My rant about buying/selling villagers.

[kylie32123]

Yes yes, thank you for coming to read my Ted talk. I've been mad about this for a while, but it's REALLY driving me crazy nowadays.
Basically, everywhere, (here, discord, etc.) people want to sell villagers for an INSANE amount of NMT's. Doesn't matter which one, if it's either tier 1-2 on popularity, sellers seem to expect anywhere between 50-400 NMT's. Wow. And when people actually pay these absurd amounts, other people are like, 'Dang, I can sell my villagers for that much- and MORE!' It's not fair to people who genuinely want a certain villager, but can't make any offers because they don't have hundreds of NMT's, such as myself.
Yeah yeah, NMT's are the new TBT, everyone wants 'em, I get it. I really do. I'm just sick of the amounts that buyers have to pay and sellers expect to get.
I however must add that I appreciate the people who sell villagers for a reasonable price. No- popular villagers shouldn't be free, but come on, 400 NMT's for Raymond, or Audie, or even Judy, is just ridiculous.

 

[Lellyna]

Yea and I’m concerned so many new accounts have so many NMT and no one seems to question it.when they have amiibos hopefully the prices will settle down

 

[Strong Badam]

Being frustrated about it is fine but this is unfortunately just how game economies work.The new ones you listed have inherently less supply because they can't be invited via Amiibo and they are popular. A similarly popular/desired villager who has an amiibo is way less expensive as a result. A great example is Judy and Marshal, I think they are roughly equivalent in overall popularity but Marshal can be invited via amiibo so his going price is like 25% of Judy's. And Raymond is nearly twice as popular as either.

Amiibos for the new villagers should help.

 

[thatveryawkwardmayor]

selling villagers on discord seems like a scam tbh. everything is way overpriced there and the greed runs rampant.

 

[Mephala]

I agree completely! How on earth are people even getting their hands on that many NMTs legitamitely? I honestly don't understand, it'd take me forever to even get like 15 of them without TTing a ton.

I just hate all over-inflated prices for villagers regardless of whether they're bells, NMTs, etc. )':

Also, I don't know if this is a dumb question, but why do people want so many NMTs? Like why is it the new currency? The islands don't really offer anything. You can get different flowers from Leif now and hybrids aren't that hard to grow yourself (it seems easier in NH because I don't even water my flowers and I end up with tons of hybrids, lol!). Is it just for looking for villagers??

 

[Xara]

that’s part of the reason why i don’t want to buy villagers from anyone - people are charging an arm and a leg for them. while insane villager prices aren’t anything new (see: marshal prior to amiibo cards being a thing in new leaf) but it’s almost scary. and the fact that people are even selling villagers on ebay for rlc? anybody who entertains that is honestly almost as ridiculous as the seller imo

 

[Strong Badam]

selling villagers on discord seems like a scam tbh. everything is way overpriced there and the greed runs rampant.

Yea I've never had luck either selling or buying there. I think the anonymity and ease of making a new account/leaving servers, and ghosting someone is too high. I prefer here + reddit where you can view their history to see if they are legit or a brand new account.

 

[mayortiffany]

It's supply and demand. The new villagers don't have Amiibo cards so it's difficult to get them. Everyone wants them, so there's high demand and very low supply. Prices, as a result, will be high.

That's unfortunate, but it is baked into how economies (even outside of AC:NH) tend to function. Maybe over time, prices will decrease if amiibo cards are released or hype dies down as people get the villagers they want.

 

[Khaelis]

If people were asking for reasonable amounts of NMT, I'd consider it OK even though I don't like trading with NMTs... but the prices are definitely overpriced, even for the new ones.

I genuinely don't have time to get enough Nook Miles to buy Audie. I can at best get 3 NMT a day due to my personal schedule IRL. Audie's going for 100+. That's over a month just to get a villager, and any other villager is a week. That's just nuts.

 

[skylucario]

yeah,, this is why when i trade my villagers, i don’t ask for payment. the real payment for me is that they go to good homes/people who have them as dreamies, and all of my past villagers have thus far!

...actually, all of them were given away for free except for judy, whom i actually traded for molly to someone who randomly saw my post about her on tumblr (i had reblogged some judge judy meme the day before i got her in my campsite, so i was like LOOK AT THIS COINCIDENCE). i had tagged it something like ‘i want to give her to someone who can’t otherwise afford her. but molly would be great, too, lol’. it was pretty great. was gonna do a giveaway, but she really wanted judy and happened to have molly...how could i not accept that offer?!

