Just wondering if anyone else experienced this or if it's just a coincidence.
I gave my Molly a skull shirt that she would wear all the time and some coconut juice that she used to have displayed in her house. It eventually got replaced by other gifts.
Anyway she moved out and I found these items in the recycling bin(or whatever it's called in this game).
yeah I don't know why no one talks about this! It's not only items that you gave them, in my experience it's anything that was in their wardrobe or displayed at their house.
I've gotten wallpaper, clothes and Baarbara even left me a whirpool bath which is pretty valuable
Yeah I had this happen to me too. Katt moved out of my town and left the first shirt I gave her it made me kinda sad. But when other villagers have left they gave me some nice things or left the ugly villager apology gifts they were given at random. It's kind of a mixed bag, but some of it can be good.
It is random. I gave Sprinkle a shirt that looked better on her than her original. When she moved it was her original shirt left in the recycling. They always seem to leave a few items. Ruby left me her Moon when she left, which was certainly great to have.
When Shep moved out of my old town, I was expecting to get back all the clothes I gave him. Nope. He only left behind one thing and since he moved into my husband's town I see him wear old clothing I gave to him pretty often.
I'm pretty sure the item they throw in the recycling bin is random. A villager left me an ironwood kitchenette though and I'm definitely not complaining lol.
I've also had villagers held by cyclers that I adopt back after some time and the item they "threw out" is still in their house.
Yeah, had this happen many times. Sadly even without a villager moving out. I gave Vivian a mirror A while back and today found that one in the bin. She has no plan to move and I didn’t give her anything to replace it.
Julian left me a Scorpio lamp. I didn’t gel with him at all, so this leaving gift definitely redeemed him
But in all seriousness, yes if absolutely breaks my heart when a villager I loved leaves a gift of mine behind. Something about the gesture just feels loaded, even though it obviously isn’t insofar as games mechanics are concerned!