Absurd entry fees for turnips?

[KnoxUK]

Can't you trade with traders who offer no entry fee? I'd be up for trading when I get turnips next Sunday. Cut out the unnecessary middle man

 

[Ezamoosh]

It's going to be an arduous and stressful task to allow tens to hundreds of people in and hope they don't trample or ruin anything. The way I see it, if you don't like the price, don't go. From everyone I've heard from that has opened, it's a case of "how much money is it worth for me to physically keep doing this", and it's fair that that price is quite high. You're essentially locked out of your own game for a matter of hours lol. I think if I were going to open I'd not ask for an entry fee but have tips appreciated. But I would never call another person greedy for giving up hours of their time.

I'm just playing with my friends at the moment and we're not charging each other anything to come in and sell or buy, but that's a matter of maybe 10 people. I've given my friends tips as thanks for hosting me. When it's strangers on a forum or discord things are naturally going to be different.

 

[Imbri]

Things like this are why I basically play solo. I have no problem with a tip, that's just polite, but the levels of greed I see are disgusting.

 

[thelonewanderer]

I bookmark this page so when I go online, I know who I want to play with. I don't bother with stranger. I never wanted AC to be in smash or have pocket camp. I wish AC would go back to being unpopular. Tire of all these jerks and fortnite/pokemon players coming into AC because of stupid Smash!

 

[lunachii]

I usually tip at least a moneybag of 99k if I can. Most of the times I've visited to sell people have been kind and told me they don't need tip, I wouldn't ask for a steep entry fee if I would open up my gates for turnip sellers.. But yeah I've seen people asking for 5-8 tickets to come, even a popular villager or 500k bells

 

[Quagsire.]

My sister got a massive turnip price as well and even letting her friends over would destroy are wifi. Luckily we could play local but it still took me 1:30 to sell all my turnips, and I gave her 1/4 of my earnings which now to think of it is basically the 500k bells people ask for. It takes like 5 minutes per run per person because of the cut scenes and is just really stressful. I think asking for tickets or other items is a bit far though because that's an entire slot of turnips!

Also not to mention when you do get prices that high, you get 100 discord messages within a minute of posting so even if they were affordable that'd just decrease your chances of ever getting in. I'm not a fan of the prices but I can see why they're there.

 

[Mairen]

If I ever happened to get high prices, I'd let you all in for free. I'm just happy to play together with other people ^-^

 

[Gingersnap]

My friends let me come over to sell turnips yesterday (they TT and try to find a good price so we can sell) and they were taken aback when I asked what the entry fee was. Tips are fine, but seeing an entry fee of like 10+ NMT/99k+ isn't fair I think. People usually tip out of kindness, forcing that to happen doesn't feel right to me.

 

[thatawkwardkid]

Yeah I've been on Reddit and that this turnip exchange site and it was ridiculous. They wanted an entry fee of 500K as well as ~5 NMT or they want really specific/rare furniture(s) as well as an entry fee (probably 99K). Also the queues are insane so I honestly don't think its worth it.

 

[Junee]

I'm more and more convinced that this game having an online ~*~e c o n o m y~*~ is the worse thing to happen to it.

 

[Yulaldie]

I think people are being selfish as the game is new. Ridiculous pricing everywhere. 1NMT or a fair tip, but 5NMT? awful.

 

[Sholee]

I don't think an entry fee makes the host a greedy person, they are using their time to let you into their island to sell turnips for hours on end and sitting through the endless load screens. If you're not happy about the entry fee, no one is forcing you to pay it.

There are people here on the forums as well as on the discord who do not charge any entry fees.

 

[FireNinja1]

Can't you trade with traders who offer no entry fee? I'd be up for trading when I get turnips next Sunday. Cut out the unnecessary middle man

There are very few people who TT for prices, and very many who wish to sell. Demand >> supply, therefore people have the ability to charge for things like this.

Additionally, TTing for prices is a time-consuming process. If someone offers high prices, they are offering it as a service, and people can choose whether or not to use that service. If 5 NMT per run is too high, then people will adjust how they sell turnips accordingly.

The stalk market is Animal Crossing's version of the stalk market. I do find it intriguing that people effectively charge commission to sell turnips (similar to selling stocks in the real world), although I'm unsure whether that is a necessarily good or bad practice.

 

[Larimar]

I really dont see the reason for the hostility. It's boring, stressful and time-consuming to let tons of people in and out of town and making sure nothing goes wrong. I 100% understand why some people would require fees.

