Are tips really tips anymore?

[Regal]

I always make sure to tip, if I can, and depending on the situation! If I'm in someone's town selling turnips for half an hour I'm gonna tip at least 10-20%. (Depending on how much they were going for.) I don't like to leave my host empty handed for their time though.

While as a host I never make anything like tipping mandatory, but I've usually had a pleasant experience when hosting people. (except one time I had someone hold us hostage for our turnip money)

 

[ALLCAPS]

By definition that's definitely not a tip, but a fee. I always give about 500k of tips whenever I sell in someone's town. Sometimes 1mil if I take particularly long or if I entered late due to errors or if the person is very nice.

Usually when they say "tips required" or "please tip" or "tip 500k minimum" I just avoid them and not go in their town at all. I mean, don't call it tips if it's like that. Those are not tips, those are fees. Be honest and I would gladly give you whatever percentage you'd like. If you want 50% of my haul I'll give it to you if you honestly say it instead of calling it "tips" or guilt tripping me or whatever.

Being forced or feel obliged to "tip" makes me feel icky and don't want to tip at all. Otherwise I'm pretty generous.

 

[Shirohibiki]

I've never heard of tipping in AC this is all very weird to me but I don't do the turnip thing.

As for giveaways or villagers, if a person specifies what they want I can try to give something...? But I don't actually know what to give half the time other than undying gratitude. o.o;; Nor do I expect anything myself.

 

[LyraVale]

Ya, I've always tipped cyclers for giving me a free villager. Because they usually do it for free, and to make people happy. They definitely deserve it.

(except one time I had someone hold us hostage for our turnip money)

Wow! That sounds like an interesting story... o.o lol

 

[Carbohydrates]

As a server in a restaurant, the analogies to tipping waitstaff in this thread are pretty amusing! It's really not comparable, lol.

Anyway, I wouldn't require a tip for letting people sell in my town. Often, people who visit me to trade tip without any prompt whatsoever as well! It's a pretty solid community here.

 

[Piroshi]

I don't do turnips, but I wouldn't expect a tip even if I did. When I do things for free I do them to be nice, not to make money. If I wanted money I would have asked for it outright, and it couldn't be called a tip in that case. Not that tips aren't appreciated, but I'm not going to be disappointed if I don't get any because I never asked for anything in the first place.

 

[ALLCAPS]

Wow! That sounds like an interesting story... o.o lol

I'm interested to know too. How do you get hostaged? o.o

I know you can trap people in the island, but how does that work in your town?

Usually when they say "tips required" or "please tip" or "tip 500k minimum"

That's supposed to be combined as "please tip 500k minimum", I have no idea why I separated them what

 

[dreamysnowx]

When you let someone over to sell turnips in your town, people start to expect tips. I always thought of tips being as something you felt like you should give, not a requirement. I always give 10% of what I make, but I do it out of the thankfulness of my heart. Earlier in the train station, I saw someone force you to pay 700k to come to their town to sell. It's your town, you can do what you want, but it doesn't seem like a tip. It's more like you have to buy.
Do you expect tips?

I once paid 2 mil to enter to sell at a town, I was cool with it. :]

Tips aren't requirements, it's common courtesy. But I'm fine with having to pay to enter towns to sell turnips, I don't really see it as "forcing" in any way. :]

 

[Yui Z]

I find it kind of rude for people to force tips out of you, but then, at the same time they're giving their own time for you to come and sell. It's easy for people to take advantage of that and forget that they probably have other things they want or need to be doing. I think it's better if they include in their post something like "tips welcome" or "tips appreciated" to at least give them the option.

I receive endless tips from visitors who simply turn up at my town out of nowhere (even if I have no idea who they are)... I'm not even sure why they leave them for me, they just do.

 

[ALLCAPS]

I once paid 2 mil to enter to sell at a town, I was cool with it. :]

Tips aren't requirements, it's common courtesy. But I'm fine with having to pay to enter towns to sell turnips, I don't really see it as "forcing" in any way. :]

Exactly why being asked to pay upon entry isn't considered a tip. At that point, it's a fee. So people shouldn't be dishonest and call it 'tipping' them. Just outright say 'pay me this amount' and there is no problem. I'm fine with having to pay too.

