Quote Originally Posted by Alistaire View Post
The crazy thing here is we have at least one incident going either way where a GM has been screenshotted and posted to forums, one saying it was ok, and another incident where a guy got a warning...and there's been no word from SE on what the stance actually should be, despite numerous threads here asking for that.

As for why it's shady at all a part of it is how the seller can't even guarantee the sale. If you buy from someone and they relinquish and someone else grabs it before you do that'd be an annoying situation for SE to have to handle. It's not a likely situation for sure but the possibility is what they'd want to avoid.
Add that the player you're paying might not even reliquish the plot, double screwed