Its sad, because the servers who are able to do this are the worst type of servers… loot boxes, extreme prices for peds, TOS cars, everything Rockstar is against. This also means that these services are being used and VAT tax is no longer being paid once its resold by the final seller.
Removing the ability to migrate boosts from server to server would solve this problem once and for all, and let server owners know that Rockstar hears us and will support us to try to do everything legit, with clean TOS add-ons, while watching other servers abuse the “legit” purchases made by others.
I know in 2021 NTA stated:
Yes, this is surprising, but all related transactions do appear legitimate.
There have been a few cases of individuals trying to cheat the system, repeatedly using stolen cards or finding other bugs in checkout logic, but these are all corrected and explicit triple checks of these top servers all check out.
Likely, their servers are actually that profitable
But the key piece overlooked here is that there is legitimately a dark pool of users, mostly from Brazil and other smaller countries, who are pooling together resources and reselling them and making tens of thousands of dollars from these every month. The big question, is where did the money come from that allowed these initial purchases.
And lets say if this IS a legal practice, then well, the flood gates are about to open with deep pocketed investors. Personally, as a server owner, I find it disgusting that its been allowed to go on for so long.
I used to be excited when I built up enough funds to put my server in top 3 for $600. It was an accomplishment. Now that is IMPOSSIBLE without nefarious means.
Again, I am here and have all the proof I need to validate my theory. I just ask that an Element or Rockstar Legal DM me to talk privately as these scam artist fools do not need any more money in their pockets.