What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Pennsylvania
Last August, I went "against the rules" and sold a runescape account to pay for text books. However, 2 months after payment ($20), I received notification from Jagex (tm) That the account was involved in trading virtual goods and that they were going to threaten a class action law suit. In order to meet their request to control the accounts actions, I immediately recovered it and spoke with a representative from the account selling company, telling them that I recovered it due to Jagex's request to halt the actions.
I returned the username and password to the company, asking that they return it to the buyer, however, they told me that it wasn't necessary because the account wasn't even in their system (Strange, because I made the sale months prior).
--Fast forward from November to Jan/Feb (I didn't change the username or password in case the site wanted the acc back still)--
I tried to sell it again (Yes, I know it's against the rules), to pay for textbooks. They agreed on a $50 payment, that would be paid within 14days if the accounts sells, OR, when the account sells anytime AFTER 14days. Within the first 2 weeks, the account was sold, still no payment. I was told that because of "security issues, I would have to wait another 14 days." 14 days came, and I was told to wait another 14 days (This is twice, now, that they violated their term of payment).
I finally got the ****s of it and demanded that I be paid as we had initially agreed; however, they tried to say that the account was blacklisted because I had hacked it back and that I wouldn't be paid until the customer could no longer get a refund from them. I argued that I returned the account in Nov, but the manager told me I was lying and was up to something.
Regardless, it is now June, I was supposed to be paid in March, and I have yet to receive the $50 payment.
Long story short, would it be "scamming" or "illegal" to re-posses the account due to failure of payment?
And if so, what are the chances this foreign company would go after me?
NOTE: All transactions are through paypal
EDIT: By re-poses, I don't mean hire someone to legally re-obtain it, I mean recover it through Jagex's recovery system. And, no, I'm not asking if it's legal to sell and recover, I'm asking if I can recover in this specific instance. I literally do not know if anything can be done since the activity itself is against TOS.
Last August, I went "against the rules" and sold a runescape account to pay for text books. However, 2 months after payment ($20), I received notification from Jagex (tm) That the account was involved in trading virtual goods and that they were going to threaten a class action law suit. In order to meet their request to control the accounts actions, I immediately recovered it and spoke with a representative from the account selling company, telling them that I recovered it due to Jagex's request to halt the actions.
I returned the username and password to the company, asking that they return it to the buyer, however, they told me that it wasn't necessary because the account wasn't even in their system (Strange, because I made the sale months prior).
--Fast forward from November to Jan/Feb (I didn't change the username or password in case the site wanted the acc back still)--
I tried to sell it again (Yes, I know it's against the rules), to pay for textbooks. They agreed on a $50 payment, that would be paid within 14days if the accounts sells, OR, when the account sells anytime AFTER 14days. Within the first 2 weeks, the account was sold, still no payment. I was told that because of "security issues, I would have to wait another 14 days." 14 days came, and I was told to wait another 14 days (This is twice, now, that they violated their term of payment).
I finally got the ****s of it and demanded that I be paid as we had initially agreed; however, they tried to say that the account was blacklisted because I had hacked it back and that I wouldn't be paid until the customer could no longer get a refund from them. I argued that I returned the account in Nov, but the manager told me I was lying and was up to something.
Regardless, it is now June, I was supposed to be paid in March, and I have yet to receive the $50 payment.
Long story short, would it be "scamming" or "illegal" to re-posses the account due to failure of payment?
And if so, what are the chances this foreign company would go after me?
NOTE: All transactions are through paypal
EDIT: By re-poses, I don't mean hire someone to legally re-obtain it, I mean recover it through Jagex's recovery system. And, no, I'm not asking if it's legal to sell and recover, I'm asking if I can recover in this specific instance. I literally do not know if anything can be done since the activity itself is against TOS.
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