[Andy A.]

The most interesting idea posed to me so far was a blind bidding process.

The 'auction' lasts a week. You place your bids up to some maximum (say 100 points). At the end of the week the items are 'awarded' to the teams who bid the highest for that item. Ties are broken randomly. The process then goes into another round of bidding, with teams allowed to redistribute their remaining points if they lost a bid.

Another idea was to start all teams at 0 points, and start adding them over time- say 10 points a day, such that each team might be able to afford one 'high value' item a day. really desirable things, like a class mate or Crio might cost a couple days allowance.

Or we could just get randomized kit or parts- it'd be at least as fair as the current system, which seems largely depending on how fast you can click through check out forms and whether the Server gods smile upon you that moment.