Like you said, tips aren't requirements. So if people are requiring you to tip, then they are not tips and so shouldn't be called as such, otherwise they just come off as dishonest. > n>

 

[kasane]

Well 700k is a bit ridiculous, but seeing as that you earn from 1mil-10mil+, an entry fee would kinda make sense, although a bit greedy. I usually tip around 500k whenever I sell turnips. I don't charge an entry fee, nor do I practically beg for a tip, but a tip is out of thanks

 

[ALLCAPS]

I find it kind of rude for people to force tips out of you, but then, at the same time they're giving their own time for you to come and sell. It's easy for people to take advantage of that and forget that they probably have other things they want or need to be doing. I think it's better if they include in their post something like "tips welcome" or "tips appreciated" to at least give them the option.

This. That's why I always leave tips even if they don't ask for it. Especially if they don't ask for it. Because that's what a tip is.

If they ask for a specific amount in their post prior to letting people enter their town, that's fine as well. They are giving up time just to let you sell in their town. But if they call it tips, then no.

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Well 700k is a bit ridiculous, but seeing as that you earn from 1mil-10mil+, an entry fee would kinda make sense, although a bit greedy. I usually tip around 500k whenever I sell turnips. I don't charge an entry fee, nor do I practically beg for a tip, but a tip is out of thanks

It would suck though because what if you only have an inventory full of turnips? You're only going to make 1-2mil, and you already lost 700k right off the bat.

700k is fine if you're selling a locker full. Heck that's even cheap. But asking 700k upon entry when you don't even know how many they're gonna sell is a bit blah. At least specify it in their post before letting people in their town. < A>

 

[Zedark]

I dont think it should be a forced thing but i feel that most people on TBT like tipping anyway so it's not that much of a problem. I think i would feel guilty making people tip me

 

[Cariad]

I just sold turnips, and the wifi went so i lost everything, and now they want 500k tip still. They were talking behind my back too and I could see. Argh!

 

[AmyK]

Paying for selling turnips isn't new to me. Before I came here I was roaming another forum and we agreed on a 10% share when we started dealing with turnips. And we bought and sold a lot. I think that's pretty fair because it's a win-win situation. You get the chance to make a huge profit and the host also gets a slice of the cake for being nice and taking the time to open the gates for umpteen people. Nobody ever asked for 10% when there were no good selling prices, though. We're talking about 300+ Bells per turnip.

I think a fee for selling turnips is okay as long as you're honest and nobody gets forced.

 

[Hot]

I don't make or ask anyone to tip me, but they just leave it as a surprise in the plaza, or buy one of my placeholder (1m) items in Re-tail without notifying me as a form of a tip. 90% of the people who sell turnips in my town tip at least 500k though.

It's pretty much my main source of income/bells.

 

[Twisk]

Umm I'm not sure if I agree with the general tone of this thread, I think someone should have a right to require tips if they want to. For instance, I have a very developed town that I've put hundreds of hours into, so opening my gates to strangers would be risky on my part, and it would also be a generous use of my time, purely to help others make some quick bells...so I don't think it's a stretch to require people to pay a bit back for the trouble, time, and risk?

If you don't like that someone requires tips, or if you're selfish enough to not understand why it's nice to give tips, well, you don't have to go sell your turnips in that town; I'm sure there are other options.

 

[jolokia]

Right, but if it's required, it's not a tip, it's a fee. A tip is generally considered to be an optional gift for a service rendered, at least in my country. I think the US does things otherwise so maybe people are interpreting the word differently.

 

[ALLCAPS]

Umm I'm not sure if I agree with the general tone of this thread, I think someone should have a right to require tips if they want to. For instance, I have a very developed town that I've put hundreds of hours into, so opening my gates to strangers would be risky on my part, and it would also be a generous use of my time, purely to help others make some quick bells...so I don't think it's a stretch to require people to pay a bit back for the trouble, time, and risk?

If you don't like that someone requires tips, or if you're selfish enough to not understand why it's nice to give tips, well, you don't have to go sell your turnips in that town; I'm sure there are other options.

Right, but if it's required, it's not a tip, it's a fee. A tip is generally considered to be an optional gift for a service rendered, at least in my country. I think the US does things otherwise so maybe people are interpreting the word differently.

Don't mistake the tone of the thread as people being selfish because you are misconstruing the whole point of it.

What jolokia said, I've said multiple times already: THAT IS A FEE. And everyone has the right to charge a fee, but DO NOT call them tips.

We've said we're fine paying fees but call it as it is. Don't call it tips. Tips are never required and are never an obligation. That is not what a tip is.

 

[Waluigi]

People that beg for tips annoy me. I tip a solid 500k, regardless if they want more.