Laundry appliance transaction methods

Abstract

Methods of operating a laundry appliance include receiving an offer for sale of a laundry article. The offer is received from a first user. Methods may also include receiving an access request for the laundry appliance, from either the first user or a second user. Methods may further include activating the laundry appliance in response to the access request, which causes the laundry appliance to perform a laundry treatment operation. Some methods may include determining the laundry treatment operation is within a completion threshold and causing a notification to be presented to the second user that the laundry treatment operation is within the completion threshold. Some methods may include causing a confirmation prompt to be presented to the second user, receiving a payment authorization, and applying a credit to the first user's account in response to the payment authorization.

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