How does a person Buyback?

Good question, see this Help Desk article.

Survivor Buybacks

"I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather, not screaming in terror like his passengers!"

 I have a survivor pool that allows one buyback, but the pool also has a 2nd place bracket.

1. Does a player with a week 1 loss have a choice to either buyback into the 1st place bracket or continue in the second place bracket?
2. When manager approval is required for buyback, is the request for a byback handled through the pool or is it handled informally via direct communication between the player and manager?

Thanks. - Tom

Tom Nimitz wrote:

 I have a survivor pool that allows one buyback, but the pool also has a 2nd place bracket.

1. Does a player with a week 1 loss have a choice to either buyback into the 1st place bracket or continue in the second place bracket?
2. When manager approval is required for buyback, is the request for a byback handled through the pool or is it handled informally via direct communication between the player and manager?

Thanks. - Tom

Here's a knowledgebase article that covers this.  The answer to question 1 is yes, they have the option, and question 2 they will need to contact the maanger outside of the site. I think its better to not do manager approval for buyback, the picks page explains to the player their options and they have to explicitly click a radio button to agree to do a buyback.

Fred 

"I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather, not screaming in terror like his passengers!"

Thanks.  I changed the "Manager approval of buybacks" setting to no as you suggested. Shortly afterwards, one the 2nd place bracket players went in to make a pick, but reported that they did not see a buyback option. Their pick was accepted, but they remained in the 2nd place bracket.  Am I missing something?

(I since fixed that particular case by enabling manager approval, approving a buyback for that player, and then disabling manager approval again.)

- Tom

Tom Nimitz wrote:

Thanks.  I changed the "Manager approval of buybacks" setting to no as you suggested. Shortly afterwards, one the 2nd place bracket players went in to make a pick, but reported that they did not see a buyback option. Their pick was accepted, but they remained in the 2nd place bracket.  Am I missing something?

(I since fixed that particular case by enabling manager approval, approving a buyback for that player, and then disabling manager approval again.)

- Tom

Thanks for the heads-up, I'll take a look at that. I just saw that message today on my pool, because one of my clones picked Houston. Arg. :)

Fred 

"I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather, not screaming in terror like his passengers!"