I might actually buy control wards if...
...enemies didnt get gold for destroying them.
...enemies didnt get gold for destroying them.
By that logic don't ward at all.
Enemies get gold for destroying them.
Also don't get out of the fountain, because enemies get gold for destroying you
Don't forget to not destroy enemy inhibitors, because enemies get gold for destroying super minions.
They get like a creep kill for it and its half the cost of the original price of the control ward. I highly doubt the gold really matters unless the enemy is following you around with a sweeper.
[zombie-brand-facepalm]
Don't worry, your enemies are perfectly okay with your fucking stupid decision.
But you can get gold from killing their wards that are revealed from your control ward! And they could have more than one!!! [zombie-brand-mindblown]
Then they know exactly where my control ward is and come to collect their gold. It literally feels like Im giving away free gold to the enemy.
You can still earn more gold than they did. You could also use it as bait, and jump on them.
Its not worth dying and giving them 300 gold because you didn't want to give them 30. That doesn't even count losing baron/dragon, counterjungling, or potential picks you got because of vision either.