Magyar_Republic
Self-requested Deactivation
- Joined
- Apr 11, 2011
- Posts
- 2,563
- Location
- Aberdeen, WA
- Society
- Whiskey Confederacy
- Avatar Name
- Edward Magyar Republic
I'd say no. Why give bank owners this kind of monopoly? If they can make more money off renting, they'd never sell, and what would prevent a bank owner from buying up everything for sale and then renting it all out? Imagine a selling thread for a nice dmg/sec gun that you want. It may take you a while to get the ped...then comes along a bank owner..hmm, I can buy that nice looking gun and just rent it. Rinse and repeat.
Rather than seeing stuff for sale, you'd see a long list of for rent items.
The system already works as it should.
Why? Because people want protection, banks require substantial investment, they are already in game, already deal with item loans, and the loan system they have in place is basically useless. First and foremost, if an idea is proposed we should think of
1) what value it brings to the community and
2) whether there are resources already available to accommodate this that are being underutilized.
In this way we preserve value of investments and provide a reason for folks to see items as growth investments rather than as monetary dead ends. The community is still interested in this aspect of the game, is it not?
It is an opportunity to redevelop the pawn shop BS currently part of banks and provide something of value for these rather expensive failures, while addressing a need the community perceives exists. While I may not agree with the need, and while I definitely do not own or have any affiliation with bank owners, I respect the desires of the community as well as the investments already made in the product.
There's no monopoly at play here. There is always the system as it is. Bank Owners cant say "everyone else is not allowed to offer loans" all they can offer is a certain comfort that the item on loan is backed by some sort of institution and therefore at least some form of guarantee.
At the end of the day Bank Owners have as much of a monopoly on loans as mothership owners have on space travel. None.