You know what occurred to me just recently? Here I’ve been, listening to the Blizzard communiques playing on my teeth and leaping down every rabbit hole I can find about what might go wrong after the expansion, but I haven’t been helping you guys take care of yourselves out there. After all, when you buy wow accounts there are three parties involved that you have to pay attention to.

The first is Blizzard and their crack team of GMs. I think I’ve covered them enough over the last couple of posts so I’m going to let that dead horse ripen for a while. Tangentially, I need to go buy some glue tomorrow. Ran out while making a WoW collage this afternoon.

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Second party you’ll need to keep a close eye on is the seller of your new account. If you’re buying from a site like Craigslist or ebay, you’re bound to get hosed. No buyer security, complete anonimity, and no way to be sure that delivery will be even remotely safe. It’s a trifecta of account doom that makes me want to double up on my meds every time I think about it. There are also the myriad other sites out there that promise amazing things, but want you to send a money order for that oh, so special account of your dreams. Feh. Every time someone talks about sending a money order for something I imagine I can hear someone laughing and shouting “SUCKER!” in the distance. Don’t do that to yourselves, people. Use secure buying methods only. Google checkout, paypal, credit cards, even Western Union all have ways to help you out if something goes wrong. They’re safe, secure, and well trusted the world over. That being said, don’t buy from outside your home country. There are all sorts of laws that don’t make sense out there, and who knows just how account buying fits into them. Better to stick with people you could get a hold of if you have to.

The final portion of the equation, and the one you as a buyer have the most control over is: YOU! I can’t tell you the number of accounts I’ve seen lost because someone shot their mouth off. Blathering on about your new account is a sure way to get it taken from you. Also, dont use your purchased account to buy gold. Have an alt for that. Makes things less suspicious.