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Originally Posted by lukebro22
I dont see how the seller could be liable considering this extreme situation. Tough spot tho.
Legally speaking the seller is absolutely liable - however it is sure to happen on a vast scale right now that people will claim the opposite and nobody will get banned or crucified by this community for it because we all understand the situation - but speaking strictly in terms of liability, which is the terms that you used, the seller is 100% liable.
Say I don't play online at all and do everything with cash but somebody wanted to be paid on Stars so they could buy in with W$ so I gave $10k in cash to my buddy and he shipped on Stars, and now that money is frozen in Stars. If you look at it in those terms I think its pretty clear, or at least much clearer, that the seller still owes that action or the $10k to the buyer - and not whenever Stars unfreezes that money.
However you choose to hold your money is your decision and carries with it a certain level of risk, a risk you as the holder assume no matter what happens. Just as we will all still hold Stars and FTP accountable for our money even if the DOJ seizes it, and they'll probably still pay us, those who we have sent money to via whatever means should be accountable for anything that happens to that money while it is in their possession.