Why are items so expensive?!
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I mean, between turnips and tarantulas, affording them isn't really a problem if you're willing to invest a bit of time, or if you have friends who can help out. Plus, I haven't seen an item besides the crowns that goes for more than 200k, which isn't that hard to get.
Yeah I just bought a treadmill at Nook's today for 64,000 bells! They were selling a weight bench for around 5k lmao. I just want to gift my jock villager all the exercise equipment so he can have a home gym, but 64,000 bells for an ugly treadmill seems excessive.
Looking at Amazon, you do get non name brand treadmills for under $600 USD, lol.
Imaginetheday
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All those expensive items are my "someday" items. When I've finishing moving building around, and I have all my bridges and inclines, I will have plenty of bells for them. For now, I just let them pass me by. They are ridiculous prices, but I have other things in the game to concentrate on right now.
FireNinja1
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Except turnip prices are equally easy to come by as in New Leaf, and hot items require using up large amounts of materials. It's not difficult to make money, but it is definitely time consuming.
ah, this thread just made me realize the 260k i forked over for a piano yesterday couldve paid for 1 1/2 bridges......grand pianos are rlly expensive IRL so it makes sense but that was a lot of bells... i dont even have anywhere to put it yet oops! 
Most of these 'luxury'-items don't even look the part. They just inflated the prizes for some ordinary items we already know from the past games. Gracie's stuff was pricey, too, but at least it was something special...
And no, money is not easier to get by in this game. That's only if you engage in the stalk market and sell your turnips in other towns.
It just seems silly that a washing machine is more expensive than moving an entire building, lol.
And no, money is not easier to get by in this game. That's only if you engage in the stalk market and sell your turnips in other towns.
It just seems silly that a washing machine is more expensive than moving an entire building, lol.
This has been really bothering me too! 
I went into my Nook shop yesterday and saw a cute screen that would suit my zen garden. I figured it would be expensive but not 140,000 bells expensive! Similarly I went in today and saw a violin that I thought Colton might like - it was 140,000 bells! That’s just bonkers to me.
Especially now that we’re earning less interest for savings in the bank and like others have said - it’s not as though Timmy and Tommy are paying more for items.
I dunno. I still really love the game but earning bells/buying items in this game feels a bit disjointed!
I went into my Nook shop yesterday and saw a cute screen that would suit my zen garden. I figured it would be expensive but not 140,000 bells expensive! Similarly I went in today and saw a violin that I thought Colton might like - it was 140,000 bells! That’s just bonkers to me. Especially now that we’re earning less interest for savings in the bank and like others have said - it’s not as though Timmy and Tommy are paying more for items.
I dunno. I still really love the game but earning bells/buying items in this game feels a bit disjointed!
ForgottenT
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It's a money sink, and I don't mind it, makes the items feel more special.
Yea I saw a desktop and I think it was 76k or something. Had the large tv in my shop today for 100k. But I've kinda held off just because I rather save up some more before I start throwing bells down just to have the items in my catalog more so than use them.
is there any way I would be able to catalog the TV?
I didn't buy it. I'm saving bells right now. Sorry friend.
*knows how expensive harps and pianos are IRL*
It seems fitting that they'd be super expensive. Thanks for the warning, though. I have ran into no musical instruments aside from the DIY recipe ones and thus I had no idea their price.
It seems fitting that they'd be super expensive. Thanks for the warning, though. I have ran into no musical instruments aside from the DIY recipe ones and thus I had no idea their price.
