No, I'm not asking how to do it. I've always wanted to know what the ramifications are for buying one. I've never seen on in the AH myself, but I see people talking about it and I can't help but wonder how it would affect them buy accidentally (or purposefully) winning the auction?
There's absolutely no proof that buying what some call "duped items" will make you lose anything.
If anything, Blizzard's stance on this matter from day one shows that they will not harm third parties who acted in good faith when they bought the item via the AH.
All I know about "duped items" is that a lot of these were generated previously using the "rollback" method, where items were restored to an account if it was hacked; and then there's this bug where the server sometimes will drop the same item (like 100% equal) in a short time period - right after one another.
There's probably more information about duping items out there, but this is as far as my personal knowledge on the matter goes. And what I choose to believe (otherwise I'd have to be neurotic about what's true regarding this matter).
Bottom line, you shouldn't be penalized for buying an item on the AH. Like ever.
There's absolutely no proof that buying what some call "duped items" will make you lose anything.
If anything, Blizzard's stance on this matter from day one shows that they will not harm third parties who acted in good faith when they bought the item via the AH.
All I know about "duped items" is that a lot of these were generated previously using the "rollback" method, where items were restored to an account if it was hacked; and then there's this bug where the server sometimes will drop the same item (like 100% equal) in a short time period - right after one another.
There's probably more information about duping items out there, but this is as far as my personal knowledge on the matter goes. And what I choose to believe (otherwise I'd have to be neurotic about what's true regarding this matter).
Bottom line, you shouldn't be penalized for buying an item on the AH. Like ever.
If anything, Blizzard's stance on this matter from day one shows that they will not harm third parties who acted in good faith when they bought the item via the AH.
All I know about "duped items" is that a lot of these were generated previously using the "rollback" method, where items were restored to an account if it was hacked; and then there's this bug where the server sometimes will drop the same item (like 100% equal) in a short time period - right after one another.
There's probably more information about duping items out there, but this is as far as my personal knowledge on the matter goes. And what I choose to believe (otherwise I'd have to be neurotic about what's true regarding this matter).
Bottom line, you shouldn't be penalized for buying an item on the AH. Like ever.
Thanks for the info Zero.
It's just a matter of preferences and your "morals," I guess. If I had the $ or gold to do it, I'd buy out every dupe and then brim them.
Armory | YouTube | Twitter | Clan Site
Sadly, that's exactly what the dupers would want. They're only cashing out. There really is no good solution.