I’ve seen a lot of people discuss Nookazon on this site, and many are pretty skeptical about using it. I decided to give it a try, and here’s my experience for anyone who might be curious!
I’ve been using the site for about a week or so, with probably about 30 trades completed. Most I’ve been the seller for, and most involving villagers. Overall I’ve had a pretty positive experience with selling, while I’ve come across some rude people, I’ve never had anyone try to scam me. Most people are quick to arrive as well, or contact you in discord if there’s a problem. I did have someone offer to buy a villager from me though, and something came up so I asked if they could wait a bit. They seemed fine with it, so when I was ready I tried to contact them to see... that they blocked me? It was strange, but thankfully someone else grabbed the villager so it wasn’t horrible. If I didn’t have the time to find another buyer though, it could have been much worse.
When it comes to buying, however, I have had a few more negative experiences. While of course some people have been very sweet, others are rude and don’t seem to value your time. I’ve arrived to islands where I’ve had to wait a substantial amount of time for the trader to show up or communicate with me. This isn’t really that bad, I understand that mix ups can happen and multiple traders can show up at once on accident (I’ve been guilty of this as well). One particular person really makes me never want to buy on this site again, though. When I got to her island it was full of people, I think friends, and the trader was nowhere in sight. I said hello and who I was, no response. They were all just chatting amongst themselves. Tried again, and the trader finally made their way over and we completed the trade. The whole experience wasn’t great, and because of the time it took I had another trade that was lined up cancelled because the buyer was sick of waiting for me. I rated the user a 3/5 and explained my grievances, but still recommended them and thanked them for the trade. I had been giving people nothing but 5 stars, but how this person behaved really rubbed me the wrong way. She left me a 5 star review, thanking me for my patience. All said and done, right? Well, I guess she hadn’t seen my review yet, because I log in later to see she has lowered her score (3/5) and said I was impatient, and criticized my review! What? She literally lied just to get back at me for leaving her a positive, but not perfect review for a very legitimate reason. So I changed my review for her to one star and explained her terrible behavior. As someone who sells a lot, I’d never imagine doing what she did, if someone has a legit complaint and my score suffers, I keep it in mind and try to improve. If they outright lied (like she did) then I might take action.
Anyway, would I recommend Nookazon as a buyer and seller? Not really, if you can get something here, get it here. I’d only recommend Nookazon if you need to sell or buy something fast. While that one experience was my only bad one, the community on Nookazon is just a lot more hostile and rude in general. People on TBT are much nicer and understanding, and I feel there’s a lower tolerance for the type of behavior I experienced.
Nookazon is nothing to be scared of, but it’s not exactly something great, either.
Anyway, thanks for reading my ramblings! I hope some of you might find this helpful, or at least entertaining. I don’t think I’ll use Nookazon again, the whole site sort of feels like the Wild West haha.
Edit: I just noticed that user that gave me a lower score did it to another person for the same reason! When I went to leave a review, I saw they had a 4/5 from someone that was there with me on the island at the same time trying to trade as well. They pretty much just echoed my thoughts. The seller left them a 5/5 thanking them for their patience like they had done for me, at least that’s what I saw when I checked earlier. I just got curious and checked again, and the seller changed that buyer’s review to a lower score and said they were impatient suddenly as well! How petty!
I’ve been using the site for about a week or so, with probably about 30 trades completed. Most I’ve been the seller for, and most involving villagers. Overall I’ve had a pretty positive experience with selling, while I’ve come across some rude people, I’ve never had anyone try to scam me. Most people are quick to arrive as well, or contact you in discord if there’s a problem. I did have someone offer to buy a villager from me though, and something came up so I asked if they could wait a bit. They seemed fine with it, so when I was ready I tried to contact them to see... that they blocked me? It was strange, but thankfully someone else grabbed the villager so it wasn’t horrible. If I didn’t have the time to find another buyer though, it could have been much worse.
When it comes to buying, however, I have had a few more negative experiences. While of course some people have been very sweet, others are rude and don’t seem to value your time. I’ve arrived to islands where I’ve had to wait a substantial amount of time for the trader to show up or communicate with me. This isn’t really that bad, I understand that mix ups can happen and multiple traders can show up at once on accident (I’ve been guilty of this as well). One particular person really makes me never want to buy on this site again, though. When I got to her island it was full of people, I think friends, and the trader was nowhere in sight. I said hello and who I was, no response. They were all just chatting amongst themselves. Tried again, and the trader finally made their way over and we completed the trade. The whole experience wasn’t great, and because of the time it took I had another trade that was lined up cancelled because the buyer was sick of waiting for me. I rated the user a 3/5 and explained my grievances, but still recommended them and thanked them for the trade. I had been giving people nothing but 5 stars, but how this person behaved really rubbed me the wrong way. She left me a 5 star review, thanking me for my patience. All said and done, right? Well, I guess she hadn’t seen my review yet, because I log in later to see she has lowered her score (3/5) and said I was impatient, and criticized my review! What? She literally lied just to get back at me for leaving her a positive, but not perfect review for a very legitimate reason. So I changed my review for her to one star and explained her terrible behavior. As someone who sells a lot, I’d never imagine doing what she did, if someone has a legit complaint and my score suffers, I keep it in mind and try to improve. If they outright lied (like she did) then I might take action.
Anyway, would I recommend Nookazon as a buyer and seller? Not really, if you can get something here, get it here. I’d only recommend Nookazon if you need to sell or buy something fast. While that one experience was my only bad one, the community on Nookazon is just a lot more hostile and rude in general. People on TBT are much nicer and understanding, and I feel there’s a lower tolerance for the type of behavior I experienced.
Nookazon is nothing to be scared of, but it’s not exactly something great, either.
Anyway, thanks for reading my ramblings! I hope some of you might find this helpful, or at least entertaining. I don’t think I’ll use Nookazon again, the whole site sort of feels like the Wild West haha.
Edit: I just noticed that user that gave me a lower score did it to another person for the same reason! When I went to leave a review, I saw they had a 4/5 from someone that was there with me on the island at the same time trying to trade as well. They pretty much just echoed my thoughts. The seller left them a 5/5 thanking them for their patience like they had done for me, at least that’s what I saw when I checked earlier. I just got curious and checked again, and the seller changed that buyer’s review to a lower score and said they were impatient suddenly as well! How petty!
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