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Hello people, I have had several messages over the years of people wanting to buy my account on xbox live.

Some things about it;
it's 4 letters
It's a real persons name
the last 2 letters are repeated.
My account has had gold for 9 years, turning 10 in February.

I have a decent amount of stuff that is unobtainable for your avatar, stuff like the 10 year helmet thing, halo reach beta tester shirt, GoW beta tester shirt, bungie shirt from a charity they did ages ago (I think 09)...

I have a decent movie collection, probably 20+... I'd say half are disney movies. Good for kids if you have them.

What would be a starting point for this? Or is it hard to say unless I announce it?

How would I go about payment? I'll of course be using a middle man, but I'm not sure what kinds of payment would be considered "safe". I have been offered anywhere from 300-1,000 dollars for it, but that just doesn't cut it. I've spent more than that in DLC and movies and such.


Any thoughts/things I should take into consideration, please let me know. Thank you.

I'm not sure what the account is. But I would definitely put this close to $1k if not over.

Because of the tenure and all the added stuff alone you're looking at a $400-500 account.


However, you should have a number in your head that you are looking to get. Even if it's a rough estimate. I hope this helps you and good luck.

I mean, you've already pushed the thousand mark just from the description in my opinion but I can't give you a rough appraisal.
Obviously, you should never go first in this type of deal because you don't want to lose this.
The tenure is nice, you have the ten helmet thing and honestly, to someone with the name it would be priceless.
I wouldn't take anything but BTC for a deal like this. It's not worth risking on PayPal and I've heard that MoneyPak can be called back but don't quote me on that. BTC is definitely the safest way to do this and you should use the most trusted middleman that you can find.

Damian said:

I mean, you've already pushed the thousand mark just from the description in my opinion but I can't give you a rough appraisal.
Obviously, you should never go first in this type of deal because you don't want to lose this.
The tenure is nice, you have the ten helmet thing and honestly, to someone with the name it would be priceless.
I wouldn't take anything but BTC for a deal like this. It's not worth risking on PayPal and I've heard that MoneyPak can be called back but don't quote me on that. BTC is definitely the safest way to do this and you should use the most trusted middleman that you can find.

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I'm not sure how easy it would be to find someone with the name. I get friend requests and messages from people with the name... but I wouldn't say it's that common. There is only one famous person with the name and he's only famous by association (and he is dead now). Sometimes people think it's awesome and add me, other times they think its a typo (mostly americans think it is a typo)

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I'm not sure what the account is. But I would definitely put this close to $1k if not over.

Because of the tenure and all the added stuff alone you're looking at a $400-500 account.


However, you should have a number in your head that you are looking to get. Even if it's a rough estimate. I hope this helps you and good luck.

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See that's the problem, I'm not really sure what to expect. The prices I have been offered range low and high.

Beware said:

What letter does the gamertag start with?

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I've given the hints I'm willing to

Pinocchio said:

See that's the problem, I'm not really sure what to expect. The prices I have been offered range low and high.

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Don't take anything under 1k for this.
It sounds like a great tag and it's an amazing account.
Good luck selling it if you do in the near future. Just make sure to be completely safe and be wary of who you deal with.

Damian said:

Don't take anything under 1k for this.
It sounds like a great tag and it's an amazing account.
Good luck selling it if you do in the near future. Just make sure to be completely safe and be wary of who you deal with.

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I'll probably aim for 1,500. Is that ridiculous? I'm kind of unsure what I want to do. I've contemplated selling my xbox... and I've been trying to remove these unnecessary distractions so I can be a little more engaged with the real world. It's been a thought for a couple weeks now, since I deleted my facebook and other distracting things that keep me from engaging. If I don't have my account, then there is no purpose. I do love it, and I've had it longer than any other virtual/physical item in my life. So there is some sentimentality.

Beware said:

I actually figured it out with the post above mine. It's worth well over $1,000.

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Clever guy, I can't help wonder if you're right though.

Beware said:

The tenure on the account is the same number as the one you stated in your hint.

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Anything else? A hint I gave away about it is something my gamerpicture shows.

Pinocchio said:

I'll probably aim for 1,500. Is that ridiculous? I'm kind of unsure what I want to do. I've contemplated selling my xbox... and I've been trying to remove these unnecessary distractions so I can be a little more engaged with the real world. It's been a thought for a couple weeks now, since I deleted my facebook and other distracting things that keep me from engaging. If I don't have my account, then there is no purpose. I do love it, and I've had it longer than any other virtual/physical item in my life. So there is some sentimentality.

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To be honest mate, you could aim for 1,750 and it wouldn't be ridiculous. Honestly, at the end of the day. It's an account with a name. Just think through whatever you want. In thirty years, you're not going to be playing Xbox. I get the sentimentality, completely. I wouldn't sell one of my OG's for anything in the world because I love it so much.

Just pick whatever is more important in life. If you want the account, keep it. If you want to pursue different things in life and sell your Xbox, then do that. Or, sell the account and buy a cheaper decent OG and keep the leftover cash.

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The gamer picture is not loading for me, but that's not really important.

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Well keep it on the downlow, don't tell anyone. I'm guessing you know and I'm kind of surprised you were able to guess it so easily.

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To be honest mate, you could aim for 1,750 and it wouldn't be ridiculous. Honestly, at the end of the day. It's an account with a name. Just think through whatever you want. In thirty years, you're not going to be playing Xbox. I get the sentimentality, completely. I wouldn't sell one of my OG's for anything in the world because I love it so much.

Just pick whatever is more important in life. If you want the account, keep it. If you want to pursue different things in life and sell your Xbox, then do that. Or, sell the account and buy a cheaper decent OG and keep the leftover cash.

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It's the only name I'd ever want on xbox honestly, I've been thinking of other names I could change to, and it doesn't bother me. I was thinking of matching a few of my real life friends for a while since I'm assuming I won't game just to game anymore if I'm starting fresh.


Anyways, I'll give it a little while. I was planning on a trip to NYC to see one of my friends, would be nice to spoil her since she has done so much for me. I'll probably make my decision within the next week.


Also I just googled it and noticed that there are 2 other people I didn't take into consideration who have this as a name.