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Why post a request for a seat?
Jon MW:
--- Quote from: AMRN on March 16, 2010, 14:17:50 PM ---
Perhaps we need a first come first served waiting list.....
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There is another reason apart from the practicality.
That is, £75 isn"t an insignificant amount of money and although there isn"t much scope for people being scammed over an APAT seat, I would imagine that there are still a fair number of people who still prefer to do business like this only with people they know rather than strangers.
AMRN:
--- Quote from: Jon MW on March 16, 2010, 15:14:38 PM ---
--- Quote from: AMRN on March 16, 2010, 14:17:50 PM ---
Perhaps we need a first come first served waiting list.....
--- End quote ---
There is another reason apart from the practicality.
That is, £75 isn"t an insignificant amount of money and although there isn"t much scope for people being scammed over an APAT seat, I would imagine that there are still a fair number of people who still prefer to do business like this only with people they know rather than strangers.
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This only has meaning if we are talking about personal transfer of funds. I"m pretty sure Betfair would be able to do something with the Holding Tank - ie releasing one player"s registration, but keep the Tank locked, and allow the next person on the waiting list to register.... and perhaps that person only has a certain timebound period of exclusivity, after which the next person on the list is allowed to register, and so on.
Cyntaf:
Not so much an answer to your problem. Human nature being what it is, most people are going to offer their place to a friend first off. They will post and offer to first reply or able to pay there and then. I have come across situations on the seat exchange i haven"t been too fond of, but ultimately, it is their seat to sell to whomever they wish, whether we agree or not.
Another reason that they post/sell, may be that they want it sorting there and then, as they do not have the time to trawl through posts and await replies.
Suppose we have a first come first served list, and three seats become available. How long do we wait for replies from first three before going onto 4/5 or6 etc. Now suppose 2 replies but not 1/3, we allocate seat to 2? then find seats 1/3 are no longer available for whatever reason. Now 1 may kick off as he was first request. I can think of a lot of perms where this could falter.
Sell back to Apat? This would not work, as they want the seats sold(not bought) also like above, the time and confusion with re allocating seats etc.
So i think were stuck with what we have at the moment, and people requiring seats simply need to monitor the forum, and not put the owness onto the seller. After all it is a sellers market at the mo ;D
coprey:
I actually dont know why sellers dont simply unregister from the holding tank, instead of looking for a buyer. I assume it it possible to simply unregister and funds are automatically refunded. Im I missing something here?
Cyntaf:
Sorry Curlage in short though, I agree with You. If i had a seat for sale and someone had asked, i would probably offer it to them. After any good friends, who may be after a seat also of course. As I"m sure if you couldn"t make it, you would have offered your friend(new member) yours.
Sorry still got no other means to solve this one.....yet?
Cheers Paul :)
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