- Location
- Sydney
Please don't assume the following is a rant but in light of the changes made to car dealerships generally I like them but the removal of an ability to make a purchase is quite honestly a step too far in my opinion and I'd like to raise a counter suggestion.
First off, correct me if I am wrong but you now need to wait for a car dealership owner or employee to be physically present to interact with and make a purchase from over the whole click the desk and go. I like the idea in theory but in practice I am not sure this will work as well as perhaps intended.
Effectively you're now gating content behind a wall that simply cannot be overcome. I get the reason behind it, serious rp server needed to make changes to encourage but not enforce rp. I feel this is now enforcing it and I wanted to make a suggestion for a tweak to the current set up.
The reason for the suggestion is as follows. People are impulsive. Some are very, VERY, precious about their cars. Its the one thing in the server that everyone uses as a status symbol to show wealth or whatever or just because driving is such a huge part of the experience. If I go to a dealer and see a car I want I want it there and then. I don't want to have to wait for the dealer to decide to open and come online, i want to get it and drive it there and then. The biggest reason for that is time. Its the most valuable thing I have and I may not have it the next time that dealer comes around to catch them awake. This is compounded by the fact I live where I do and am not always available at 6pm onwards UK time to catch someone to sort this.
While I am unsure of exactly how many others are in this very same situation Id guess there's more than a few out there in the comm. Please don't think this is a dummy spit cause i want things more convenient for me as I dont. But this is the gate I am now trapped behind not letting me access the car dealer and others too.
What I would like to see is one of 2 things done and I leave this entirely to you guys to discuss and debate as a community.
Option A. Add a "BUY NOW" Price which would be a premium over and above the car price itself. Not too high to make it ludicrously expensive but enough to say OK id rather wait and find a dealer but at the same time solving it for people in the wider world who do not get on during UK prime yet still want to be a part of this awesome community. This way there's the option to pay now or hold on and catch the dealership staff to essentially negotiate over a deal (part ex on a used car) or whatever. It'd almost be like buying the car directly from the website and having it ready to pick up without ever test driving it. Id like to throw in that as if you do purchase the car this way there is also no test drive option (for the very same reasons, the purchase method comes with a higher price to encourage players the other way.)
Option B would be to have a form of a messaging system for orders where by the buyer sees a car they like but wants to reserve it somehow and has the option to pay a security deposit on the car to reserve it, akin to the dispatch, whereby the potential buyer can text the employees and say hey I want this and leaves contact info. This means that there is at least some RP interaction, even though its not face to face, and the buyer and dealer can liaise accordingly. Giving the buyer the option to pay anything from 10% to the full amount in this way and, should the buyer choose to do so like this in full, give them the option to specify a delivery address for the vehicle to be delivered by a mechanic.
To the broader community. please consider this on its merits. I took inspiration from the concept of LS customs as a fall back option for car fixing if/when TireNutz and AE are closed which means theres always a basic service for people outside of normal prime time etc. I trust ive explained this sufficiently enough to avoid a thousand downvotes
thank you for reading.
First off, correct me if I am wrong but you now need to wait for a car dealership owner or employee to be physically present to interact with and make a purchase from over the whole click the desk and go. I like the idea in theory but in practice I am not sure this will work as well as perhaps intended.
Effectively you're now gating content behind a wall that simply cannot be overcome. I get the reason behind it, serious rp server needed to make changes to encourage but not enforce rp. I feel this is now enforcing it and I wanted to make a suggestion for a tweak to the current set up.
The reason for the suggestion is as follows. People are impulsive. Some are very, VERY, precious about their cars. Its the one thing in the server that everyone uses as a status symbol to show wealth or whatever or just because driving is such a huge part of the experience. If I go to a dealer and see a car I want I want it there and then. I don't want to have to wait for the dealer to decide to open and come online, i want to get it and drive it there and then. The biggest reason for that is time. Its the most valuable thing I have and I may not have it the next time that dealer comes around to catch them awake. This is compounded by the fact I live where I do and am not always available at 6pm onwards UK time to catch someone to sort this.
While I am unsure of exactly how many others are in this very same situation Id guess there's more than a few out there in the comm. Please don't think this is a dummy spit cause i want things more convenient for me as I dont. But this is the gate I am now trapped behind not letting me access the car dealer and others too.
What I would like to see is one of 2 things done and I leave this entirely to you guys to discuss and debate as a community.
Option A. Add a "BUY NOW" Price which would be a premium over and above the car price itself. Not too high to make it ludicrously expensive but enough to say OK id rather wait and find a dealer but at the same time solving it for people in the wider world who do not get on during UK prime yet still want to be a part of this awesome community. This way there's the option to pay now or hold on and catch the dealership staff to essentially negotiate over a deal (part ex on a used car) or whatever. It'd almost be like buying the car directly from the website and having it ready to pick up without ever test driving it. Id like to throw in that as if you do purchase the car this way there is also no test drive option (for the very same reasons, the purchase method comes with a higher price to encourage players the other way.)
Option B would be to have a form of a messaging system for orders where by the buyer sees a car they like but wants to reserve it somehow and has the option to pay a security deposit on the car to reserve it, akin to the dispatch, whereby the potential buyer can text the employees and say hey I want this and leaves contact info. This means that there is at least some RP interaction, even though its not face to face, and the buyer and dealer can liaise accordingly. Giving the buyer the option to pay anything from 10% to the full amount in this way and, should the buyer choose to do so like this in full, give them the option to specify a delivery address for the vehicle to be delivered by a mechanic.
To the broader community. please consider this on its merits. I took inspiration from the concept of LS customs as a fall back option for car fixing if/when TireNutz and AE are closed which means theres always a basic service for people outside of normal prime time etc. I trust ive explained this sufficiently enough to avoid a thousand downvotes
thank you for reading. 
) but some of the changes are going a little bit 20th century. I agree with the changes made in many respects but in todays society we have internet ordering and online shopping now. Is it possible to develop a system where we can register for orders/quotes and meetings as above so that those who dont play at 8pm UK time can register their interest. This could be something done in game (using the group chat thing on peoples phones) or have some sort of "online order book" or some other method. 
