Originally Posted by
KillaSkillz
My thoughts on layaway.
Well first and foremost what if someone starts and changes their mind? Like lets say someone does it for xrays and gets about 500k into it, then decides "naww" after a month or so of grinding because a new cool item is released and they want to use those creds? Does the seller get screwed and had his xrays tied up for a month? Does the purchaser get screwed and lose out on his creds? Does sts get screwed by paying the seller when the purchaser commits, then he later backs out? It's a rare few that will follow through to the end, finish paying and claim the item.
Now if sts pays the seller in advance, they assume the risk of the purchaser completing the transaction or not. (I already see a problem here, if seller lists and uses alt to purchase, sts pays up front, then he backs his alt out of the deal and he gets paid) If they don't complete, sts certainly doesn't need a pile of unclaimed items in limbo waiting for some grounded kid to get his phone/computer privleges back.
I like the idea, just not sure how it could work to be fair to both parties and not become a burden to sts.
It would need a set time limit like layaway, and a penalty for those that back out before it finishes. sounds like a fiasco, how would these things be handled so buyer and seller and sts are all satisfied?
The reason I like the AH more than any other way is because it's a clean transaction.
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