I prefer to buy tools (especially the cute ones like the Star Net!!!) BUT I have been trying to craft as much as possible as a feeble attempt to try and get that final Nook Mile Achievement I will never get there
I mostly craft and upgrade the tool, it's a pain but I like to work towards completing all the Nook miles achievements - the tools crafting one and the one where you have to catch all the fish without letting any go were the ones I was dreading resetting the most when I restarted my island. Once I've completed all the crafting I'll likely be going to just buying them for ease.
I voted here a while ago but didn't make a post explaining my decision until the poll appeared on the front page recently, so I'm gonna do it now.
If a tool breaks, I like to craft and upgrade the tool. It would be more convenient to buy tools in the store but I'd rather save up my bells for something bigger. Plus, there's a Nook Miles achievement for crafting tools and I want to complete it.
Is it because I'm not as far along as you all? Or because of the nutty way I play? Or because I am not good at making bells? Or because of the infernal closing time of nooks cranny and my struggling odd sleep cycle? I always need bells! So I craft all the cheapo tools (ex- axe, shovel) and some regulars I have excess materials of