How do I buy back land from a group on the mainland, and avoid the double tier.

[Hippie Bowman]

Hi Everyone!  It has been a long time time sense I have owned Mainland.  I have a friend that does.  She wants to buy back some land from her group, and set it to another group.  She gets a message that she will be billed for double tier.  My question is, How do you avoid this.  Is there a way?  Thank you in advance for your help!

 

Peace!

[Cinnamon Lohner]

The secret is to drop your group tier contribution to zero first.  You can have zero contribution for about 24 hours without effecting your land ownership.  So the steps are:

1. Set group tier contribution to zero
2. Set land for sale making sure you specify the avatar who can buy it.
3. Buy the land.  You can buy it for the new group to save step 4
4. Deed land to new group (skip if you bought for group)
5. Reset your group tier contributions to cover the land

Also note if you are going to also lower your tier, you want to also do that while your group contribution is set to zero.

--Cinn

[valerie Inshan]

Hippie my dearest friend, I don't have a clue! LOL, just jumping on an occasion to show my ignorance in public and give you a big hug! :smileytongue: :smileyvery-happy::smileyvery-happy: I'm sure others will give you the answer! 

[Hippie Bowman]

Thank you Cinn! I just could not remember how to do this! It all comes back to me now! Thanks for you help!

 

Peace!

[Hippie Bowman]

Thank you Val! Big hugs to you! Cinn gave me a good answer!

 

Peace!

[Lindal Kidd]

In addition to Cinnamon's excellent answer:  When doing Step 3 (buy the land for a new group) be sure to wear the group tag for the group you are buying the land for!  You can check the "owner makes contribution with deed" box to automatically donate the required tier to the new group.

[Hippie Bowman]

Thank you too Lindal! I relayed your answers to my friend and all good now! Thank you all!

 

Peace!