Questions and answers

The way in is an activity, not a product category. There is no price, no haggling and no feed; a place in the results isn’t for sale; people have no ratings. A thing is passed on by a member with an AbsoLive profile — at an Absolute center or in the neighborhood.

Selling turns a market of things into a flea market faster than anything: prices, haggling and resellers appear. In the first version, things go on loan, in swaps and as gifts. A master can take an order on their AbsoLive page — that’s their own agreement and their own legal status; the market takes no part in it. Selling through the market comes no earlier than payments through an operator with receipts, and only if it doesn’t break everything else.

Any mandatory payment turns “on loan” into a rental, with its own taxes. On the market, “no money” means no money at all: you can turn such a request down and report it. A deposit for a valuable thing is not a payment but a sum that comes back: only if the owner decides on it, with a receipt and outside the site.

Tell the owner right away. Normal wear isn’t paid for. A master fixes the breakage — through AbsoWorks, for example — or the two of you settle it yourselves. Photos at the hand-over and the return settle the argument about what was there before.

The owner — for an honest description: known flaws go on the card. The one who borrows — for inspecting the thing at the hand-over and using it with care. Important: under the law, the owner is responsible for harm that a thing on loan causes to other people (Russia’s Civil Code, art. 697), unless the borrower caused it on purpose or through gross negligence — which is why dangerous things don’t go here, and complex ones go only with a check. The market itself doesn’t inspect things: it is not a seller and not a party to the agreement. A lawyer will review the rules.

After an impact, a helmet can look intact and no longer protect. There is no way to check this at a hand-over — so used helmets, hard hats and fall-protection gear don’t change hands on the market at all.

Only as gifts, from one adult to another. The market asks nothing about the child: the size goes with the thing. Child car seats are never accepted.

Krasnaya Polyana, a mountain resort near Sochi in Russia, and Phu Quoc, an island in Vietnam, are getting ready to open. Until then, hand-overs happen in the neighborhood, and the two of you agree on the place.

For the demo — no: saved things and drafts live only in this browser. In the working version — “Sign in with Absolute”, with no separate sign-up on the market. The market is for adults, like AbsoLive.

Almost nothing: no accounts, no cookies, no analytics; like any website, the server sees only the address of each request. In the demo, a request to an owner is put together on the screen and goes nowhere.

Gear you wear for an activity — yes: a shell for the slopes, a wetsuit, climbing shoes. Everyday clothing and clothing with the community’s symbols are AbsoStyle’s field, and underwear and socks don’t change hands at all.

Offer members terms and accept the standard: no paid placement, no banners and the same card as everyone. The procedure will come with the first agreements.