I did create
a thread in Reputation about the PM you and another member sent me, in case you missed it. I requested that anyone who had words of support to speak up, and so far it looks like no one did.
Account selling is a big no-no here. It promotes shitposting, scamming, spamming, and account farming--all of which are detrimental to bitcointalk. That's why account buyers and sellers have been getting negged since 2016. You ought to have known this, but instead you jumped right in to buy an account.
He actually started a thread with your name in it in the Reputation section, you should talk to him there:
Dammit, you either beat me to this or I missed your post here. Anyway.
You should let him go.
Just this once.
My theory on account sales is as follows.
It is legal dont punish any above board account sale.
Instead mark the sale as account sold on date it sold.
It must show that and it is not a tag offense.
Hidden account sales = ban the mofo.
This encourages all sales to be marked and shown.
What we do now encourages hidden sneaky sales.
And a do to doot person gets burned.
While a sneak does not.
I understand why you marked him but I think my solution is what to do. Mark a sold account as sold.