The Privacy aspect is certainly fair...

This is an initiative to encourage retail trade inEU, but if its going to be problematic we might have to cancel it.

more thoughts plz

When I first read the idea, I thought "cool! great way to boost visits to the mall" ... but when I read the logistics of it, the same concerns came to mind for me as Freyr mentioned.

I would not want all of my purchases posted as screenshots for all to see, showing not only what I bought but for how much. And depending on the person and the item, this could actually prevent them from shopping in the mall if they weren't comfortable with that happening.

I think that contacting the purchaser in advance of posting would be entirely too much work for shop owners, who already have a tedious system to deal with in tracking their inventory, and would likely not have the customer on FL to contact them anyway.

Here are a couple of alternate suggestions:
- shop owners black out what the item was and how much it was purchased for on screenshots before posting

- customers post a screenshot of their purchase (a similar purchase window comes up for them, right?)

- customers post a screenshot of them in one of the shops - gets their bodies to the mall, right?

- shop owners provide the screenshots offline so they are not public for the whole world to see


... I think it is an absolutely great idea to do more things like this encourage people to visit the mall, so I would hate to see it cancelled altogether. But respecting the customers' privacy is important.

:bunny:

I read this and thought woo brilliant idea for a competition.

Personally I as a shopper would not mind having to post up my window when I purchased something from the mall.

Thats me personally Would you accept screenies with C P and the price blacked out - then get shop keeper to confirm

I say put the pressure on the customer to get the screenie and I am a customer

Yeah, maybe the shop owner can block out the name and price, or the buyer can be the one who posts it and the shop owner confirms.

well we could break this up into two draws

Shopowners posts blacked out Reciepts

&

Shopper Presses C and P and screenshots Green Purchase Message with Item info Window Open

like this




But im concerned this is too complicated and may not be worth the effort?

we might have to just pull this event until further notice

Personally I dont mind blacking out the price and item etc of sales and posting them myself... but there are a couple of shop owners that dont really visit this forum so some ppl wanting to enter may not be eligible if the owner has posted....

Now i think that the customers that do visit the forum etc and do find out about this would be more than willing to post them themselves..

The C and P with the item sale in the window is easy enough to do and seems to work well with the global draw

Maybe thats the way to go for this?

That way it would benefit the already gr8 community who visit the forum and encourage others to finally visit to find out what this unique competition is about

Rip

+ rep for Ripper who is spot on in my opinion.

My concerns are:

1. What Freyr said (about privacy)

2. That I will be obligated to log on every day to check if I sold anything. If I do not log on my customers might not get their purchase posted within the 48 hour time limit.

I usually log on every day. I log on because I want to, NOT because I have to. I want it to remain that way.

I support the idea of the customers posting their purchase. The items available in my shop and their prices are available to the public, so there is no privacy issue there.

My 2pec


Stoffer

I am just thinking of a new way to do this and think the idea of 2 draws could be good


Draw1 - customer has to post purchases with the C & P option showing the green flash line that you have purchased the item.

The prize for this could be to have 500 ped shopping trip with MS9 / ND


Draw2

500 ped for the shop keepers - as there is a shop keepers association could a gmail account be setup that only shop keepers know about - this could then be accessed by ms9 or neverdie to confirm the recipts- total for a week this way there not posted on the forum and Nd / Ms9 have the proof of the sales.

The shopkeeper would need to pm ms9 or nd to get the email address or hand over in game in chat and they could then post these recipts once a weak

It may also be a nice way for the shop keepers association to grow

Just an idea Sally

The community's input regarding this latest monthly draw event is tremendously appreciated; especially with how you've presented your concerns and ideas.

ND and I have discussed the dynamics of this event, as well as all input by community members, and ND has decided that we will put this particular event on hold until such time as we might be able to sort it out in a way that would be beneficial for all.

In the meantime, we are back at the drawing board for some more brainstorming to come up with a new "monthly draw event" that would be fun for the community.

Since we like to create an environment that serves not only the needs but the desires of the community, I thought it would be a good idea to solicit ideas from you with regard to what you might like to see as a monthly draw event.

Therefore, I'm going to create a new thread and open it up for all those creative ideas to be posted. We have always prided ourselves on the talent and creativity of this community, so this might be an opportunity to see what you can come up with.

See ya in the other thread. I'll leave this one open for now in case you have anything further to post about this event that is being put on hold for now.


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