Talk:Courier/@comment-24557935-20140308235257/@comment-24557935-20140309053520

This is about giving the player options- this is a sandbox game after all. Generating a Courier Contract automatically when completing a purchase is possible, there's really no reason the game couldn't facilitate this, it's not currently addressed in the Market or Courier pages, feel free to contribute by adding the description of this automated functionality.

Having the option to receive a Receipt allows the buyer to have someone who is not a Courier retrieve the item for them for no fee or a directly negotiated fee, or perhaps they have developed a unique quest that requires a participating player to use the Receipt - who knows what players will come up with- we want to encourage emergent gameplay. This also gives the buyer the option of picking up the item for themself.