What happens when..?

[pixelboi01]

You forget the PW to an account you bought a while ago?? LOL!! I cant seem to remember the PW to my account since its stored in POL, and I cant find the paper with it written down;;

[kendrah1]

I had that happen once to an account I purchased a very long time ago, well almost similar story. I was resetting a password on an account and my brain was thinking one thing, and my fingers another. By the time I finished and clicked through, I got the dreaded "incorrect login" error.

Lost that account, thankfully it was only $150. I've revised my methods now and I'm extremely careful these days. lol

As for your situation, if you still know the original account owner maybe they can reset the PW for you? If your the OO, password reset?

[derfy]

Why is the login incorrect so dreaded? Is it a one strike and you're out kinda deal?

[kendrah1]

Unless you have 100% of the information SE requests, your out of luck when trying to get the password changed. Usually the one thing that doesn't come over in a sale, which is a critical piece of information if you ever need a password change, if the first and last four CC numbers, among a few other pieces that are hit and miss.

Granted if you make modifications to the account after you buy, the original owner can't rest the PW either, but when you mess up on a password reset in FFXI, that's generally the end of story. They aren't nearly as forgiving like Blizzard is with WoW. If you report 99.9% information correct when verifying your account, the 001% will deny you access to the account, and they will treat you like a stranger.

[Spamurai]

Something similar like that happened to me before. I gave up on trying to remember what I had written down, but several weeks later something triggered my memory and I knew what my password was.

My best advice is to leave the account alone, unless you have all of the information needed. I think SE has a policy where they freeze the account if you can't provide certain information.

[Yurihyuga]

SE Has bad customer service lol, unless you know all the information they need your bang out of luck.