So I've had my copy of New Leaf for a few weeks now, and decided to trade one of my villagers (Felicity) to someone rather than letting her go into the void. This was my first time giving one of my villagers to someone, so I wasn't totally sure what to expect.
I posted on tumblr (my first mistake, I felt like I was too much of a noob to use the forums) that Felicity was moving and I was willing to trade her for some pieces of gorgeous furniture. I then got a reply and organised a trade with them.
This person then joined my town and dropped the pieces of furniture which I picked up and then led them to Felicity's house. This is where it went badly. I got the Resetti message (which I have since looked up and know it's when they've flipped their wifi switch) just before I went into Felicity's house. Not knowing what happened I opened my gates again and they joined and said they didn't know what happened and I said I didn't either. I then didn't check my pockets (mistake number 2) and led them back to Felicity's house where they talked to her and then disappeared and I got the message that they were leaving.
After they I left I went to go put my new fancy furniture in my house, where I'd made a space to put it, only to find it wasn't in my pockets. Sending the person asks on tumblr have been unanswered so far... so looks like I won't be getting my furniture back.
I'm hoping that this is a rare thing, and I'll definitely be using the forums for trading now, it seems a lot more secure than just doing them through places like tumblr. I'm not too upset, luckily Felicity isn't a super rare villager (even though the price of those furniture pieces are a lot to a newer player like me) and I've learnt a lesson.
In summary be careful who you trade with and look up all the things that can go wrong before you conduct a trade. And a thanks to the forum for having methods in place to try to prevent this kind of thing.
/end rant
I posted on tumblr (my first mistake, I felt like I was too much of a noob to use the forums) that Felicity was moving and I was willing to trade her for some pieces of gorgeous furniture. I then got a reply and organised a trade with them.
This person then joined my town and dropped the pieces of furniture which I picked up and then led them to Felicity's house. This is where it went badly. I got the Resetti message (which I have since looked up and know it's when they've flipped their wifi switch) just before I went into Felicity's house. Not knowing what happened I opened my gates again and they joined and said they didn't know what happened and I said I didn't either. I then didn't check my pockets (mistake number 2) and led them back to Felicity's house where they talked to her and then disappeared and I got the message that they were leaving.
After they I left I went to go put my new fancy furniture in my house, where I'd made a space to put it, only to find it wasn't in my pockets. Sending the person asks on tumblr have been unanswered so far... so looks like I won't be getting my furniture back.
I'm hoping that this is a rare thing, and I'll definitely be using the forums for trading now, it seems a lot more secure than just doing them through places like tumblr. I'm not too upset, luckily Felicity isn't a super rare villager (even though the price of those furniture pieces are a lot to a newer player like me) and I've learnt a lesson.
In summary be careful who you trade with and look up all the things that can go wrong before you conduct a trade. And a thanks to the forum for having methods in place to try to prevent this kind of thing.
/end rant
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