 

[Lucile]

My opinion is that people shouldn't even be trading villagers so early in the game. I like that Animal Crossing teaches you to be patient. I didn't even buy the "online Nintendo pass" (don't know how it's called, hope you get what I'm talking about) because I WANT to play real-time and don't want to be tempted to trade so early in the game.

 

[voltairenism]

When I saw people selling villagers on discord for the first time, I was so baffled, like "omg you are selling your friends??" lmao
Now I understand that you have to make a living on this economy, but it feels bad... I will search for my own villagers, thank you. I only bought Lucky, which price was very reasonable and the seller was the kindest. I don't even check New Neighbour Network anymore except to look someone to give my villagers :/

 

[kojuuro]

All of the villagers I've traded have been free since I know they're going to good homes. I can understand why popular villagers are really pricey, but yeah if I'm doing any trading it's usually on here.

I've had an iffy experience on reddit which made me stop using it for trades.

 

[Altarium]

This is why I only use this forum for trades. The greed and anonymity running rampant on Discord are a major red flag to me. I would never pay more than 20 tickets for a villager (I respect people who do though!), so paying 500 or more is just baffling to me. Like how do you even get that many I-

In this forum, I've always managed to find that one nice person that will sell something at a very reasonable price (I've now gotten three tier 1 villagers for 16 tickets total from some very kind TBT users, and I got my entire dreamie list in NL in a similar way). I like this community more than anywhere else. The kindness and generosity are unmatched.

 

[Spooky.]

It's frustrating for sure, but I've met some immense kindness in finding a villager I wanted that was out of my reach because of his price. There are still reasonable and fair people, just not as many of them.

I wouldn't mind the prices if people would accept things OTHER than nmts, like bells or TBT. I don't even really understand why people need so many NMTS. Once you get all your dreamies, islands are useless aside from if you are really short on resources. Unless you get a villager, sell them for NMT to hunt villagers to sell them for NMT in an endless cycle which seems a bit time consuming for little payoff.

tl;dr why do people even want NMT when they don't even do much

 

[nyanicat]

I agree that in general there has been a lot of greediness and over inflation going on. I think the whole NMT thing and how it is now so easy to obtain/buy, the prices have just been astronomical. I have been extremely lucky and paid at most 10 NMTs for any of my tier 1-2 villagers that I have. Someone on this forum literally traded me Marshal for 10 NMTs and some items. I think as soon as the people who are willing to buy these villagers at these insane prices get them, the market prices will considerably drop. It's best to just not give those kind of people any kind of attention. Ignore them and let them sit on their own greed.

 

[Blueskyy]

This is why I went and found Raymond, Audie, and Sherb through mystery islands and campsites. Finding Audie and Sherb on the mystery islands were pure luck though.

 

[Nooblord]

Thought this rant would be more along the lines of:

 

[Blueskyy]

It's frustrating for sure, but I've met some immense kindness in finding a villager I wanted that was out of my reach because of his price. There are still reasonable and fair people, just not as many of them.

I wouldn't mind the prices if people would accept things OTHER than nmts, like bells or TBT. I don't even really understand why people need so many NMTS. Once you get all your dreamies, islands are useless aside from if you are really short on resources. Unless you get a villager, sell them for NMT to hunt villagers to sell them for NMT in an endless cycle which seems a bit time consuming for little payoff.

tl;dr why do people even want NMT when they don't even do much

It seems people want NMT now because that’s the standard of currency that was somehow set for sales now. I’m not sure why or how that has happened, because t now that people use NMT as currency so often, many want them to be able to fund their own dream villagers that they may not have amiibos for.

 

[Llunavale]

sellers seem to expect anywhere between 50-400 NMT's. Wow. And when people actually pay these absurd amounts

Yeah, that's the loop you're frustrated about right there - people pay it, so sellers sell for that, then someone offers a bit more, then sellers jump on that new price. It'll be up and down for as long as there's no easier way to get the populars.

I’m not sure why or how that has happened

Bells lost their value incredibly quickly because of the dupe glitch that was discovered on like day two of the games release and because people can just time travel to generate lots of them quickly.