So, perhaps Peons4hire isn’t entirely blacklisted in my book? Perhaps not, but I won’t be doing any business with them anytime soon.

Buyer-Be-Cautious.

itemrate.com is already on mine. Peons4hire.com might soon be as well, which disappoints me really. I ordered from them actually the day before patch day I received my gold within a few hours. I however ordered from them again 2 days afterwards and have not received a single copper. They say that my gold was taken from Blizzard and want me to try and get it back. However, GMs can’t help me if I don’t have a name to say where I received the gold from. I’ve emailed them twice about it and no answer. It wasn’t until I threatened to go through paypal to get my money back that they responded to my emails.

This is the email I received:
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Dear Customer,

Thank you for choosing peons4hire.com.

We are sorry for your missing gold. Recently Blizzard updated its mail system so that all of the mails for gold transfer to another account will arrive in one hour. We are afraid that Blizzard may have intercepted the mail we sent to you. One hour is enough for Blizzard to inspect the mails and Blizzard will remove the gold from those mails immediately. Both of us should be aware that it is not the fault of your or ours, however, we are willing to offer some kind of compensation for our loyal customers.

But since the supply market now is fluctuant, the purchasing price has been doubled. That doesn’t mean we will ignore the problem, we will resolve the problem in 15 days when the purchasing price drops down. Your kindly understanding and cooperation will be highly appreciated.

We are expecting your reply.If you have any questions please contact us asap.

Best regards
Ann
We work for you.
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Two weeks for my order to POSSIBLY be filled? I don’t think so. I told them in my response I MIGHT wait a week, but not two. I also stated that if they’re having problems with mailing gold, why don’t they just meet me somewhere and hand deliver it? I’ll be awaiting their response.

Thank you!! That was the kind of post that was long needed. People are constantly moaning about players buying gold. If you are so against it, how come you are on this site? how did you find it?!^^

I buy a little WoW Gold because, I am one of those people who have a decent job, and a real life. I don’t have time to play and farm my gold. And I am proud to be a WoW player with a life and attitude.

Just to have a say on this topic:I think the Gold companies are having a hard time at the moment. They can’t do anything about Blizards patch. I mean you can either keep prices low and tell the customers tough luck if you get scamed by Blizzard like http://www.swagvalut.com does (only got my gold 1 out of 3 times!!). Other companies with higher prices like Itemgarden.com or http://www.gamegoods.co.uk, have higher prices and take longer, but they have a more or less decent customer service and in most cases send the gold again if Blizzard steals it.

I think most companies out side of China can be trusted, maybe not blindly but decently. Its a rough business and more complicated than many peole think, especially with Blizzard on the watch…

If you want a cause to take on; how about how many people in North America are homeless and jobless, or living below the poverty line. How many people in this country pump your gas, serve your food, gather your garbage, and can’t afford to even feed their families on what they make? Sure, they may make more then - say - someone sewing clothing in Taiwan, but the standard of living in North America is a heck-of-a-lot higher here then it is there.

Before you get all high and mighty, maybe you should sell your computer, scrap your internet connection and use that money to feed a starving family, or donate to an organization. You don’t NEED the internet, like gold buyers don’t NEED gold. It’s not about need, it’s about want.

Better still, if you play WoW (and you’re here, so I’ll assume you do) why not stop playing and take that monthly payment and adopt a child overseas so they don’t need to take a job like you mentioned, in order to survive.

Stop pointing fingers at other people. If buyers want to spend their money buying gold from gold buyers, then fine. If they didn’t these people who you are trying to save from oppression would be out of a job. I’m sure they would be really thankful for that!

You don’t know who gets what percent of the money from the buying companies over-seas either. I’m sure the people that do farming are happy to have the money that they DO have, and that they are not living on the streets.

Gold buying is cheating. Who cares? If you don’t like it, don’t do it, but leave other people alone. Go away and take your hypocritical champion of causes’ attitude with you.

Reply from Jamie:
Our official pose here on buywowgold on this issue is that we try to recommend services that have a humane workers policy. And ofcourse, nobody in these countries are forced to take a job a as a gold miner, its probably a better, healthier and easier job than being a miner, farmer or industrial worker.