Is anyone else annoyed by the constant greed?

[Selky]

I offered to let people over to grab a DIY for free and got overwhelmed by how many people responded, as well as how many people ghosted and wasted my time. There was a moment where I wished I'd charged a few

Honestly, that's my biggest community pet peeve right now. And exactly like you stated, you can be giving away items for free so the only thing they have to do is get the item...but they ghost or just take forever to communicate.

It's a huge deterrent to doing certain types of giveaways for me right now.

 

[Raz]

Unfortunately, this is prevalent in all aspects of life. If someone thinks they can get a high price out of someone for something, most people sadly feel no guilt at all about doing this. The best thing we can do in the case of the high prices on this game is to simply take a stand and not pay them. If someone wants to charge 10 nmt simply to grant me access to their town, I simply won't visit their town.

I welcome visitors to my town for any reason, free of charge. I guess I'm just lonely and glad for the momentary company. If I can help you guys with anything, please let me know

Also, it's important to remember the OP about the Free Traders initiative created by yourself. It's probably something the OP will enjoy partaking in, and it's a lot more reasonable than going after random people on other sites who are making stupid offers like the one mentioned by them.

 

[Soigne]

it is a bit unfortunate. i don’t like now nook mile tickets have become standard currency for trading, but perhaps that will cease to be the case in a few months. but that’s how it goes, i suppose.

 

[avieators]

Raymond prices are insane! Him going anywhere from 1000nmt to r e a l m o n e y??? I've managed to save up 150nmt so far in hopes of hunting for him for because buying him is out of the question! I love the cat but even at Marshall's highest popularity I never saw him go anywhere near as high!

ngl r e a l m o n e y is sending me sky high hdjdjdns raymond prices are ridiculous everywhere, like what is it abt this funky lil lad that's got everyone goin bonkers!! i like raymond ok but i prefer audie and megan out of the new villagers. sherb good too

 

[Spooky.]

ngl r e a l m o n e y is sending me sky high hdjdjdns raymond prices are ridiculous everywhere, like what is it abt this funky lil lad that's got everyone goin bonkers!! i like raymond ok but i prefer audie and megan out of the new villagers. sherb good too

It's because he's new, a cat, a hipster (aesthetics), and because he has that hete-eye thing that I can't spell.

 

[deleted]

It’s ridiculous when you think about it. Dude, it’s a GAME, not a small business. A customer in my shop actually thanked me for having such fair prices today. It was so comforting because I’m afraid of being too greedy.

Some people are so unreasonable. I try to keep my prices fair based on time and fair profit. I might have all 16 Amiibo figures and a fat stack of cards, but I’m not turning everyone’s pockets inside out because I have something they don’t. I cannot in good conscience charge what some people on here are charging for items.

Inflation is expected for the sake of profit, but there’s a line.

 

[Raz]

I haven't yet, the item is the white floating biotope planter!

I have it, send me a pm and I can arrange a visit so you can take it

 

[Chloebug44]

I list what I like as tips like certain diys or bells or hybrids and such but I never make a REQUIRED amount because some have less than others and sometimes I make excepts for people. But ever since New Horizons I’ve seen a real change in behavior on this site. Like someone was selling art and I told them I only have half the price they are looking for and asked if there was anything they could do and I got treated like I was awful. They were so rude no matter how polite I was and made targeted comments about me on their posts. They were bashing me saying they weren’t gonna waste their time on me and it takes them 12 hours a piece and that I probably haven’t even drawn or I don’t know anything. I’ve been one of the nicest members on here for YEARS and I’m proud of my representation and I’m 16 and they were 23 acting like a child. It’s sad to see and disheartening. Also the outrageous 1000+ NMT for Raymond and the fake ones like what the heck... I get his demand is high and he’s decently rare but it’s all by chance. And I have seen an increase in the amount of people getting him which is odd but nice. He’s my last dreamie but I’m simply gonna wait until the hype dies down and see if I can get him then! I’ve also experienced(kinda off topic) a lot of people ghosting on trades or ignoring my comments and messages? Like I had an auction and the winner was active every day after and didn’t even respond what so ever. But I could see them posting and trading with others. The community and society in general has changed for the worse and it’s sad to see! I have met some good people and even made new best friends who mean the world to me. But the community seems to have outweighed the good with bad...

