[rant] I used Nookazon once and I am never touching it again

[rawstberry]

i'm sorry this has happened to you! i've never used nookazon but all the things i've heard about that site make me feel like it's very easy to accidentally encounter someone rude or someone who wants to straight up scam you which sucks. :0 not to generalize of course because i'd lie if i said i never had any iffy experience on this forum but it happened with only one person and it seems they're not even an active user on here. altrough the vast majority of people on here i've traded with were very nice indeed which is the exact reason why i've decided to stick to tbt regardless.

 

[skarmoury]

Yikes, sorry to hear that super bad experience. :/
I like trading materials and DIYs here, but for villagers I think TBT is pretty slow so I go over to Nookazon Discord. I rarely ever use the actual Nookazon site. The last time I used the site, the person supposedly selling me Genji took hours of having them move out after they said "I'll get him in boxes just a minute". What's worse is that they were unresponsive afterwards and left the trade open for offers so while they were trying to kick Genji out, I was already outbid and at that point I wasn't sure whether they had just ghosted me to move on to the higher offers. I had to cancel the trade myself after hours because it was 2 AM and I wasn't staying up longer for an uncertainty. They did apologize (and mentioned after hours of no response that Genji still wasn't in boxes) and it was all fine or whatever but it just made me a little more cautious around the site itself.
If you're still looking to get villagers, I actually suggest the nookazon discord more than the site; there are a lot more people selling villagers there and people usually post pics as proof said villagers are moving away or in boxes. Granted, there are still a good number of scammers, but they mostly bait with Raymond/Judy/other popular characters and you can search their name in discord to see whether they're just recycling their messages/pics or something.

 

[Tiffany]

Never bought a villager on nookazon, just diys. i got 1 villager from this site and she was free. i did notice on nookazon that a lot of people there will post and disappear, never responding to offers.. so i made a point to onlt make offers to people listed as online at that time. One odd thing did happen to me a couple times there. Someone would offer something for nmt or wishlist items. I would offer something(s) on their wishlist only to get a notification that my offer was refused because the items offered were not requested. Really? Why is it on your wishlist if you don't want it? I only went to nookazon cause i was trying to get the rest of the wreath/crown diys i needed and couldn't get them here. I prefer to do all my trading here.

 

[skarmoury]

Everything was overpriced to a ridiculous extent, the communication was awful, and I was pretty confused trying to understand how the site worked.

I agree! My friends warned me against buying materials from the Nookazon website. The sellers skew material prices so high. x.x
The online system is confusing too; apparently you should be the one to list yourself as online/offline? I dunno how it works but it's not like here or discord or other sites where they register you as online once you log into the site.

 

[Millysaurusrexjr]

Nookazon is definitely a last-resort kinda place. And still I would never go there to get a villager. Sorry that happened to you, hope you can find Sylvia next time around

 

[UnendingHope]

Bruh people overprice everything on nookazon. Get dat garbage outta here

 

[John Wick]

I feel for you.

I don't buy villagers anymore, since a seller fell asleep when it was time to trade, and I had a random move in thanks to that.

I ended up with no villager, yet I had made two payments.

Before I knew about plot resetting in NL.

 

[Lotusblossom]

Yeah well the whole process of actually getting the right person to move is such a pain.... need amiibos..

 

[John Wick]

Yeah well the whole process of actually getting the right person to move is such a pain.... need amiibos..

That's what I ended up doing, and have used nothing but amiibo's ever since.

Fast, reliable, honest, and a sure thing.

 

[Manon_Despoina]

It sucks that they weren't really apologetic and that it took so long... but to be fair, the villager sleeping happened to me once here on TBT. The person who was cycling Deirdre for me could go into her house and she would be in boxes, but once I tried to go in immediately afterwards the game told me she was sleeping. While it is annoying, at least that part is not really the seller's fault and not something they could have checked. Their reaction towards you could have been much kinder, though - them forcing you to react quickly after having you wait for hours on end is inexcusable.

Sorry this happened to you

 

[peachycrossing9]

Oof, I'm really sorry that happened to you. It's awful when you run into untrustworthy, rude people like that.

I have to admit, I used to hate the idea of trading on Nookazon as well because of all the bad stories that people tell. I would avoid it at all costs and only stay here to do trading.
But, recently I was hunting for a particular DIY and it was nowhere to be seen here, so I tried Nookazon just to check. Of course they had it, and I found someone who was offering it for a very reasonable price. I had no issues with the trade, and the trader was lovely.

I guess everyone just has very different experiences with Nookazon, but that good trade on there taught me not to judge something before I have even tried it.
Now I use Nookazon frequently for certain items and materials. I never trade villagers on there though. That part of it still scares me a little bit.

 

[FRANS_PLAYER]

Everything was overpriced to a ridiculous extent, the communication was awful, and I was pretty confused trying to understand how the site worked.

I saw someone saying they saw someone selling a FLIMSY NET for 4 million Bells! It's insane.

 

[Milady_Bell]

I have a bit of a different story to tell. I did an auction for a furniture item but I completely forgot I was holding it...
sure enough, two days pass and I get a discord notification saying that I got bitten. I'm kind of sad that iI got bitten but at the same time I'm mad at myself. I forgot all about it because I had to go and pick up my parents. Plus I removed the app from my phone since it seems to work like crap.
My only gripe is that I wish the bites weren't permanent

 

[Mad Aly]

Oh, man... I'm so sorry that was your first experience on Nookazon. I don't use it anymore, but I was lucky enough that the small number of trades I did on there went pretty smoothly. I even managed to become friends with a super kind person, who was one of the first Nookazon users I ever traded with. They actually thanked for me trusting them after I traded 40 NMT and a snack machine for 10 of their lillies of the valley. Just goes to show you that there really are some awfully sweet and sincere individuals on the site. Most are incredibly communicative and conscious about scamming. But, of course and unfortunately, there are always some bad apples that you gotta look out for... First-time users/traders are particularly vulnerable, but it really could happen to anybody anywhere. I hope you'll find Sylvia soon, if at least from a genuine trader who has your best interest at heart. ❤