Your thoughts on selling an account

[Treesh]

What are people's thoughts on selling accounts? My subscription runs out soon and it crossed my mind as one of the options I have, since I won't be renewing. I get the feeling it's frowned upon, but why?
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One of the bigger reasons why it's frowned upon in MMOs is because people recognize you by the character(s) you play. You sell that account to someone else, people try to talk, help, rely on, whatever that character and the character plays completely differently than what they remembered.

Let's say I sell my account (not going to happen folks, don't worry ;) ). Those folks who got to know Mogo as a healing shaman who isn't completely greedy about loot ask her to join a pug UBRS run or maybe a guild run that's a little short on healing. Someone vouches for her suitability. All of a sudden Mogo is an elemental shaman who pulls aggro constantly and always wipes the group and ends up ninjaing all the good loot if they manage to stay alive during an almost wipe. Now that other person's credibility with his guild has taken a hit. With smaller MMOs, your reputation and what kind of a name you make for yourself is really important. It's not as important in WoW, but it's still there. It's easier to hide in WoW with making 50 characters, "hidden" account names and so many servers and people, but it can affect more people than you may think selling it off.

Regardless of whatever you choose to do RTM, I wish you much happiness and fun. :)