Anything crazy like 500k or 10 nmts? Yeah I agree that's not worth it, but I dont like the attitude of some people in this thread saying "people that require any fee are GREEDY" like no... to you you're just jumping in for a couple minute to sell turnips, to them they're spending an absurd amount of time an energy making sure the many people coming through have basic decency. They could spend that time making bells or collecting resources in some other way, but they simply can't while they're offering the service.

(Also I dont disagree with you, OP, I'm just not happy with some of the other replies)

 

[CowKing]

It's ironic that some of the people in this thread calling people who have entry fees greedy (because they have to make a living too and have to risk dozens of people coming in to their safe haven for hours) come across as greedy and cheap themselves. If you don't want to pay an entry fee, don't go. Simple as that.
I agree that 500k+ or 5 NMT+ PER TRIP is bad. Like really bad. But I just ignore it, because there's gonna be someone out there in the forums who will charge cheaper.

 

[Venusian31]

I don't have a problem with people asking for a reasonable fee to come and trade. I just avoid the ones I feel are charging too much. I'm more concerned with the amount of stealing that's going on in this game. It seems much worse than it was in New Leaf. Last week I had a really high turnip price and I opened up to allow people to come sell all afternoon. I didn't ask for anything, but several people would pop up a quick message to tell me they left me a tip by the airport or fountain. When I would go to pick it up, it wasn't there. I started walking back and forth from the airport to the shop and watching people and that's when I noticed there was another girl there doing the same thing. She was following people back and forth and stealing the tips they were leaving for me. The way she was following people probably made them think she was the island owner when she wasn't. As soon as she realized I had spotted her, she made the laughing gesture and then did the silent leave thing. I was stunned. I have no idea how many tips she stole, but I do know I had a lot of people coming in and out that day, so it may have been a lot. Now I feel like I have to monitor everything when I open up to help people and that takes the fun out of it for me.

 

[Selky]

Honestly it's quite tedious and a lot of work opening up your town to people especially 50-100 people rushing in for a high turnip price. So, I definitely like to tip.
That said, most people I visit are just "Tips not necessary but appreciated" or "Tip what you feel is fair/1 nmt per visit" sort of deal which I think is along the way I would feel if my town gets good price one of these days.

People charging obscene prices are nothing new. Just as things get overdone on villagers, item trades, and so forth...turnip entry fees aren't excluded from that. Ultimately, anyone can set whatever price they want to, even if many of us don't agree, and you just choose either to go or not. There's many prices that come up through the week and you're bound to encounter someone with more reasonable standards.

I'm sorry for the frustration though, I get it. <3

 

[meggiewes]

I don't have a problem with people asking for a reasonable fee to come and trade. I just avoid the ones I feel are charging too much. I'm more concerned with the amount of stealing that's going on in this game. It seems much worse than it was in New Leaf. Last week I had a really high turnip price and I opened up to allow people to come sell all afternoon. I didn't ask for anything, but several people would pop up a quick message to tell me they left me a tip by the airport or fountain. When I would go to pick it up, it wasn't there. I started walking back and forth from the airport to the shop and watching people and that's when I noticed there was another girl there doing the same thing. She was following people back and forth and stealing the tips they were leaving for me. The way she was following people probably made them think she was the island owner when she wasn't. As soon as she realized I had spotted her, she made the laughing gesture and then did the silent leave thing. I was stunned. I have no idea how many tips she stole, but I do know I had a lot of people coming in and out that day, so it may have been a lot. Now I feel like I have to monitor everything when I open up to help people and that takes the fun out of it for me.

Wow. That's just skeezy and underhanded. I would totally not want to play with anyone I didn't know if I had that happen to me. That would make trading with people a big pain in the rear and take the fun out of it.

 

[nammie]

I usually tip 99k per trip, and I think when prices are really high (like 600+) I can understand charging higher entry fees... I never apply for those though, queues are too long and I don't have the patience lol.

I do think it's kinda greedy if theyre asking for like 5nmt PER trip, but it is also a lot of work to let that many ppl in so I have a lot of respect for people who open their towns up to let people sell

 

[ali.di.magix]

I personally just wouldn't support those people who are clearly trying to make a big profit. I think anything more than 1 nmt or 99k bells is just greedy. From what I've seen on here though, people who have an entry fee higher than 1 nmt aren't very successful with their profit making business lol, that's what you get when you're straight up greedy.