An idea

MJordan, if you really want to do this, you should get in contact with someone 'KenjiWing' I recall his name being... get a clientless bot (no d2 window), and you can run hundreds of bot's on a good computer.

I'm not seriously thinking about diong this, but I was just wondering if anyone had ever tried. It would be an interesting thing to try, but I haven't touched D2 in a long time.

I think the IRS or Blizzard would have a different slant on this if it was meant as a casual thing, i.e., the occasional sale on ebay of a rune or uber item - irregular income. If, however, this was meant as a full-time occupation then the IRS would consider it earned income. It would mean a lot of paperwork to do legit: tax forms, bank statements, etc.

This actually poses a good question: who owns, in a legal sense, the equipment I use? Me or Blizzard? I don't really know. Medieval Bob's comments are to the point however, there is no current rule against it that I know of.

The items are property of Blizzard. Your just selling to time put into finding them.

Ya, there was a big thing about selling EQ items. People sold em on ebay, but there was a big statement made that people didn't own the items. Sony owned the items. So, people sold the "time they spent acquiring the items." I even saw one auction for a button. Whoever won the auction for the button would recieve, at no extra charge, a level 60 wizard on EQ.

Anyway you could also make a site to lvl up peoples chars, to a certain level and rush them through hell and charge them money. That way you just lvl someone up, and you can still sell items to them.