Diablo 3's 1.0.4 patch causing Escrow Error 317402 in the real money auction house; players claim to be losing items and money
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Whilst Diablo III's 1.0.4 patch may have brought with it a wealth of welcome improvements, like an extra 100 levels for players to climb, a feat that will take months to accomplish, it seems to have also introduced a bug to the auction house that is affecting a number of players. The Escrow Error 317402 has effected people trying to buy items, the money is removed from their account but the item is never received.
Throwing open Diablo 3 players' wardrobes to the public with the new 
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No fewer than two merry little exploits are currently stinking up the Diablo 3 auction house. The first is a bug that, by fiddling with chat windows, allows you to see precisely how many special properties an unidentified item has. This matters because it allows unscrupulous auction house sellers to pawn off their weak unidentified items while identifying and selling their more powerful items as normal. In short, as the 
As of last week, you can now buy Diablo 3 gold for real money. Well, you could always buy Diablo 3 gold for real money if you knew where to look, or how to Google "diablo 3 gold". The difference now is that the practice has been legitimised by Blizzard as part of the game's real money auction house, where a curious thing has happened. The price of gold has almost immediately dropped to the lowest possible value, a 25 pence hard cap that Blizzard enforce to prevent gold becoming near-valueless. But why has this happened? Who's losing, and who's winning?
Last Friday, three hours after Diablo 3's real money auction house launched, the average buyout price of a Horadric Hamburger stood at an initial high of £87.91. Today that number has fallen to just £7.50, a market decline of 91%. The once saturated hamburger economy, it seems, is shrinking rapidly.
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It seems Diablo 3 has been taken offline in Korea following reports of item duping. No estimate has been given by Blizzard Korea as to when the game will be brought back online.
Want to start blowing real cash on a bastard sword of hitting? You’re going to need to secure your account first. Blizzard have announced that all real-money trades will be blocked unless you attach an authenticator to your account. 