 

[acnl.nancy]

i know its crazy!! one time I asked for a simple and common DIY recipe. It was a wooden stool. A WOODEN STOOL and this human being wanted 150k bells for it. a week or so ago someone was charging 5 NMTs to see Celeste. if what they are selling is rare i get it, but simple stuff like Celeste and common items its just unnecessary.

 

[trashpedia]

People are trying to collect NMTs as a way to obtain Raymond or dreamies but I don't think that's a really effective way of obtaining them. I've heard of people that obtained Raymond or others through the campsite method or move-ins along with patience but I really don't think NMTs are worth using if you're looking for a specific villager. I generally tend to use them if I'm not looking for anything in particular and just want to see what kinds of people I can run across.

 

[hollowface]

as someone that trades/adopts very often as well as tts, its often a pain to see others struggling when others are making bank
i try to help as many people out as i can. i give welcome gifts and tips everytime i invite people over or go to another persons island.

wish that people werent so greedy. its really sad. :/

 

[Darkure]

I can't even look at turnip.exchange anymore. The things people ask for is pretty crazy.

 

[PikaPika19]

I really wish NMTs weren't the main currency everyone uses. I find that Nook Miles take forever to get, but Bells don't take me very long at all (plant a money tree with 10,000 bells, wait a few days, and bam! 30,000 bells.). I wish bells would just be the main currency and that people wouldn't ask for totally outrageous prices. (I got a home loan to pay off, y'all. I can't spend millions on a cat with glasses.)

 

[kattzy]

A lot of people here condemn the seller for their prices but you have to consider its the people offering ridiculous prices because they duped early on that has set some of these standards
Raymond only sells for 1000 tickets because people are WILLING to pay that
It starts with the buyers, not condemning the sellers for asking what is actually market price

 

[Warrior]

I try to always be generous with my pricing but find when I set it at what I think it SHOULD be I get overwhelmed. I started selling bags of hybrids (39) for 99k igb a few weeks ago and. lol that price had to shoot up cause it was so hard to keep up with .

I ignore the greedy people. And also people who are like, well I'm getting offered xyz on discord, facebook etc. Bruh you know that's against the rules right ! Have fun being low iq pal!

I think in a few weeks it will simmer down, these are after all people who aren't here long and are only trying to profit off the community, especially if people are selling characters for real money, get tired of it. I think some might even get it for in game currency here.... sell for real money elsewhere.......

 

[tybalt_cake]

to be fair , some sites for trading online have stupid people trying to sell you **** for WAY TOO HIGH prices , but I'm glad I haven't seen that here at all

I remember someone offering a villager (which is worth no more than 3mil IGB) for 20mil IGB , no one is paying that lmfao

 

[MayorJuan]

It is extremely possible to have that many hybrids. Everyone looovess using the “tHaT cANt bE pOsSiBlE tHeY mUsT bE tImE TrAvElInG” line whenever someone has something that they can’t achieve. I think that’s equally, if not more annoying than people asking for a lot of IGB/NMTs, which btw if you do not like you can simply not trade with them, close the thread and find something else etc.

 

[Candy83]

i know its crazy!! one time I asked for a simple and common DIY recipe. It was a wooden stool. A WOODEN STOOL and this human being wanted 150k bells for it. a week or so ago someone was charging 5 NMTs to see Celeste. if what they are selling is rare i get it, but simple stuff like Celeste and common items its just unnecessary.

Suggestion: Visit an island in which the representative has the Wooden Stool. Whether or not he/she gives it to you, if that rep lets you catalog it, you will have that DIY recipe for when you return home.

(Noted Friday, April 24, 2020 @ 11:30 p.m. ET: This “Suggestion” is not accurate, as pointed out by other forum members’s responses, and I do recognize @ Post #68 that I was mistaken. I am sorry about that.)

 

[Rave]

I think the IGB value of NMT is definitely causing some of the inflation. NMT being worth 200k each is fine when you're dealing with really expensive items like villagers, since it's more compact. The absolute lowest value you can achieve with them is 200k. Hence leading to people basically asking 200k (1 ticket) for basic, common, 1k igb items : P

Post automatically merged: Apr 24, 2020

also turnip.exchange is a COMPLETE disaster, 90% of the people on that website are asking for 5-10 NMT to enter per trip to sell turnips. Saw someone asking for robot heros the other day, lol.

 

[Antonio]

Literally everyone wants an arm and a leg to let people in.