New rule

What do you think about a requirement to be Original owner to sell the account? This would prevent a scam-train, that happens when one of the previous holders decides to cash out because anyone who had account for long enough can recover it if he knows what hes doing, which then causes issues for everyone else who had that account.

 

So what would be the fix for example if...

Only OO's can sell accounts. Account gets sold to a customer. Customer (new owner) sells the account offsite and then claims account has been recovered?

Even if it was implemented, it's quite difficult to monitor account sale market to check whether non OO's are reselling any accounts. Also a painful process verifying whether any individual selling the account is the OO.

Then comes the element of free market which I wont elaborate on.

 

No support. If there is a chain of trusted members as owners, then a user should have the confidence to purchase the account.

Consumers need to use their noggins when purchasing accounts. Is there an untrusted user in the chain of owners? Don't buy the account.

Sythe is established on the basis of a free market. Less regulation is what we want in the market.

 

No support, free market. Nothing more needs to be said, @Tyler

 

Maybe a requirement to post all previous owners then? So the user would know the risks before buying it

 

What if somebody says "the original owner is my girlfriends, sister's boyfriend's brother"

Simply listing supposed previous owners does not add any additional security measure, when there is little to no proof of validity.

 

But it gives information to a buyer which helps him knowing the risks

 

The majority of people are aware of the risks from learning the hard way. Although it may be true the new wave of consumers way not be aware of all risks, there are topics in plain sight identifying them.

Accounts is a risky market, hence why it's monopolised by a handful of trusted account providers. It all comes down to common sense really, which I know is a ballsy statement considering many people don't, or become too tempted by a cheap price.

A lot of things could be changed, such as making stricter listing requirements, colour coded systems to separate "original owners" and "non-original owners" of accounts, etc etc, but the harsh reality is that there is little to no way to prove any claims made by vendors. Again it all comes back to trust, which is built personally between the buyer and seller.

Unfortunately unless Jagex make any changes to their account security system to benefit account sellers, which they won't other than developing algorithms to detect ownership transfer (which they have already), then nothing can be done to secure an account from recovery risks down the line.

Even if the buyer has accurate recovery information, they will lose a recovery war against the original owner. Either the account would become perm locked, or the original owner would get the account back.

 

yeah this isn't going to happen. as an account buyer, you are accepting the risks that come associated with purchasing someone else's account. if you don't trust the seller, and any previous owners that may or may not exist, then you shouldn't be buying the account in the first place

 

In addition to what superfluid said above we wont be limiting use of the market for users.



Thanks for your suggestion