Something missed in these is that the FC doesn't need to relinquish the plot if they've done things in their favor. A lot are doing this as a final push for their spot which enables them to kill two birds with one stone.
The other thing is, dependent on where the plot is there will be some hype on availability. Marketing is important here and some have done a fine job at this, advertising their lot being put up for sale and knowing there are multiple parties interested well before they're actually -ready- to do it. The reason why a lot of these lots didn't go into the first come first serve slot is because there were people willing to pay for the spot because they knew others were looking at it as well. If people didn't pay then the FC's that weren't willing to put in the few days it took to reform and make a new Rank 8 for their purchase probably would have put it up for grabs once they sold their plot. Someone didn't want to risk losing their shot and bought it, I don't see a reason to blame the people putting a bar up there and seeing who'll grab for it and disliking the fact that they did and someone grabbed it. If no one had taken it for their asking price then there wouldn't even be a problem, people would scoff and the standard would be set to watch them flounder and wait until they "give in or get smart".
The other thing is, dependent on where the plot is there will be some hype on availability. Marketing is important here and some have done a fine job at this, advertising their lot being put up for sale and knowing there are multiple parties interested well before they're actually -ready- to do it. The reason why a lot of these lots didn't go into the first come first serve slot is because there were people willing to pay for the spot because they knew others were looking at it as well. If people didn't pay then the FC's that weren't willing to put in the few days it took to reform and make a new Rank 8 for their purchase probably would have put it up for grabs once they sold their plot. Someone didn't want to risk losing their shot and bought it, I don't see a reason to blame the people putting a bar up there and seeing who'll grab for it and disliking the fact that they did and someone grabbed it. If no one had taken it for their asking price then there wouldn't even be a problem, people would scoff and the standard would be set to watch them flounder and wait until they "give in or get smart".
