Your point is well-made about the level of support you might get from a Google rep. The answer they should give is that Play store purchases cannot be transferr

Your point is well-made about the level of support you might get from a Google rep. The answer they should give is that Play store purchases cannot be transferred to protect the IP contracts with sellers, otherwise there could be a potential for an aftermarket on Google Play account assets. I know some people at Google understand that, but I doubt that's in their support playbooks.