Depends on the seller, you are taking a gamble in buying paths from sellers, some will not care about their reputation as a seller and keep your gold regardless while there are a lot of other sellers including myself that will give back the gold after you left the party as well as give back the difference if price is lowered.. Just be aware that it is a big inconvenience to the person you are buying from after they spent time on the dungeon to have someone come in pay and decide to leave and want their gold back so they have to post LFG to refill that spot
I always give back the gold…no matter if DC or if the person just dont want to wait anymore…….it does not matter if a loomg dungeon or not. They paid for the finish and if they dont get that then the gold isnt mine
Your first question is really hard to answer without context. Before I will say anything at all, I’d quickly want to point out that I have never been asked to return gold or been in a position where this came into play whatsoever.
I would return the gold if anything changed on my end, the server’s end or something that is unavoidable like a disconnect. I sell my service for gold and if I’m unable to sell the actual service I shouldn’t be allowed to take the gold. However if someone joins, pays, gets the service and then asks for a partial return because a cheaper path popped up or something like that I would not return it. But honestly I can’t think of many situations where a buyer would even have a reason to ask me to return the gold. And if they did, I likely would.
Lowering the price in the middle of selling the path is in my eyes unprofessional. I flat out don’t lower my price for any reason if I already have buyers in the group. What I would do when I feel my price became too high either because or low demand or cheaper paths popping up is closing the LFG and clearing the path with less people in my party. I’ve had several moments where I would solo path 2 and end up clearing it with just 1 buyer. I don’t make my buyers wait for longer than 3 minutes and I don’t suddenly change my prices.
For both buyers and sellers I would recommend having a strict set of rules and following them. One of my rules I that I want people to pay upfront with the clearly mentioned price before I clear the path as a (somewhat obvious) example. When someone joins my group and asks if he or she can pay afterwards or whispers for a discount I would say no, apologize and if they don’t leave by themselves right away politely ask them to free up the slot. Be clear about your business and communicate if something looks fishy.
I always give the money back if for any reason they won’t be able to stay for the reward or DC. If I lower the price for some reason, I always give them the money they paid “too much”.
Most sellers won’t accept that for their own protection. You never want 2 ppl or more in your party that you don’t know and didn’t pay the gold otherwise they could kick you out of the run you just did.
I’d cover the difference if I lowered the price, when I used to sell. Nobody asked for their gold back, though I wouldn’t have a problem returning it if a buyer changed their mind :>
@OP
Do you give back the gold if you have been asked?
yes. Sometimes people join and ask me how long is it gonna take. I always promise Ill send the gold back on request and I always do.
Do you give back the difference if you lower the price?
yes, ofc
