getting accounts that arent yoursFollow

I won't comment on the good or bad of account purchasing in general. To each his own there. Just be aware that SOE does not recognize account transfers and if the original owner ever wanted to get it back they most likely could do so if they go through the right channels or make enough of a stink to customer service.

As far as jumping onto a 66 enchanter when you've never played the class before .. bad idea IMHO. Enchanter is one of the more challenging classes to master. They are a finesse class for the most part. They have many many spells that you may never use, may not know what they do, or only have use in specific circumstances.

If you just want a pocket chanter for buffs, sure, go for it. If you want to xp as an enchanter I think you should hook up with an in-game enchanter mentor or tutor to show you the ropes before you start grouping.

thats wat im thinkin....never played on that server so i dont hav friends and no one will want to to teach me to play. thx for commentin guys

True Story.

Point is, it can happen. Level your own character. It's better to do that, than get stuck paying for someone else to play EverQuest because you bought their account, and they decided to take it back.

As an afterthought: if you do get someone else's account, the only way to keep a character from it for tabs, is to transfer it to your own account after you got it. Then it wont matter, if he proves ownership to Sony and gets back the control of his account.
(Sony asks several things to rpove ownership, and if he can do that, he will get control back. This are things like CD codes, numbers of cards being used to pay, and so on, things the original owner would know, but not you.)

Having played an enchanter, I would not recommend buying one, as you will probably become frustrated soon. The class plays different from necros, mages and the other casters, as it is more passive. Due to many nerfs to chanter powers he lost also his former punch (charm worked better in those days than now, where are many mobs simply "immune to charm"), and at high levels you run into the problem that your mezz spells dont work, too, if your groups targets are too high. Former famous chanter techniques have also died, like the "stun circle", because chanters dont get useful AE stuns anymore (below 55 it works fine), and many mobs have become immune to stun.
If you play one up, you will probably be happier, as you know what does what, and how you have to act against various mobs (and how to control your group).

Seeing as how the account would have been free, I would have taken it simply for the buffs. I agree with the majority here though that you'd not want to try and play it in a group with no experience at CC, but damn, having a pocket chanter for buffs whenever you want them would be a nice thing to have. Plus you could buff for donations in PoK to raise some spending cash. If the original owner ever took the account back, so what? You would have definitely gotten your money's worth out of it. Just don't ever leave anything on that account you'd not be willing to lose and it'd be a win-win situation.

My opinion is that if someone (a friend in RL) gives you an account, it's ok to quietly take it over. The big issue then becomes learning the class before getting into a group that will be depending on you to know your abilities and class. Not knowing at level 66 is about as bad and infuriating to other players as you can get. DONT DO THIS.

Actually BUYING an account is lame, Lame, LAME and you should be banned from the interwebz for 6 months.