Proposal: Death of the Offer
Reached quorum 4 votes to 1. Enacted by Kevan. Note that the ARPANET Interface Message Processor is now arguably lost in limbo as its buyer did not claim it before this rule enacted.
Adminned at 24 Jul 2014 04:32:37 UTC
To the rule “Flea Market”, replace “If the Offer was not made by the Broker, then the Seller who made the Offer must then reduce their own profit by the number of Pounds equal to the Offer, to gain the relevant Good into their possession.” with:-
If the Offer was not made by the Broker, then the Seller who made the post must then reduce the profit of whoever made the Offer by a number of Pounds equal to the Offer, and add the relevant Good into the Offer-maker’s possession.
And add a new paragraph:-
A Flea Market post becomes closed immediately after an Offer within it is accepted. If no Offers have been made to a Flea Market post in the previous 48 hours, and if the post is more than 48 hours old, then any Seller may announce that that post is now closed, in a comment to that post. When a Flea Market post becomes closed, it is no longer considered to be a Flea Market post.
Fixing the problem that a Seller “must then” pay for and gain a Good, even if they are asleep at the time, and adding a time-out for unwanted goods.
BellEt: