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- Jan 31, 2005
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The trick to getting around the check on original ownership is to let the account billing expire.
For example, say you just acquired an account from someone else and the previous had a credit or pre-paid card listed as the payment source on the account. Before the end of the current billing cycle, go to (formerly their, now) your My Station account via the EQ website and remove that card as a payment source on that account. At the start of the next billing cycle, the account will close due to lack of payment.
Remember your characters and their banks do not disappear when your billing in cancelled.
Now, let the account close due to lack of payment source. Wait for at least one more full billing cycle to complete, and then re-activate the account. This time, provide YOUR billing information (your credit or pre-paid card, not the billing information from the previous account owner).
Once you're listed with SOE as the new "original" account owner in their billing system, you can transfer any characters on that account to any other accounts you're listed with SOE as being the owner of.
For example, say you just acquired an account from someone else and the previous had a credit or pre-paid card listed as the payment source on the account. Before the end of the current billing cycle, go to (formerly their, now) your My Station account via the EQ website and remove that card as a payment source on that account. At the start of the next billing cycle, the account will close due to lack of payment.
Remember your characters and their banks do not disappear when your billing in cancelled.
Now, let the account close due to lack of payment source. Wait for at least one more full billing cycle to complete, and then re-activate the account. This time, provide YOUR billing information (your credit or pre-paid card, not the billing information from the previous account owner).
Once you're listed with SOE as the new "original" account owner in their billing system, you can transfer any characters on that account to any other accounts you're listed with SOE as being the owner of.