I get where you're coming from, but I don't buy it, not even a little bit. I'm willing to bet that the systems we're talking about are highly automated (not necessarily *automatic*, mind, but require little input from a GM to handle the change), and so why should Blizzard really care how often we want to change something on our toons?

If your reasoning is correct, then they could incorporate a three-month cooldown per toon or something. Charging $25 is nothing but extortion for people who want to continue playing with friends after they've made a faction or server move. Charging money just because they can, not because they have to.

However, if they want to charge for name or race change, I've got no problem with that, as those are either purely cosmetic or nearly so. There's no situation I can think of in which either of those changes could ever be construed as necessary, even socially.

Meh...I guess. I'd rather have a Droid.

Yup, mine. At least don't give it to someone who's already got one.

@NCase

Yup. Yours. I'd probably say something bad about the Wii.

And I've bought multiple machines of various vintages from them without a single problem I didn't create for myself, and when I did have a question, they responded about as quickly as I expect a company to respond to such e-mails. I'm not saying your experience doesn't count, but I don't know that it's necessarily representative.

I'll get voted down for this, but it's "just deserts". One 's' in the second word.

http://www.snopes.com/language/notthink/deserts.asp

Yup

Eventually, if I keep entering, I might win something.

I have a watercooled system from them, and it's been solid as a rock for over a year now.

Yeah, I'm in for this.