https://mtgox.com/press_release_20120306.html

Let me sum this up. Anyone with a mtgox account can pay with cash funds or bitcoins. If a buyer pays bitcoins, the seller can instantly sell them on the mtgox market at no currency risk. Mtgox will take a small commission fee for instant-sells.

Regardless both methods should give sellers non-chargebackable solutions.

Middleman can pick up the entire tab now since it's easy to disperse funds to the buyer afterwards.

Still one small problem. It... [Read More]

Source: http://diablo3markets.incgamers.com/

And so it begins. The first legit Blizzard RMT market.... already plagued by dupes.... ??? I'll be making sure to follow this site pretty closely. Interesting to note Auction House proceeds can be delivered to your PayPal account or Blizzard balance.

Source: http://www.epicnpc.com/

I felt mmobay in their original name gave them a huge SEO boost. From skimming the site, I couldn't figure out why Mike chose this name.

Other than that, site looks good.

It's been an exhausting day, but most of the evidence is here. VF: dave1980 egamingsupply EGS Super Moderator was banned for not cooperating with our investigation and just being generally clueless and indifferent about the situation.

You be the judge. Here are the threads in question.
http://virtualfaqs.com/forum/scammer...-dave1980.html

http://virtualfaqs.com/forum/scammer...-total-bs.html

Victims: I'm sorry for your losses. This isn't over and we will continue our investigation on... [Read More]

Why do you need to verify your trader?
So you won't be completely dumbfounded when faced with an MMORPG account recall or PayPal dispute. The more personal info you get, the less likely the person will scam you. Heck, sometime by getting enough personal info, you can recover an account yourself. Middleman will not protect you from fraudulent payments or account recalls.

Therefore the only way to discourage these scams or test the legitimacy of a trader by asking for personal info. A ma... [Read More]

Source: Kotaku
Picture: FFXIV Core




tl;dr: Final Fantasy XIV PC collector's edition coming out Sept. 22 for $75 & standard edition Sept. 30 for $50. Collector's edition comes with in-game item Onion Helm, Behind the Scenes DVD, Security Token, Travel Journal (Concept Art Book), Right of Passage (Certificate w/ serial number), Amano Cover (special illustration) FF XIV is available for preorder.

My comments: This a pretty cool in-game item. You can probably sell... [Read More]

Source: MMOBay

Summary: Requirements:
- Must be older than 17 years of age
- Can NOT have any negative ratings

Responsibilities:
- Mediating disputes in the scammers forum - This is a big one, that section will be needing a lot of attention and dealing with those threads takes a lot of patience
- Moving threads posted in the wrong sections to the proper sections
- Locking threads that are violating the rules
- Issuing warnings / infractions to users and reque... [Read More]

Source: EGS

Summary: *** | *** > ATTENTION < *** | ***

Due to circumstances inflicted from the attack that we went through throughout this month, we will be restoring back to a back-up that was made one month ago in December 2010.

Thus, any and all users and posts that were made within the month of January will be lost. Users will have to re-register. Transactions will need to be re-recorded. And if you are pending a transaction now, save all the info and any other inf... [Read More]

Source: http://www.allfacebook.com/2010/07/w...-million-baby/

tl;dr: Facebook is getting rid of their gift system on August 1.

More info: As Facebook prepares to wind down the company’s virtual goods store front, the company is also pushing full-force into the Credits business. The gift shop as it exists today is not a robust platform. While multiple developers had access to the gift shop as a distribution channel, it was still limited in scope. Regardless of the growth or de... [Read More]

Source: EGS

Summary: Champ Qs will be unable to do Middleman transactions from 1/12/11 to 1/19/11 so that means no WoW transactions.

Explanation: Just a heads up for all customers interested in the use of the MM service for any game that I service, I will be away for a few days. Your order will be processed as soon as I have returned.