Bothers in Re-tail

[Suave_Spencer]

Prices really are ridiculous. Another problem is that buyers seem to think that these items are worth the ridiculous amount. For example I've just seen someone offer 50k for 12 fruits, 3 of which were mangoes they could have got for free from the island tours. Also, are island items really worth 500k plus? I know it's quite rare for some of them to appear, but when they do you can buy as many as you want.

As for hybrids, surely the prices should really come down as more people breed them? Although I suppose you have to consider supply and demand laws.

 

[Byngo]

Prices really are ridiculous. Another problem is that buyers seem to think that these items are worth the ridiculous amount. For example I've just seen someone offer 50k for 12 fruits, 3 of which were mangoes they could have got for free from the island tours. Also, are island items really worth 500k plus? I know it's quite rare for some of them to appear, but when they do you can buy as many as you want.

As for hybrids, surely the prices should really come down as more people breed them? Although I suppose you have to consider supply and demand laws.

I agree with everything you said. Some people and how they price things is just... Wow. @_@

But, I don't agree about the island items, because while you can buy however many you want once you come upon w/e rare item on the island, you have to have the medals to get them. Which medals can take some time to get.

 

[superheroantics]

I think the most ridiculous item out there right now is the ukulele. Charging million for a single item... I mean, I understand why a turkey or yule log would go for so much, but for a single item I wouldn't go more than a mil.

But then again I've bought sloppy stuff for 1.5mil so who am I to say anything.

 

[AlienBacteria]

For me it's kinda just like "whatever, it's just in-game currency." I'm relatively cheap when it comes to buying things, and I kind of enjoy the hunting for good trades and such. If it weren't for this whole playing online thing I would have been done playing AC a couple weeks ago, at least. Personally, I tend to feel bad if someone offers what I consider "too much" for something--if someone offers me a ton for something I'll usually tell them "whoa there, that's way more than you need to pay."

The thing is though, they usually don't care.

 

[Hirisa]

Yeah, the ukelele thing is just...weird. On every other AC forum I watch, it goes for less than a million bells. But someone bought one here for way too much, and now I see people asking for over 3 mil. *chuckle* Nah, I'm good.

 

[Zanessa]

The problem on this is that the majority of people would want to make a noticeable profit on their items for sale. A shop that "Thrives a lot" doesn't necessarily mean that it can gain a huge profit. The hassle of ordering is also taken into for the shop owner. And I see no problem when someone sells noticeably overpriced items with people actually buying from them. As long as the buyer is happy, then we shouldn't really complain about the whole idea of it.

regarding the 600k to catalogue wtf is that

People will be like "catalogue this" and if you wanted to catalogue everything, it'd equal 600K or something. T___T

 

[catman_]

If an auctions ends at 2:00pm, IT CLOSES AT 2:00pm. Ugh. -_-

 

[link2398]

So I pm'd a mod, hopefully I'll get either a response or a point in the right direction as to who I actually need to talk with to get approval for a guild.

 

[catman_]

So I pm'd a mod, hopefully I'll get either a response or a point in the right direction as to who I actually need to talk with to get approval for a guild.

Goodluck

 

[AlienBacteria]

Is it wrong that I pretty much just snapped when someone replied "Could you bump that up" to what I thought was a perfectly reasonable offer (30k for 2 Nintendo items)? I feel like what they said is a really greedy thing to say...

 

[catman_]

Is it wrong that I pretty much just snapped when someone replied "Could you bump that up" to what I thought was a perfectly reasonable offer (30k for 2 Nintendo items)? I feel like what they said is a really greedy thing to say...

It's their item and they have the right to sell however they'd like. Sucks, I know. :/

 

[AlienBacteria]

They sold them to me when I gave the "30k or I buy from elsewhere" ultimatum. Was kind of a shameless attempt to make a little bit more, although I feel a little cheap now :O I really don't understand this kind of greed when it comes to in-game currency, even though I have it myself to some extent (I think the vast majority of people on this forum do to some degree)

 

[superheroantics]

Yeah, I've put a couple of users on my ignore list simply because I think they're too greedy.

 

[Mya]

Ugh! That kind of behavior is so greedy and ungrateful! Untolerable if you asked me how to put it!

 

[Elaine]

While there is no 100% way to stop the "buy low, sell high" ordeal it might help if you see it happen to post on someones Wi-Fi feedback rating. I feel like this would also deter people for said persons sales in general, if they saw the person taking advantage of others.

I will say this though:

Personally, I've come to live with this because it happens in pretty much all games, it is nothing new, not at all. Not to mention it is never usually desputed. Though, I did bring it up once on another game and I got called a hippy for doing it.. haha. I know the AC community is usually a lot nicer than most places, but perhaps we set the bar too high when expecting others not to merchant. I mean think about it, merchanting is already in the game. Buy cheap from Joan, sell high at retail. It makes no different whether it's turnips or tweeters or villagers.

Now, getting things for free and selling them for tons is a completely different issue. To me that's wrong... but merchanting in general is something we ought to learn to live with. Back in 2005 when WW came out there was a HUGE amount of hate for people that TT. Now, it is not so often an issue, this is just the same..