How do i sell my ship?!?!

doomxorz · Post by **doomxorz** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:57 pm

i know this is probably a stupid question that has been answered, but I cannot figure out how to sell my ship! I can get to the screen where it lists all the ships for sale, and it says how much my ship is worth, but i can't figure out how to actually sell it! Help would be very much appreciated.

JensAyton · Post by **JensAyton** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:02 pm

Buy another one, and the trade-in value will be deducted from the price. (You can only own one ship at a time.)

Website · Post by **DaddyHoggy** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:04 pm

Ahruman supplies the answer I supply the welcome...

"Welcome to the friendliest board this side of Riedquat"(tm)

Commander McLane · Post by **Commander McLane** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:06 pm

Ahruman wrote:
(You can only own one ship at a time.)

And—more important—you cannot own no ship. Therefore you cannot sell without buying, and the only way to sell is to buy and have the current value of your old ship refunded.

Oh, and welcome!

Oh 2: Usually asking your question on the boards suffices. No need to send PMs to half the members as well (or did you just choose me?).

doomxorz · Post by **doomxorz** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:08 pm

ok thanks!!

yeah that makes sense. i thought you had to sell it first, but that wouldnt make sense cause then you would have no ship!

doomxorz · Post by **doomxorz** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:12 pm

oh i didnt see someone already said that

ok thanks

JensAyton · Post by **JensAyton** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 12:04 am

Commander McLane wrote:
And—more important—you cannot own no ship.

Naught shall not be the number of thy counting, excepting that thou then proceed to one.

Diziet Sma · Post by **Diziet Sma** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 7:54 am

Ahruman wrote:
Naught shall not be the number of thy counting, excepting that thou then proceed to one.

Errmmm... that would be nought..

Chrisfs · Post by **Chrisfs** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 8:14 am

First you need a registered agent to represent you to potential buyers. Fortunately, I'm available and will do it for the low price of 10% of the transaction.

Commander McLane · Post by **Commander McLane** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 9:57 am

Diziet Sma wrote:
Ahruman wrote:
Naught shall not be the number of thy counting, excepting that thou then proceed to one.
Errmmm... that would be nought..

Not quite. According to Merriam-Webster "nought" is nothing but the alternative spelling for "naught".

(You will very (as in extremely) rarely catch Ahruman with any English error.)

Killer Wolf · Post by **Killer Wolf** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 12:23 pm

so if you're naughty, do that make you a bit like nothing?

Diziet Sma · Post by **Diziet Sma** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 1:04 pm

Killer Wolf wrote:
so if you're naughty, do that make you a bit like nothing?

Interestingly enough, it is related.

From the Online Etymology Dictionary

naughty
late 14c., naugti "needy, having nothing," from O.E. nawiht (see naught). Sense of "wicked, evil, morally wrong" is attested from 1520s.

Zbond-Zbond · Post by **Zbond-Zbond** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:06 am

"naught" is a statement of one's circumstances "he was reduced to naught" (e.g. he had not even an Adder (second hand) to his name)

"nought" is a noun, the name of the numeral "0" which signifies the value "zero"

JensAyton · Post by **JensAyton** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:16 am

Zbond-Zbond wrote:
"naught" is a statement of one's circumstances "he was reduced to naught" (e.g. he had not even an Adder (second hand) to his name)

"nought" is a noun, the name of the numeral "0" which signifies the value "zero"

While this distinction is made, it is not mandatory or universal. As with many aspects of language, the simple answer is wrong.

Zbond-Zbond · Post by **Zbond-Zbond** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:33 am

when talking about non-ownership of a spacecraft, in a space trading environment, a simple distiction might be adequate in preferring "naught" but language is forever dynamic (xcpt Latin, perhaps)