Level 1 vs Level 2 Resident Limits

Hello,
In looking at the Billing and Tradings Limits screen on the SL website, it is very clear what the limits are on new users 0-6 days and 7-29 days. After that initial period I assume we are considered Level 1 residents. What are level 2 residents and what would trigger such a classification.

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I ask this because I have an interest in the land auction page, and a particular region specifically. It is very unlikely that it will close for an amount less than the Level 1 Billing Limit. Are these limits applied to the SL website sales as well? If so then all Residents that are not level 2 are excluded from bidding on regions at current land values. If I attempt to buy L$ inworld in a quantity that exceeds my billing limits I get an error stating such, however the website auctions accepted a bid from me in excess of these limits..

Im obviously confused as to how these limits are applied...Lets not even get into business accounts and the other classifications : )

I suspect that if you were to win that auction, and not have sufficient funds for the transaction, the transaction would fail.. or perhaps due to the insufficient funds, you'd never actually win the auction? Sounds like some additional logic is needed on the auction backend to check a little deeper for eligibility of the participants -before- they lay down a bid..

You can of course purchase the additional funds you need on slexchange.com or other "trustworthy" Linden exchanges, getting around the limitations you're facing on the Linden-run exchange.

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Thanks Zaphod,
Im not too keen on the idea of "getting around" the Linden limits in any fashion that could be seen as less then completely within the rules and TOS. While SL is fun and Ive made some decent money here already, part of the excitement and pride of accomplishment in any endeavor is fighting the good fight and taking pride in your successes knowing that you did so within the rules of the game.

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In World of Warcraft there are thousands of players that have "twinked" and bought themselves weapons,armor and such in an attempt to be seen as "uber". These players are easily identified by their lack of sophistication and knowledge when the end game gets serious. I firmly believe that applies here as well, those that jump in and spend huge amounts of money from day one will not have the background and vision needed to make a long term success of it . Earning 200US$ off of 200US$ is far more of a challenge than earning 200UD$ off of 10,000. My reason for reaching my $ limit is not to become a land baron but rather to have a sizable piece of land for my private home and garden, by buying a region I can choose my configuration and topology and liquidate the rest for cost + tier.

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I guess the real core of my post remains unanswered, What is level2 Resident status and how do you achieve it?

"In World of Warcraft there are thousands of players that have "twinked" and bought themselves weapons,armor and such in an attempt to be seen as "uber". These players are easily identified by their lack of sophistication and knowledge when the end game gets serious"

I'm an active WoW player. Nearly all of the "uber" gear is not purchasable, so I suspect you must be referring to low level twinking. I'm not sure what "end game" you mean, but if you really do understand "end game" in WoW, you would already know that anything you might find in MC, BWL, AQ, or Naxx is not tradable or sellable in any way at all. Blizzard has also done a great job banning accounts linked to power-levelling services or gold selling/buying. A friend of mine from SL tried to get power-levelled (coming from SL, he naturally assumed real life funds solve everything), and his account was banned for life within a week. He had to buy a new account and has begun the process of legitimate levelling.

I know this is a little tangential to your original post, but I hated to see misinformation spread about a fantastic world.

Level 2 resident status is appropriate if you need to buy a lot of L$ but don't need to cash out your L$ for US$ too often.

Business owner status is appropriate if you don't need to buy a lot of L$ (because you earn them by selling things), but do need to cash out your L$ for US$ (to pay land fees, for instance).

Currency trader status is appropriate if if you frequently buy and sell L$ back and forth on LindeX into and out of US$, but don't necessarily need to inject a lot of new funds.

You can try to get level 2 resident status, or one of the other higher limit brackets, by requesting a review of your account, as described on the Billing and Trading Limits page.