User blog comment:Bugzy/The Shops Suck/@comment-1024726-20090822164334

True. We could shorten the beta testing to mid September. If enough users vote against in the poll, shops no more.

Honestly, I think the shops was a good idea, but the only reason real-life economics works is because there's a lot of businesses. This is jump-starting an economy we're doing here, and that's not easy at all. We've got only a few shops, and we're starting from scratch. The wiki was actually fine before the shops arrived, anyway.