Quote Originally Posted by Thee_Freshness View Post
This literally happened to me a little while ago, and while their intentions were good, they honestly just made it worse. I'd been waiting next to what I felt was an absolutely top plot in the ward for 10 hours along with one other person. Someone appeared out of nowhere at the exact moment the plot became available for sale, bought it, said "sorry" and that was that. They later offered the location of their old plot in another city I wasn't interested in and had 30 people already camping it. Again, I get that the intention is good, but in my case, it wasn't much solace.

The problem isn't really the ninja; it's the system that rewards fortunate timing over time and effort. There are much better ways to do this that don't require people to spend so much time camping these plots which still prevent direct, black-market sales. There are cheap and easy ways to ease the housing shortage. This is an SE problem and until they address it, it's just going to be a source of frustration.
If they were relocating then the plot hadn't just became available and they coincidently managed to get it. Relocation totally bypasses the hidden timer. It still sucks for campers, but they weren't just fantastically lucky.