Who owns the estate broker booths?

[silas]

@voom

I guess my point is that you never see them for sale in auction (owned by Marcus Callendar) so how can you buy one?

MA/FPC sells estate deed sometimes, but they cant sell all of them at once since there is propably more apartments then there is players is this game. then they might aswell just have put them for sale in tt. also another way for them to control the market.

[mastermesh]

Well… the verdict is that it’s currently impossible to know who owns what on this virtual monopoly board, and you did own something in the past, and the new owner wants to smear your reputation in some way or the other, it’s highly possible for them to do that.

Hi,

Thank you for contacting us. All available estates (houses, castles, apartments, shops, sheds etc.) or land areas are sold within the Entropia Universe, for example via the auction system, in shops or via PvP trade.

At regular intervals there are new land areas for sale in the Entropia Universe. These land areas are all sold in the auction, so our best advice is that you follow what’s happening there. Existing land areas already owned by other participants can also be bought in private trades.

If a participant does not claim his estate, yes, the name of the previous owner remains there. Unless you ask in community forums and find the owner there is no way of knowing who owns a place that has not yet been claimed.

We will forward your observations regarding the reputation of an avatar if the new owner does not claim the Estate to our design team for their evaluation.

If you are interested in buying a certain boot we suggest you keep an eye for it in the auction -if Marcus is the owner- since unless it is a major Estate (like Crystal Palace) we do not usually make public announcements for Estates going up for sale.

Kind regards,
Entropia Universe Support

[jenny_ferr]

Since we have talked about the estate broker here I got a question.

Is it normal that you can access his apartments? if not I just went in and looked at Sakura Kansha #4C which is his

[Kitten]

@jenny ferr

Since we have talked about the estate broker here I got a question.

Is it normal that you can access his apartments? if not I just went in and looked at Sakura Kansha #4C which is his

until they are first claimed they are set as public no expire so all can go see what they are buying

[mastermesh]

until they are first claimed they are set as public no expire so all can go see what they are buying

Yep… all of his apartments are open and empty… The thing that’s funny about it is this “unlimited free rent” stays with the place even if he has sold it as long as the new owner has not claimed the place… Yes, it’s very limited since the door is open and nothing can be put down in the place, but it gives the owner of that deed a bit of an unfair advantage when selling the places on some level since “real” apartment owners pay their rent and utilize the space, and have to pay 10 peds or more to let potential future buyers just go in and look around.

If they don’t change the claiming thing to autoclaim as soon as you hold the deed, maybe they should make it so that ANY estate on the auction has the doorway to view it open as long as it’s on the auction. Actually, that is a good idea in and of itself since some scammers claim to have furniture and stuff in the apts. but no one can prove or disprove that since owner didn’t pay the rent, so no one can go in and look around.

[GoNi]

@mastermesh

Yes, it’s very limited since the door is open and nothing can be put down in the place, but it gives the owner of that deed a bit of an unfair advantage when selling the places on some level since “real” apartment owners pay their rent and utilize the space, and have to pay 10 peds or more to let potential future buyers just go in and look around.

Wrong no disadvantage for those that want to sell a utilized appartment.

As soon you are finished with your design work at the appartment, you may set it to “restricted access”.
That is needed to be able to sell a deed, so you have to do it!

As soon access is restricted, the door is open. Everybody may walk in and out, nothing can be dropped, nothing picked up!

Everybody may visit the appartment, and no more rent needed for the seller. Doesn´t matter how long it needs to sell that appartment.

[jenny_ferr]

@GoNi

Wrong no disadvantage for those that want to sell a utilized appartment.

As soon you are finished with your design work at the appartment, you may set it to “restricted access”.
That is needed to be able to sell a deed, so you have to do it!

As soon access is restricted, the door is open. Everybody may walk in and out, nothing can be dropped, nothing picked up!

Everybody may visit the appartment, and no more rent needed for the seller. Doesn´t matter how long it needs to sell that appartment.

Did this change with vu10 or what? as I know for a fact before vu10 and perhaps even after I seen lots of apartments for sale without access to it

[mastermesh]

hmmm…

interesting… didn’t know that restrict was suppossed to open the door. I did know you had to set it to that before you sold it, but never went to check..

Actually, if I remember correctly, I could not access 4A in Delta Tower when I sold it off last week when it was set to restricted… so I think you might be wrong about that… but, uh, I think you might possibly have to pay one months rent to set it to restricted, so maybe that’s what’s happening?.. people are paying up to change it and then selling out?

[GoNi]

Well maybe I am wrong, have to recheck this.
Last time I sold an Appartment I could enter it all the time untill it got sold, but it could be that payment of fee was simply long enough, and it was open because fee was paid.

[roughrider]

@mastermesh

I’ve heard the same story… but I don’t know if it’s an urban legend or not… none of can know because the system makes it impossible to know as it is right now! Therefore, the way the system is now might possibly be contributing directly to a pricing scam! If it is FPC’s and the Balancing Manager’s job to stabilize the economy, you would think they’d want to do something to stop scams like this which are almost a violation of the eula since it’s hindering the enjoyment of the game by other avatars.

I have now sold all my apartments…all at a loss of 30% in 1 year. I put them in AU 6 times att well under MU (all in buildings closest to TP) and still didnt get them sold so please dont anyone whine about the lack of apartments for sale in AU because noone buys them unless you put them out at WAY under MU.