I really don't care about your excuses, this is legal gold buying. I can buy ten pets, sell them each for 200g, and boom I just bought 2000g. This is the exact definition of indirect gold buying. I really hope you rethink this decision, because the reason I left a past MMO to join WoW is because they sold products that gave you an indirect advantage, just like this.
EDIT: Clarification. I'm not angry at this item itself, but angry at what it's leading up to. If Blizzard doesn't see any resistance with this, they'll keep pushing the envelope. There's no reason not to. If we don't draw a line somewhere, they'll keep pushing these kinds of things to the point where items and gold are buy able.
EDIT2: I love all the people going "They'll do it anyway!"
People will buy smack anyways, let's sell it in corner stores so we can make a profit.
People will buy crystal !@#$ anyways, so let's sell it in supermarkets so we can make a profit.
People will murder anyways, so let's sell them the tools so we can make it a profit.
"Ohhh Auctionshark, but those things kill people! We wouldn't sell them!" Yeah, and selling items for real money will kill this game. We need to stop it and draw the line right now. And please, for the love of god, READ THE SECOND PARAGRAPH.
EDIT3: Holy bajeezus! This isn't about the pets, it's about the fact people buy the pets then sell them for gold, thus giving them an in-game gold advantage. Sure more gold doesn't help with raids or heroics, but it helps with creating an auction house monopoly thus driving up the prices for everybody. And last but not least, READ THE SECOND PARAGRAPH *gasp*
EDIT4, A New Hope: As many people have suggested, simply putting the item up for sale via vendor will solve all these problems and nobody will be angry. Done and done, no mess involved.
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