[Linden Issue]

Third Party Exchanges are allowed to sell LS. You will find the list of them HERE

The nice comparison of them with price for 1 k LS is to be found here HERE

[Third Party Exchanges - price comparison]

I have just checked, if anybody is interested.

To buy 1000 LS on LindeX I must pay: Estimated Total : US$ 4.35

To get 4,35 USD on PayPal, which I use for SL, I must spend 3,42 Euro.

so this is LindeX price for 1K L$.

[The Podex exchange - still running]

I buy LS in Podex by sending Euros from my online bank account and occasionally by CC without PayPal and it works.

[New TOS Question.]

The new ToS does not say precisely that avatars are not allowed to buy LS from other exchanges as well as from other avatars. What is more 5.3  states that "There are other exchanges that are operated by third parties on which Linden dollars are exchanged" but there are not authorised by Linden Lab. In fact they have never been so there is no big change in ToS. 

If  you look at 

1. CHANGES TO THIS AGREEMENT
This Agreement may be changed by Linden Lab effective immediately by notifying you as provided in Section 13.4 below; provided that Material Changes will become effective thirty (30) days after such notification.

you will notcie that even if LL interprets 'not authorised' as 'not allowed' ( what makes the whole paragraph absurd) you still have one month when you can use other exchanges.

Some of them still operate like Anshex, Podex Exchange etc. I do not think that Anshe would work illegally.