mintellect
attention gamers,
Same exact thing happened to me, but it was kind of my fault. He begged for bells and I kept saying no, and he blocked me. I then went to say how that was an a$$ move, blocking me just because I didn't give him bells. So then he started cursing at me a lot, and eventually flipped the switch.
And he was nine.
The funny thing is is that if you flip the switch after someone blocks you, it doesn't save that they blocked you. So I'm waiting for the day I run into him again to see his reaction.
I used to give the beggars bells. Now I don't. I have over a hundred million to go around but I choose not to share it with people to lazy to catch the bugs that are on the island instead of always leeching off others. If they have a sob story to go with it, like their bells got stolen, I might give in and give them a little. But not if it isn't legit, for example (Kinda long story so get some popcorn):
I once ran into a guy. He was kinda weird. He asked stuff like if I had an eshop account and how much was in it.
Then he goes on to tell me how his uncle and dog died and he needs money for their funeral, and asks me to give him bells. I ask how exactly are in game bells going to help him fund a real life funeral. He says Nintendo told him that for every one million bells he gave them, they'd give them 100,000 real life dollars. Now you know this is totally fake. Nintendo doesn't need the bells, and there's no way they'd give up 100,000 to some kid. And Nintendo wouldn't trade FC's with him either. The biggest point is that a bell is said to be equivalent to a Japanese yen, which is about .008 of a U.S. Dollar. So 1,000,000 bells and 100,000 dollars are nowhere near equivalent. I ask where he got this information, he says from Amy (a verified user) on Miiverse...
He then keeps begging me to donate to his "charity," saying how they only need two million more dollars (do funerals cost that much? I doubt it) and I even get a prize of a 50$ eshop card. I don't think I asked him but, how exactly is he going to get me a 50$ eshop card??? He doesn't know where I live, and if he asked I'm not telling him, duh.
As he keeps begging for me to "donate" (aka just give him bells to spend with none of this crap involved) I'm on BFF chat telling my good friend North what's happening, because he seems to be fine with hearing me blab about all my wacky CT experiences. After I tell him, I've had enough of this kid telling a completely made up story and flip the switch.
Then he goes on to tell me how his uncle and dog died and he needs money for their funeral, and asks me to give him bells. I ask how exactly are in game bells going to help him fund a real life funeral. He says Nintendo told him that for every one million bells he gave them, they'd give them 100,000 real life dollars. Now you know this is totally fake. Nintendo doesn't need the bells, and there's no way they'd give up 100,000 to some kid. And Nintendo wouldn't trade FC's with him either. The biggest point is that a bell is said to be equivalent to a Japanese yen, which is about .008 of a U.S. Dollar. So 1,000,000 bells and 100,000 dollars are nowhere near equivalent. I ask where he got this information, he says from Amy (a verified user) on Miiverse...
He then keeps begging me to donate to his "charity," saying how they only need two million more dollars (do funerals cost that much? I doubt it) and I even get a prize of a 50$ eshop card. I don't think I asked him but, how exactly is he going to get me a 50$ eshop card??? He doesn't know where I live, and if he asked I'm not telling him, duh.
As he keeps begging for me to "donate" (aka just give him bells to spend with none of this crap involved) I'm on BFF chat telling my good friend North what's happening, because he seems to be fine with hearing me blab about all my wacky CT experiences. After I tell him, I've had enough of this kid telling a completely made up story and flip the switch.
THE END.
And another shorter story, I met a guy from the town of "awesome" (yes lowercase, both that combined with the town name automatically tells you it's a -10 year old) and the first thing he says is "im poor. money." Of course I say no. As I'm going around the island catching bugs and completely ignoring him, he continues to beg and scaring the bugs away. I tell him, "You know, you could be catching those bugs instead of scaring them away, and making MONEY." But nah, he continues to beg. I go into the hut thing and tell my friend this story over BFF chat, and when I'm done, I leave.
, go gather items (or do tasks) and sell them to Re-Tail for bells like everyone else [except hackers, which I'll never encourage anyone to do since I don't like hackers or hacking]. Then, I leave the island or go on a tour without waiting for their response. While making bells is easy and the concept is easy to understand, it is time consuming and sometimes tedious to make just 100k in one day (which I don't do every day) ~ for me that is. So, for someone to greet me this way or to -- in general, expect me to give them something for free, really rubs me the wrong way. They think saying I only have x amount of bells or no bells would make me feel bad for them...It actually pisses me off more; don't go to the island if you're going to complain about having no bells.
