Guide of suggested median prices for collectibles

[LyraVale]

lmao. NO, you are not allowed to use the word! nor the p*w*rs*ve word. It's true 100tbt will get you no where..

IKR, I feel like such a rebel even discussing it! XD

Seriously though, I love this site, and I have fun here. I think most of us are trying to have fun, especially the collectors who are very active. I wish things could be a little more fair for everyone. *sigh

Meanwhile, if a new AC game comes out and I need bells again, I'll be on here selling TBT for bells like a madwoman! So maybe I shouldn't complain now...lol

 

[Witch]

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Meanwhile, if a new AC game comes out and I need bells again, I'll be on here selling TBT for bells like a madwoman! So maybe I shouldn't complain now...lol

and lol!

 

[Naiad]

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[f11]

Hmm on the new collectibles, maybe a perfect version of each fruit! Ehh I barely have 20 mil in game and I don't play ac anymore so I'm looking to sell them. But ye, the rates keep going higher and higher.

 

[Skyfall]

I think your observations on prices are spot on with the exception on the teal letter. I sold two recently. I struggled to get 2000 on the first one, then auction on the second one settled at 1500. When i had just a sale thread, there were no biters on the teal. Just my experience.

 

[Witch]

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[Vizionari]

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[Lassy]

I think your observations on prices are spot on with the exception on the teal letter. I sold two recently. I struggled to get 2000 on the first one, then auction on the second one settled at 1500. When i had just a sale thread, there were no biters on the teal. Just my experience.

I've changed the price
Thx!

 

[Danielkang2]

Pokeballs are only going for about 8k right now.

 

[Witch]

Pokeballs are only going for about 8k right now.

LOL? Where?

 

[toastia]

I have the hardest time keeping up in this market.... since I don't play ACNL anymore I get left in the dust. Even if i still did, 5 milllion per 100 means I could only have bought 400 TBT. I actually walked into someone's town and they were duping bells, so its obvious people are duping.

 

[Lassy]

I have the hardest time keeping up in this market.... since I don't play ACNL anymore I get left in the dust. Even if i still did, 5 milllion per 100 means I could only have bought 400 TBT. I actually walked into someone's town and they were duping bells, so its obvious people are duping.

Even by duping, that would be a very tiring job just to get 1000 TBT. With that you wouldn't be able to buy many collectibles.
*sigh*
I thought after the end of platinum/gold awards selling threads that the rates would drop, but it doesn't. :/

 

[Skyfall]

On the issue of prices dropping, its my humble opinion they will not. I have been puzzling as to why not... I think its because, basically, there is no cost to "carry" collectibles.

So, for example, lets say someone offers up a feather. Its not pink purple or white. Now, amongst the people who do not have 10,000 plus, there are people who want it, but they know they cant afford it so many of them wont even offer. Or they offer what they can afford, but its probably rejected.

Right now there appears to be anywhere between 20 to 30 people with 10,000 tbt or more. Among those guys, They either have that feather already or are just not interested in that feather.

In the real world, the price of the said feather would drop. Why? There is a carrying cost, so the seller feels the pressure to drop the price. (For example, a house. You paid 10 million for it, you feel that its worth 10 mil, the market is now soft, though. You are paying a monthly mortgage on it, so every month it doesnt sell, you are feeling some pain. Unless you are super rich and can carry the cost, you likley going to drop the price until it sells)

In our tbt world, there is no cost to just pull the said feather off market and just hold it for another day. (And the seller cant be blamed, really, they probably paid a lot for that feather so they want to recoup at least some of the cost).

I dont even know if that makes sense but thats what i think is going on.

 

[Cherry-Blossoms]

I recently joined tbt and when I used to browse it as a guest, I never knew about the wonderful world of TBT Bells. The problem is, without spending millions of acnl bells, no one will get anywhere as TBT Bells are so hard to earn and the prices seem to be rising for literally everything except maybe the pear and the orange collectables.

Going along with the above, everyone with over 1000 TBT Bells has either bought them with acnl bells or sold their rare collectibles. Some people also may win them from the tbt lottery, someone's contest or has a very kind friend who gives them bells often.

 

[Lassy]

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[Lassy]

Bumpoo

 

[LyraVale]

On the issue of prices dropping, its my humble opinion they will not. I have been puzzling as to why not... I think its because, basically, there is no cost to "carry" collectibles.

...I dont even know if that makes sense but thats what i think is going on.

I totally understand what you're saying. I agree, but since that's not something that can be changed, it doesn't make a difference. :c

What I'm curious about is how many of those people that have 10,000+ TBT are newish to the site. It seems like they are mostly people who were here earlier and it was easier for them to make the TBT with just trading collectibles. People are buying with so many ACNL bells out of desperation I think, since it's pretty hard to make TBT any other way.

Like Lassy said, it takes A LOT of work to make 1000 TBT. Even if you have a rare collectible and sell it and make 10,000...the second you go to buy a couple of other good collectibles, it's all gone. So you can either have TBT or collectibles collecting dust, at this point. Am I wrong?

 

[Skyfall]

Nope, not wrong. Thats why for the truly rare stuff like feathers or pinwheels, a lot of the time, the same 10 people trade amongst themselves. At some point, no one else has the money to put down for rares even when they come on the market. If none of the other 9 people are interested, and the seller will not lower the price, it just goes back into their stash.

And you are right, with the current exchange rate how does any newbie accumulate enough to buy anything? Thats why during the last restock when I was able to grab extras, I either severely slashed prices or even gave letters away for free. Just thinkng out loud, I guess one solution is more frequent restocks. While it would understandably "devalue" the collectibles, more people would have them.

 

[LyraVale]

Thats why during the last restock when I was able to grab extras, I either severely slashed prices or even gave letters away for free. Just thinkng out loud, I guess one solution is more frequent restocks. While it would understandably "devalue" the collectibles, more people would have them.

I saw your thread where you did that and I thought it was very nice of you! I thought of doing that too, since I grabbed a few extra letters, but I'm pretty low on TBT, and unfortunately can't think of any other way I could get the collectibles I want. :c

I still think there should be a limit on how many of the same collectible you can have, so one person with a lot of TBT doesn't buy a bunch of a rare collectible. Although I guess any change they make is gonna have some adverse effect. Like in that case, the prices would fall and no one would trade anymore cuz everyone who cares will have 1 of everything already and get bored.

There's the rule about not selling real life items, so maybe they can put a rule about a cap on how many ACNL bells can be exchanged for TBT? But then enforcing the rule would be a lot of work too....lol, yeah, it's nice to vent, but I understand why nothing is gonna change. It is what it is. XD

 

[SharJoY]

I just started wanting to buy collectibles because I was using any tbt i had to buy rare items since most of them are sold in the tbt section. Once I completed my catalog in my first town then I thought I would start on the collectibles, but i quickly realized that there is no way I will ever complete the sets, as some of them are just selling too high. SO I have given up (I might be able to finish the egg set) I do feel that there should be a cap as to how many one person can buy. and also they should be restocked more often.