Absurd entry fees for turnips?
- Thread starter BunnyElsa
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people definitely deserve tips for letting us sell on their islands and i don't mind requiring an entrance fee as long as it's reasonable.
but i'm going all in on the stalk market while the game is new and the number of people playing is higher. in case the people who ask for a lot are the only ones left in a few months lol
but i'm going all in on the stalk market while the game is new and the number of people playing is higher. in case the people who ask for a lot are the only ones left in a few months lol
A small fee is okay, but over 99k/1 nmt is excessive imho. I wouldn't go to an island demanding more than that. Another message board I post on has a small community of AC players, and there it just works on a tipping system which I think is fine. Earlier today I sold all my turnips at someone else's island and happily left a 10% tip. Whenever I open up my island for any reasons, it's free. I'm very appreciative of any tips I get.
RandomSanity
Moonrise Isle Settler
I try to tip 010% as well. I'm not a TT so I am much more poor that most users here who have had ages to earn bells.
adripiedri
Senior Member
Start a *secret* small fee /tip only turnip message board in here?
is that allowed? lol
only people who hate the idea of the high entry fee turnip posters will come in, so you've kind of got a smaller, similar-minded community going on
is that allowed? lol
only people who hate the idea of the high entry fee turnip posters will come in, so you've kind of got a smaller, similar-minded community going on
I like to tip a full bag of bells every visit I have to make to another island for turnips, since I often buy about 1 million worth of them every sunday so I have to make numerous visits. I think that is a pretty fair compromise, and since I'm always making a large profit it's no skin off my back. But I dislike mandatory entrance fees and I do think the community is becoming quite greedy - I've seen some people in the turnips thread asking for 5+ NMT to sell at their shop.... where the prices were 80 bells. It's becoming quite delusional.
Akira-chan
#1 Yuri/Dimitri Stan
i dont have a real bad problem with entry fees if they arent insane. what i do hate is when they force you to pay again for multiple trips. i understand that its a real hassle herding people in and staying open however, but paying again just to sell is just too much for me.
ill never understand people asking for a full inventory of star bits, 6+ NMT and anything above 500k just to sell some turnips. it just pushes me away.
also kinda a peeve dont say tips are mandatory thats gross just call it a fee lmao. shout out to people who let people in for free, they'll always get the best tips from me
I just sold turnips on an island that asked for a 1 nmt entry fee which I think is the perfect amount if you're going to charge. One of my favorite parts of the game is giving people stuff so I left 2. With my style of game-play I don't mind fees or tips because I already like giving people stuff as it is.
If I were to get really good turnip prices I would let people come for free and only do it for a certain amount of time until I get tired of it. I get people having entry fees because it can be tedious to let tons of people in for x amount of time but also it would kinda make more sense to me to either charge reasonable fees or not do it at all. Seems more aligned with the spirit of the game to have a giving vibe and not look at everything as an opportunity to profit as much as possible imo. But whatever works for traders, if people are willing to pay really high fees I can't necessarily blame the people charging them, just different styles of playing
If I were to get really good turnip prices I would let people come for free and only do it for a certain amount of time until I get tired of it. I get people having entry fees because it can be tedious to let tons of people in for x amount of time but also it would kinda make more sense to me to either charge reasonable fees or not do it at all. Seems more aligned with the spirit of the game to have a giving vibe and not look at everything as an opportunity to profit as much as possible imo. But whatever works for traders, if people are willing to pay really high fees I can't necessarily blame the people charging them, just different styles of playing
Farfle_Productions
Senior Member
Tbh I don’t think this is a great mindset. I was lucky to have really good turnip prices a while back and I didn’t charge entry fee. People were very kind and tipped me a lot though which I’m happy about because it would took a lot of work managing it, and I did it for about 140 people which took like 5 hours. Being proud of “not dishing out a single bell or ticket” when that person is allowing you to make a lot of profit and not waste money you spent seems very disrespectful of that person’s time.
Wow, just thinking about that makes me anxious. That was very generous of you. Personally I've never had an issue with anyone saying they would appreciate a tip. The few times I've visited another island to grab a villager's DIY or visit Sahara I've always tipped, because it seems like hosting something like that isn't always the most fun way to spend time in this game.
What I was trying to (poorly) say is that there was never an obligation for us to pay to sell on the islands I visit. A tip is one thing, a mandatory fee is another. I haven't dished out a single bell or ticket that was outright asked for as payment for trade because I don't visit those islands. I either trade with friends or with people on other sites (where demanding payment for services like meteor shower viewing/collecting DIYs and turnip selling is frowned on or actively discouraged).
I always leave some kind of thank you, whether it's bells, an item, hybrids, donating to a project or even a thank-you message on their bulletin board (if they're asking for those). Sorry if my post came off as if I'm a sponger, but that just isn't the case.
Farfle_Productions
Senior Member
Ah I see! Makes sense now that you’ve explained it
daisyy
Late-Night Egg
i agree the exorbitant prices are too much, 5 nmt doesn't make sense as an entry fee even with 500+ prices. but it is a service, people are opening their towns for long periods of time and dealing with the headache of people coming in and out, i think it's fair that they be compensated for that whether as a tip/entry fee unless they explicitly say that they don't want anything.
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