Moogum wrote:
Sorry to revive this semi-dead topic, but I got a response from Support today. Here's my original message:
I wrote:
I have a question on multiple accounts.
My main account has a gallery on it. This is the account were I do all my
dailies (Tombola, the Shrine, the Fruit Machine, etc), play games, buy things from shops, keep all my money, and spend about 98% of my time. Now, since I know how annoying it is to go into a gallery searching for an item to buy, I decided to use my secondary account (which was previously just used to keep another pet) as a shop. Anything of value that I win or find in my main account, I send over to my secondary account (via the option to send an item to your NeoFriend) to sell. Once I sell whatever it is, I will transfer the Neopoints back to my main account via the Trading Post.
I have been told that this is extremely risky, but I don''t see how it would be against the rules. I do not play games in my other account. I don''t play Tombola there and I usually don''t use it to buy anything (except for maybe food). So I was wondering if what I was doing is okay or not. Thank you.
And my response from Grace:
Grace wrote:
Thanks for writing. You are allowed to have up to 4 accounts if you want to own more than 4 Neopets or run a gallery, guild, or a second shop, but freebies that give out prizes like Tombola and Coltzan's Shrine can only be used once per person, regardless of how many accounts you have. So just alternate between accounts each day you use the freebies. You may switch items between accounts once in a while, just do not turn your second account into an account that gains
NeoPoints for your main account. You may also play games for NeoPoints, use the Healing Springs and get omelettes on the other accounts as long as you keep them in that account. So don't worry, if you aren't sure if you are cheating or not, you probably aren't! Thanks for writing!
If you have any other questions, don't forget to include the entire text of this e-mail with your username clearly at the top. This will help me better address your situation.
Well, she didn't really address my situation directly. It seems like I'm not supposed to use my secondary account to make NP for my main account, but then why would they allow you to use a secondary account as a shop anyway? However, I'm just going to continue what I am doing because of her "Don't worry, if you aren't sure if you are cheating or not, you probably aren't" comment. Also, if I get frozen for multiple accounts, I can simply use this e-mail in my defense.
Just thought I'd share with everyone.
Hi, jumping into the pool here! OK, that email? That's the same autoreply support has been sending out for at least a year. I've gotten that one myself. I have seen a different version - since the T&C was "updated". I've never heard that person mentioned either, so she may be new. Either way, there seems to be a lack of instruction/communication between the people making up the rules and the people who are supposed to be helping us follow those rules.
This phrase in particular
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So just alternate between accounts each day you use the freebies. You may switch items between accounts once in a while, just do not turn your second account into an account that gains
NeoPoints for your main account. You may also play games for NeoPoints, use the Healing Springs and get omelettes on the other accounts as long as you keep them in that account
I think is wrong, wrong, wrong. All the dailies say ONE account per person, not feel free to switch accounts per person. The not turning your second account into an account that gains for main? Don't send any np from any other account to your main, ever. That's what I've been told.
Also, with the new Rules, playing games on other accounts, along with restocking, buying stock, scratchcards, using the soup kitchen and what I was told - entering the BC, site/pet/gallery spotlites are not allowed on a seconday account. You can use the healing springs on all your accounts.
You can have shops on other accounts, use the tp, auctions. But don't use 2 accounts for bidding on auctions. That can get you frozen...I've seen it...people put something on auction on one account, bid on another to get np/item for that other account. You're better off putting something cheap in your second account for too much np and buying it from your main account or setting up a trade on your second account and bidding on your main account to send np/items if they're needed. (Just my experience and observation)
Support doesn't seem to have a concrete answer for any of us...different people are getting different answers to the same question. I do not point a finger at Support, I don't think they're being told exactly what the T&C means either. I know I sure don't understand the multiple accounts rule entirely -- it's just too vague.
Morningstar, I have never gotten a response when I wrote back to support with specific questions that weren't answered in the first email. It's like pulling teeth to get a straight answer or any answer at all, besides the usual autoreply or someone personally replying saying "I think" and "it should be ok"...that's not good enough. Ending up getting frozen for something someone in Support says is ok to do and then not getting your account back would be the absolute pits!