The scamming isn't on the third party site solely. I agree to sell you something? I give it to you, you don't pay me, or find a way out of it. The transaction happened in game. Guess where the complaints will go? Guess how much yelling there will be if Blizzard doesn't help? Guess what.. Blizzard will actually want to help. To save time and money they created a secure way to prevent this scamming.
Of course they do. In fact I would guess these are probably some of the more thoroughly read forums. Mostly because they are slower moving but no less passionate.
Getting rid of the RMAH will solve nothing. Also Blizzard generally doesn't just remove a feature, until they have de-emphasized it enough. If RMAH goes away people will utilize player-auctions more heavily for gold and item buying needs. All you are doing now is sweeping your disgust under a rug. You can pretend the world is better and people aren't buying and selling stuff because there is no direct path to it.
The reality is the most expensive stuff is not bought or sold on RMAH. Gold is only bought on RMAH currently by people who honestly think the gold price floored at 25 cents per million.
What the RMAH DOES(or did) do is reduce the amount of accusations of scamming and actual scamming so that Blizzard can commit more resources to other activities. The internet is a vastly different beast than it was when D2 was at it's peak. The volume of items being traded is tremendously higher. Blizzard would have to have a whole department of FTE's working on scamming requests/restores/punishment. Ultimately it removes Blizzard's accountability for scamming by providing a secure process to prevent it. They are not going remove their own safety net whether you think that is unethical or not.
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The reality is the most expensive stuff is not bought or sold on RMAH. Gold is only bought on RMAH currently by people who honestly think the gold price floored at 25 cents per million.
What the RMAH DOES(or did) do is reduce the amount of accusations of scamming and actual scamming so that Blizzard can commit more resources to other activities. The internet is a vastly different beast than it was when D2 was at it's peak. The volume of items being traded is tremendously higher. Blizzard would have to have a whole department of FTE's working on scamming requests/restores/punishment. Ultimately it removes Blizzard's accountability for scamming by providing a secure process to prevent it. They are not going remove their own safety net whether you think that is unethical or not.