It occurred to me that once you have the gold there are some things that you can do to get it taken away. Or worse, when you get to thinking about it. While what we do here isn't the worst sort of thing you can do in an MMO, it definitely isn't appreciated by the GMs. They tend to keep a closer watch on people like powerlevelers and the like, but they're not going to turn a blind eye to this either.
So the idea today is to share a few hints that will keep them from watching you too closely. This keeps you safe, and keeps the GMs from paying too much attention to the rest of us.
The biggest thing that people can do to avoid getting busted is to keep quiet. It's really exciting to make that first buy and get all of the goodies you've been wanting, but you need to keep it under your hat. The thing is, the GMs are watching at all times. These folks monitor chat as well as regular gameplay to make sure that people are playing by the rules. Usually they're weeding out spammers and other really inappropriate behavior, but they won't say no to an easy catch. Other players are just as anxious to turn us in as well. You never can be sure if the person you're talking to really is okay with the idea or will report you at the first chance. Best to keep quiet.
Going hand in hand with this are the people you buy gold from. Make sure they have some really good security policies in place or they can take you down insanely fast. I've actually seen someone try to make a delivery saying "were iz guy want by gold". Not cool.
Last piece of advice would be to buy in small increments. GMs start paying attention when low level characters are making way more money than they should. At early levels you'll want to limit yourself. Then, when you hit the higher tiers you can get those bulk discounts like Buy WoW Rogue offers. Until then, try to keep it reasonable.