FaerieRose
Unpearable Eccentric
It's the whole "shop" mindset. Suddenly, everything is a business transaction, rather than friends helping friends.
Absurd entry fees for turnips?
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mayortiffany
Senior Member
I'm on that same Discord server. There is a large variety of prices out there - some people don't charge anything, some will charge 2NMT for a 400+ price and others 4. To be completely fair to them, keeping your gates open for sellers can be a time-consuming process, and not everyone who has an insane price time travels. If they don't get what they feel to be a fair price for their service (opening their town for sellers), it's not worth their time. And if you don't want to be waiting hours in a queue that you might not even get to the front of the line of, paying a fee might be worth your time. If fees are too low or non-existent for a good price, you might be flooded with a few hundred requests and have to wait in a line with a few hundred in front of you. If fees are too high for a not so good price, no one will want to come.
Recently, I paid 2 NMT for a town offering a price at around 440. I was in and out in about 20 minutes and I don't really use NMT for much, so the price was absolutely worth it for me. I have limited time due to having to juggle uni responsibilities so I can't wait around all day just sitting in a queue.
It'll be interesting to see if the economy changes in a few months, but I think the utility of fees for both buyer and seller will mean that people will continue to offer it in the future. However, the more sellers offer runs for free, the more competition fee-chargers will face, so... we'll see.
Recently, I paid 2 NMT for a town offering a price at around 440. I was in and out in about 20 minutes and I don't really use NMT for much, so the price was absolutely worth it for me. I have limited time due to having to juggle uni responsibilities so I can't wait around all day just sitting in a queue.
It'll be interesting to see if the economy changes in a few months, but I think the utility of fees for both buyer and seller will mean that people will continue to offer it in the future. However, the more sellers offer runs for free, the more competition fee-chargers will face, so... we'll see.
Were entry fees ever a thing back in the NL scene?? I hardly remember anyone asking for a deadset price for entering their towns. It doesn't seem right at all imo. Not everyone has a ton of turnips to sell where 150k+ wouldn't make a huge dent in their pocket.
-Apples-
Apple Imperialist
I think entry fees for visiting sounds like a cheap way to make Bells or NMT. Even if I were at my greediest moment, I would let people onto my island for free as long as they don’t do any damage to my town. I would even help them find Nook’s Cranny.
I don't know, I feel like the prices are absurd for so many things! The price of hybrids, villagers, single items, crafting recipes... Holy cow!
I'm happy to trade with people for free, for items, or for IGB, but it feels like everyone else is charging NMTs. The economy is really haywire.
I'm happy to trade with people for free, for items, or for IGB, but it feels like everyone else is charging NMTs. The economy is really haywire.
So, I'm just going to jump in here because I was one of the people who charged entry fee for my turnip price that was nearly 600.
Initially, I charged 2NMT per entry for the following reasons:
I took a dinner break and had nothing else to do for dinner, so I figured I might as well open my town back up. But, at this point, I was tired and my husband kept telling me to charge what everyone else was charging, so I bumped it up to 4NMT. I pretty much figured that if people wanted to come, great. If nobody liked the price, I'll just close my gates and call it for the night. But people still kept coming and I kept getting messages about it.
Would I do it again? Yep, absolutely. I ended up splitting the NMT with family so I didn't actually have that many at the end.
Initially, I charged 2NMT per entry for the following reasons:
- Everyone else was charging for it
- I wanted to island hop for a new villager
- I would have to be online doing nothing and just making sure nobody trampled my town
I took a dinner break and had nothing else to do for dinner, so I figured I might as well open my town back up. But, at this point, I was tired and my husband kept telling me to charge what everyone else was charging, so I bumped it up to 4NMT. I pretty much figured that if people wanted to come, great. If nobody liked the price, I'll just close my gates and call it for the night. But people still kept coming and I kept getting messages about it.
Would I do it again? Yep, absolutely. I ended up splitting the NMT with family so I didn't actually have that many at the end.
I do a whole bunch of trading, and I gotta say, I remember it being easy to get a start with the market back in NL. I understand that Nook Miles tickets have high value because you get to islands which have materials you can use. What I don't get is why they're used for almost every payment. I mean, they're worth like 250k, and they're used for entrees?? Just tell me the IGB value you want for my visit and I'll sell my NMT, thanks.
ughrora
Always keep your cool, b-b-baby.
I never charge anyone to visit for anything. Whether it's for turnips, or to speak to Celeste, etc. If they want to give a tip, that's fine, but I just don't feel right charging people.
astermallow
freshly delivered clown
from my (non-turnip related) experience with hosting any more than a couple people for something, where people are constantly coming and going... it gets reeallll annoying real fast. I don't even know what it is exactly, but it always ends up taking up a ton of my time/attention. so I don't think charging a entry fee *in general* is a terrible thing, but I def agree that some of the prices people charge are way out there lol. I still come across a lot of people that let people in for free or just say tips are appreciated, so I pretty much ignore the others.
Yeah, I'm appalled at the sheer greed of some and I've chosen not to participate and simply ignore it.
I post in another general videogame forum where there's about 30 of us playing New Horizons and between us we see who has the best turnip prices on Sunday morning and report on our prices throughout the week and nobody charges for anything. I think they'd be genuinely puzzled at the very suggestion of someone charging to visit their town.
What these people charging for entry ought to understand is that the people you help out today may be the people that you need help from tomorrow.
I post in another general videogame forum where there's about 30 of us playing New Horizons and between us we see who has the best turnip prices on Sunday morning and report on our prices throughout the week and nobody charges for anything. I think they'd be genuinely puzzled at the very suggestion of someone charging to visit their town.
What these people charging for entry ought to understand is that the people you help out today may be the people that you need help from tomorrow.
CowKing
All Hail Shadow!
I also wanna add that I don't personally think NMTs are worth 250k, or at least not for long. The prices are slowly dropping and it's getting harder and harder to sell NMTs on their own. They're mostly being used to trade now.
My solution (and I'm not saying you guys should do this, but that's what I'm going to do) is to simply PM a few people here who have the same mindset about how a healthy community works whenever my prices are good (everything upwards of 200 Bells/turnip), so they can come, sell their stuff and go back to their islands, fee of charge.
While I can't control the community, I absolutely can control who I deal with and who I will be willing to help. I may not profit doing this, but that's not my intention, either.
While I can't control the community, I absolutely can control who I deal with and who I will be willing to help. I may not profit doing this, but that's not my intention, either.
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I don't know which forum you're referring to, but back when I was playing NL, I was part of a group on gamefaqs where all the players were 30+ years old, and it worked exactly like this. It was a collaborative effort towards the common good, and it wasn't only about turnips.
It feels so greedy asking for an exuberant amount of money in return. Asking for a small fee, a couple of thousand bells or a few NMT is more acceptable, but even then it feels weird. I never saw this back in NL, everyone would just offer to help and maybe ask for a hybrid, but not 300kt, etc, etc. I saw a few of these 'offers' but only for half of all the bells you made, at that point, it feels so pointless to even go to sell them on a high price island.
I avoid any island with an entry fee and wouldn't charge one myself. I always tip when I visit somewhere (in NMTs usually, because I am broke!) because I think it's polite, but I'm not into requiring payment. Tom Nook is the only greedy capitalist in my game 
Isn't it ironic that the same fanbase that always made jokes about how Tom Nook was evil because he's a greedy capitalist now has most of it's members acting in a way that would make Tom Nook look like the most charitable socialist leader in the world?I avoid any island with an entry fee and wouldn't charge one myself. I always tip when I visit somewhere (in NMTs usually, because I am broke!) because I think it's polite, but I'm not into requiring payment. Tom Nook is the only greedy capitalist in my game
Thankfully, I've been able to sell for 500+ without dishing out a single bell or ticket. I'm not going to pay someone a fee to enter their island, because I didn't do that when my prices were just under 600. I was very happy to let people in to sell. I was also quite surprised at the greed, like people charging 1 million bells before you're even allowed to sell (sets my scam alarms off).
It's kinda funny though. This game series is so cute and chill, but the stalk market is the antithesis of that.
It's kinda funny though. This game series is so cute and chill, but the stalk market is the antithesis of that.
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