often used for scamming as well.

[botany]

is it considered generally bad form to sell off hero member accounts?

Can't these accounts be recovered by the seller?
He can always write to the mod saying that his account was hacked, and prove it by using one of his bitcoin addresses.
That way the buyer has to be careful.

[Rampton]

Yes they can.

For me personally it depends on the reason of selling/buying. As long as people use it for signature campaigns I don't really mind. Sad enough the accounts are often used for scamming as well.

And often the people buying them get scammed as well, especially if they don't use escrow, but also because they're easily recoverable by PMing theymos.

[botany]

Yes they can.

For me personally it depends on the reason of selling/buying. As long as people use it for signature campaigns I don't really mind. Sad enough the accounts are often used for scamming as well.

And often the people buying them get scammed as well, especially if they don't use escrow, but also because they're easily recoverable by PMing theymos.

Ahaa.. I do see hero accounts with huge negative trust rating. So one always has to be careful.

[TheNewAnon135246]

Yes they can.

For me personally it depends on the reason of selling/buying. As long as people use it for signature campaigns I don't really mind. Sad enough the accounts are often used for scamming as well.

And often the people buying them get scammed as well, especially if they don't use escrow, but also because they're easily recoverable by PMing theymos.

I doubt that. My previous account got hacked during the bitcointalk.org hack last year. I PMed Theymos a few times about recovering my account, including loads of evidence that I actually owned the account, but he never responded. Someone ended up getting scammed for 12 BTC by my hacked account :S

[Rampton]

Did you sign a message proving you owned the account as he seems to ignore the requests if they cant provide the proper stuff needed to prove ownership.

[FlyForFun]

Yes they can.

For me personally it depends on the reason of selling/buying. As long as people use it for signature campaigns I don't really mind. Sad enough the accounts are often used for scamming as well.

And often the people buying them get scammed as well, especially if they don't use escrow, but also because they're easily recoverable by PMing theymos.

I doubt that. My previous account got hacked during the bitcointalk.org hack last year. I PMed Theymos a few times about recovering my account, including loads of evidence that I actually owned the account, but he never responded. Someone ended up getting scammed for 12 BTC by my hacked account :S

That sucks, this forum really need a way to recover password..

[TheNewAnon135246]

Yes they can.

For me personally it depends on the reason of selling/buying. As long as people use it for signature campaigns I don't really mind. Sad enough the accounts are often used for scamming as well.

And often the people buying them get scammed as well, especially if they don't use escrow, but also because they're easily recoverable by PMing theymos.

I doubt that. My previous account got hacked during the bitcointalk.org hack last year. I PMed Theymos a few times about recovering my account, including loads of evidence that I actually owned the account, but he never responded. Someone ended up getting scammed for 12 BTC by my hacked account :S

That sucks, this forum really need a way to recover password..

Well technically there is a way to recover your password, but the hacker also changed the email address.

[botany]

Yes they can.

For me personally it depends on the reason of selling/buying. As long as people use it for signature campaigns I don't really mind. Sad enough the accounts are often used for scamming as well.

And often the people buying them get scammed as well, especially if they don't use escrow, but also because they're easily recoverable by PMing theymos.

I doubt that. My previous account got hacked during the bitcointalk.org hack last year. I PMed Theymos a few times about recovering my account, including loads of evidence that I actually owned the account, but he never responded. Someone ended up getting scammed for 12 BTC by my hacked account :S

That sucks, this forum really need a way to recover password..

Well technically there is a way to recover your password, but the hacker also changed the email address.

Of course, a hacker would change your email address as well.
Refer this thread to find out how you can recover your account.


https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=497545.0

[Brewins]

Yes they can.

For me personally it depends on the reason of selling/buying. As long as people use it for signature campaigns I don't really mind. Sad enough the accounts are often used for scamming as well.

And often the people buying them get scammed as well, especially if they don't use escrow, but also because they're easily recoverable by PMing theymos.

I doubt that. My previous account got hacked during the bitcointalk.org hack last year. I PMed Theymos a few times about recovering my account, including loads of evidence that I actually owned the account, but he never responded. Someone ended up getting scammed for 12 BTC by my hacked account :S

That sucks, this forum really need a way to recover password..

Well technically there is a way to recover your password, but the hacker also changed the email address.

Of course, a hacker would change your email address as well.
Refer this thread to find out how you can recover your account.


https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=497545.0

The hacker can edit/delete all posts with previously used adresses, so there is a good chance you have no way to recover your account, unless you posted only in the altcoins giveaways locked threads for a while, and delete that posts = lower greatly your activity.

@OP: it is no more bad as selling other type of accounts, but let others know about that is plain dumb, because they will neg rape your account.

[bigasic]

I don't agree with the ability to sell accounts. Especially hero accounts.  Who knows what they are going to do with them.  I dont think there are that many sold. It takes too much time and effort to get to hero status.

[TrailingComet]

Like it or not, you are officially allowed to do so by the powers that be of this Forum
So the question of bad form is academic

[kerimk2]

I don't really care, but if you are selling, never use the actual account you are selling to say that you are selling. Make a fake account to use that, so that no one will know the account was sold. People will usually leave negative feedback, and won't trust you if you say your selling your account, so be secretive. Selling is a great way to exit this forum, as you are left with a lot of money!

[botany]

The hacker can edit/delete all posts with previously used adresses, so there is a good chance you have no way to recover your account, unless you posted only in the altcoins giveaways locked threads for a while, and delete that posts = lower greatly your activity.

@OP: it is no more bad as selling other type of accounts, but let others know about that is plain dumb, because they will neg rape your account.

For a hero member, he has to surf through a lot of posts. 

[counter]

I would sell my account for the right price but I wouldn't hide the fact that I did so.  I haven't given the issue a ton of thought but I think if you make the transaction public you really can't be blamed for what happens after the fact.  Just my 2 Satoshis.

[hilariousandco]

If you didn't hide the fact the account would very likely be neg-bombed by someone if they found out about it, defeating the purpose of buying/selling the account in the first place as it becomes useless for signature campaigns.