Zakum helmets are the rewards for attackers' party after zakum is killed,attackers may discuss to (re)loot them or sell them out for profit.If selling them out for profit is the result they discuss,they will try to recruit buyer(s),and buyer(s) should pay for service if loot zakum helmets since they basically belong to attackers.But buyer(s) shouldn't have to pay if no zakum helmet is looted,despite you couldn't loot them for what reason.Otherwise,attackers don't lose anything since all zakum helmets are still on the ground and available to be (re)looted. This case recalls me a zakum run I experienced.A 4 attackers party with a buyer who only had 56m as regular service(we could only get a buyer at that time).After zakum was killed,we allowed that buyer to pay only 50m and reloot until he got his favorite zakum helmet.But unfortunately,the last zakum helmet disappeared at the moment he was dropping a shit stat zakum helmet due to hesitation.Because of sympathy,we didn't charge anything from him at the end.This is just a game,stay peace. P.S Ever krexel ran with Infernal guild(Babyshaun was one of them),They looted ring which should belong to the bishop who is in Lolivn without confessing,be careful!
It is simple really you never got a helm so you do not pay. It doesn't matter if the helms dropped. The fact that you did not take the helm means someone (probably an attacker) got to reloot helm. So why should you pay for something you never received? After all, attackers got exp, you wasted your own mesos on pots and any other buyers who got helms gave attackers a profit anyway. If you were the only buyer that means attackers got to loot all the helms so again they still gained out of this.
I guess my default was no zhelm no payment unless we had some kind of agreement prior to the run. Anyway, ppl have different opinions. The game is not just one zhelm run. Just avoid palying with those ppl have different opinions who you feel unconfortable with