Station Cash (EQ2)

For all EverQuest II items currently available via Station Cash, see: Station Cash Items.
Station Marketplace is SOE's real-money market which allows players to buy Station Cash for real money and use it in-game to purchase experience potions, fluff pets, appearance gear and house items. Future merchandise may include real life posters of in-game player characters. This service went live with the patch on 12/09/2008.
The exchange rate is $5 USD for .
==Accessing the Marketplace in Game==
There are several ways to access the Marketplace in game:
*Click the "Shop Now" button on the welcome screen.
*If you are using the default UI, Click the SC button on the bottom right of the XP bar.
*Press Esc to get the EQ2 menu, then choose "Marketplace". Here you can add Station Cash to your "wallet", and purchase items.
*Type /marketplace in your chat window.
==Accessing the Marketplace from Character Select==
The only Marketplace item available from Character Select is the eq2 item:Additional Character Slot. To access the Marketplace from Character Select, click the "Purchase Additional Slots" button below the your character list and the "Create Character" button.
==Wallet Limits==
Limits: SOE Knowledge Base article on SC limits.
* Maximum Wallet Balance: 50,000 SC ($500.00)
* Maximum Amount per Transaction: 21,000 SC ($210.00)
* Maximum number of Transactions per 24 hour period: 8
* Maximum Amount in Purchases per 24 hour period: 30,000 SC ($300.00)
==Gifting Station Cash Items==
Gifting is restricted to items (not services or Station Cash). Our attempts to send EQ2X-exclusive Station Cash items to Live servers were unsuccessful.
#There is a 2 gifts per 24 hours limit on gifting. Official Forums
#Select the item you'd like to send as a gift.
#Click the "Gift" button in the lower right of the Marketplace window.
#A mail window will open with the item as an attachment. Enter your friend's name. You can send cross-server by adding their server name as in chat: ServerName.FriendName (see Communicating Between Servers for more information on server.name formats.)
#Confirm the gift on the next window.
#Your gift will be sent to the recipient via the mail system. Our test gift took maybe 3 to 5 minutes to be delivered.
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Select item and click "gift"	Type in friend's name	Confirm the purchase
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