Everyone who has a Private Property here in Prime should have received an email from me this afternoon. If you did not, please email me so I can get a good email address for you. The policy has been updated, and I'll need to get it to you. Here's a quick rundown on what has changed:

Rent is due no later than 10:59 PM EST on the 1st of each month. At 11 PM on the 1st, you officially begin the new month for which you owe rent. For example, if you owe rent for September, you can pay anytime between 11 PM EST on September 1st through 10:59 PM EST on October 1st. At 11 PM on the 1st, when the new month begins, is when the amount owed is increased on your box. You can now LOOK at the box and see how much you owe at any given time, and the amount is in monsterbold. The moment the rent collection script runs (it's set to run at 11 PM on the first of every month), if your rent is over 3x your monthly rent, the box will automatically be closed and you can no longer pay. The property will then be considered repossessed, but you can still access the property to get your things if I've not yet had a chance to lock it up and sack your items up for you. Please don't wait until the last moment to pay! Here's an example of how a repossession would work out:

If rent is 50K per month -
11 PM on Sept 1, 50k due
11 PM on Oct 1, 100k due
11 PM on Nov 1, 150k due
11 PM on Dec 1, 200k due and repossession begun.

If anyone has any questions or would like anything mentioned above clarified, please don't hesitate to contact me. You can either post here or email me, but I check email a lot more often. If there's a desire between several of you, we can even schedule a property meeting sometime in the near future to go over everything. I've cleared everyone's rent for the rest of the month, so no one should owe anything until 11 PM on September 1st. Please let me know if you notice any problems or glitches with the new system, and don't hesitate to offer up suggestions on how to improve it!

~Kynlee~

~~GM Kynlee~~
Private Property Guru
GS4-Kynlee@play.net


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