Change in land deeding procedure

While it's true that people who get swooped out of their land could have taken precautions this is something that doesn't happen in reality, at least not at the speed it happens here in SL, which is seconds.

These problems can be avoided if the deeding procedure were altered. People have proposed putting in a listing delay. This would work. There is another approach needing only client-side change and you can eliminate swooping.

As it stands the default sell-to is (anyone).

All that has to be done are:

1. Set the default sell-to to (nobody)

2. Add a note or dialog that for a land parcel to become sellable, a buyer has to be indicated, and if you want the sale to be open you have to INPUT "anybody)"

3. The checkbox should refuse to set if the land price is 0 or if the sell-to option still lists (nobody).

4. (addition that would add effectiveness) Before the land goes on sale open a dialog window and in larger than usual letters post "You have set the land (name and sqm parcel) for sale to (name buyer) for (price) - (confirm/cancel)

I posted a proposal on this and I agree with you, I also think that land, as it is a big deal commidity should be something in which a deal has to be finalised, rather than someone just pays the money and its theirs.

There should be a make offer on land for sale dialog for those who wish to buy
and a accept offer on land dialog for the seller (the first persons whose offer is accepted would cancel all further offers)

of course this would be the default mode, and land selling could be set to auto by the seller if they just wanted to cut out this option.

The infomation on who made what offer at what time of course would not be viewable and should not be viewable to anyone other than the land seller.