Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-15277159-20130909225523/@comment-11490363-20130910061653

DaMWind wrote: From a friends experience, these discount websites are not necessarily legit businesses. They tanke advantage of the current exchange rate for what ever country they are in. I don't know what any exchange rates are but as an example, European players may have the 5000 coins for 50 Euro. Say 50 Euro is only $40. So you send someone in Europe $40 and your password. They log in to your account and by the coins using Euros. Viola, you got 5000 coins for $40. Then remember to change your password so it doesn't get hacked later.

I am torn as to whether this cheating or not. It's a bit unscrupulous and dangerous but is it cheating? But it is in the Mobage TOS, so a banning is justified by those terms. But a warning might have been nice.

And I have purchased iTunes gift cards on sale at Target fo 10% off before. Is that cheating? I think there is a big difference between you getting a 10% discount and her getting a 50%+ discount. I would LOVE to know where I can get iTunes cards at 50% off on a regular basis!

This reeks of foul play. We can't prove that the site is doing anything illegal, fine I get that. But the TOS are clear, and they are written that way to protect PAYING PLAYERS. Sure you can buy a discount iTunes card, and IF you can find it for 50% off legitimately, then more power to you, but that does NOT involve giving someone your password.

We are not upset if she got discount iTunes cards, but we know she did not, FOR SURE. She speculates that the site uses them, but that is completely irrelevant. IF you cannot get a discount without giving out your PW, it is not allowed, and I think that is a fair rule.

If they wanted to get around the TOS and it is just discounted iTunes cards they have, they could sell the cards to us instead of using them directly themselves in our accounts, but that does not seem to be an option. I could speculate why, maybe the are actually using stolen CC, or maybe not, but the point is it doesn't matter at all.

The TOS is crystal clear, and I support it fully. If you can get a discount from them or anyone else via iTunes cards, you can also do it without giving out your password.