Just an Idea

[Dorsai]

I would have thought it would be easy enough to do, and with some thought, MA could do it so it would not unduly influence shop owners/auction.

Limit the value of items than can be sold to under 10 peds (fullTT+Auction history mark-up), and a max stack of 20.

Then someone can sell of a few tins of paint, hides etc.

Cant see it happening though.

[desg90]

Originally Posted by Moonbiter

It's appealing idea, but it's not going to happen. First of all, auction would suffer. And it would have to be cheaper than auction, because otherwise i see no sense to it. But if it would be cheaper than auction, it would be in competition with shops, which for sure MA doesn't want. New players won't use it for sure, middle level uses auction, ubers can afford a shop, or just don't care.

Auction, shops and Swap Meet are all the same thing on a different scale.

Shop:
You pay an lots of PEDs to another player who has already payed a considerate quantity.
(Second player wins money)
You pay a rent fee.
(MA gets paid)
MA wins more money from TAX.
(MA again)
Players get money.
(First player gets some income, at last!)
No spam. Nice adds outside shops (more money for MA).

Auction:
You pay a fee to put your item on auction.
(MA gets your money first)
MA wins a little fee if the item was sold at a higher price.
(keep it comin'!)
Player gets money.
(at long last)
No spam. People search for whatever they want.

Swap Meet:
You pay a fee or rent to get a little space to display your goods.
(MA goes first)
MA wins money from TAX.
(You guessed right! MA!)
Player gets money.
(Player gets something at the end)
No spam. People can browse at their leisure.

It's the same as shops but.
Shops= little number of shops x low activity x high pay.
Swap meet= little income x high activity x enormous quantity of stands.


Now, street vendors...
They pay absolutely nothing to MA.
(MA doesn't get paid... O.O)
They buy low-rate while selling their goods very high.
(Second player "loses money")
Player gets money.
(Without directly paying anything to MA)
Lots of spam. Players have to speak with trader to get info about the goods.
Plus, there is a trade bug going on right now. You get easily scammed.
(Second player loses even more money)

Equation:
traders= High activity x enormous quantity of traders x no income for MA= 0 PEDs directly for MA. They only get your money indirectly.

It's as though MA was losing money every minute!
Any questions?