Why do people sell villagers?

It's totally understandable imo. I have been searching for Julian for a while now (a LONG while) and every time I see someone list him they want like 7 mil to 45 mil or more. Personally, since people are duplicating nowadays as well as selling turnips and beetle farming, money (as you said) is very easy to come by. Personally, because of this, I suppose people that have the money find it no fret since they can always "make it up" again. In my case, I have very little bells as I am so busy most of the time building my perfect town so far, upgrading my house etc. Personally, NO villager is worth that much (despite them being a *RARE* Unicorn, Dragon and so on, 700 million is just absurd) People are getting greedy and they want the funds acceptable to build their own "dream town/village" so they ask for unbelievable amounts of money. I guess in this "industry" they made, it's either "Go Big or Go Home" I would personally only sell a villager for AT LEAST 300,000 tops IF I had to. No more, no less, but alas, that is not the case. I suppose the reason is because of the odds of getting that villager is very hard since there are ALOT of villagers nowadays, they figure the price should match it's "rarity" Remember though, EVERYONE is different and you may get someone who is willing to sell them for a cheap price OR just for free. You never know.

As for it being "cruel" to sell the villagers, personally I don't believe so (UNLESS you are dirt poor and don't have the sufficient funds to "pay" for him/her) I have villagers who have moved in, demolished my bushes, my paths and trees that I worked so hard on. If I could get rid of him/her, I would in an instant. I guess they figure "Hey, if these people are willing to pay, then I am willing to sell!" Personally, A villager is NOT as valuable as the hard work and hours put into making your village nice. I used to LOVE my villagers in the old AC games, but now I am not really caring for them because of them wrecking my town. I guess I to am subject to being picky now into choosing which ones I want. I wouldn't get a WHOLE village, but just maybe one or two I can talk to.

Hopefully, people will start to realize that the villagers "Do not have a LEGIT price" since this is all made up for the benefit of making money and should put the selling price at what they want, and not what they think it is. I guess in ways, it's being mutual on both ends as both sides "win" in getting what they want but ONLY if you can pay for it, but it is a shame for those that want a villager and do not have the money to do so. Just my thoughts, nothing more.
 
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talisheo said:
@ rivulet Hopefully I'll see Stitches today. A lot of people want him, and I only want his pic. So maybe we'll get lucky. He is one of the villagers I have to do a raffle for though. On the wish list I am using there are over 10 people who want him D :
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oh okay c:

i know i'm probably not going to get him, so i'm just gonna get a different villager probably uwu
 
talisheo said:
@ TeddysMama711 Why would you even need all those bells anyway?

@ Hazelx If you had marshal in the campsite someone could have still gotten him. It takes a while but a visitor to a town with a camper can still convince them to move to their town

@ Chameleonsoup I'm glad someone feels the same way! I once bid on a villager but I have never bought one since. I am trading Lobo for Coco but it seems the person is not interested now. So I might give him away now :)

@ rivulet That is just flat out insane. I would never spend that much ever. In fact, my total spending on finishing my catalog is only around 10 mil (I got 7/11 set, Ice Set, full bug set, and a bunch of other items). Who is your last dreamie? I might see them in my reset today :)
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I let someone come but it doesn't work. But I'm not sure. Some peopl say its impossible but you never know....
 
A lot of players prefer to buy and sell our neighbors so that everyone gets who they want, when they want, and with compensation for the effort involved to the person distributing the neighbor.

When you consider the odds of getting any neighbor, as well as the odds of getting more obscure neighbors, the 16-villager cycle issues, the time it takes to initiate a villager move-out, time-traveling or waiting for the move-out day, arranging a Wi-Fi time, as well as any personal attachments to villagers, giving the nicer ones away for free just isn't always reasonable - and especially to strangers (though I have done giveaways with friends, and I think that's perfectly sensible).

Of course, we all know of a certain very large giveaway thread that has given away hundreds and hundreds of villagers - and I've given away a few, myself - but the vast majority of villagers given away are the less popular ones, and the really popular ones are snatched up instantly by either those who are on at the exact right moment, or by forum posters who have been campaigning for weeks for a particular villager. Alternatively, they are raffled, which puts the odds of getting a villager into fate's hands.

So it goes like this: you can take your chances waiting out in a giveaway thread and get a villager that's popular that way, or, if you have the resources, you can spend them on acquiring a villager immediately. The choice is yours.

However.

Please do not try to infringe on other people's play styles by claiming it's "cruel" to sell villagers, because this is inaccurate.

PEOPLE WHO SELL VILLAGERS AREN'T BAD PEOPLE. Villagers are characters in a game, so let's get that clear; I'm not breeding minks in my basement in cramped cages, I'm exchanging cute friends in a virtual world for items and bells. Whether or not I actually liked the villager doesn't matter, but I'm doing nothing cruel to them in this process other than letting them move out, or trying to get them to move out, but people who play the game "normally" often neglect villagers or allow move-outs, as well. So I'm not doing anything wrong or cruel there.

So what's cruel? Is it the buyers? No, because

PEOPLE WHO BUY VILLAGERS AREN'T BAD PEOPLE. Paying for a villager does not make you a bad person. It makes you a person who wants something very badly and are willing to prove it. Paying is the only real way we can quantify "worth" in the AC world, because one cannot measure "liking" or "love" based on post counts, how fancy signatures are, or how nice the person is. We can guess, we can think "wow they really love X villager!", but the only real, countable way is currency.

Currency is a way to determine worth in the real world as well! There isn't anything new going on here other than that it's determining the worth of a villager. In an auction or an exchange, both parties must agree on the amount of currency for it to go through. This can be read another way: both parties must agree that the worth of a villager is high. I don't want my Ankha going to someone who claims "ME!" first in a giveaway thread. I loved my Ankha - I just had decided to give her up. So I auctioned her. She went to an Ankha-obsessed girl who I saw post multiple threads about and who in the end sent me many very sweet thank-you messages - just for agreeing to a trade where I got millions in bells and items.

It's a comfort, to know that the villager you love has been campaigned for so thoroughly. It's like getting boxes of chocolates from someone who has a crush on you. It's nice. It means they care enough to try and woo you. My Ankha went to someone who worked very hard to get her - and my proof of that hard work was the actual currency exchanged. Meanwhile, I have villagers I've given away to other towns that were later TT'd out or re-gifted. Personally, I'd rather sell a villager to someone who's going to keep them, than give them away and risk them getting lost forever. And also, it was a lot of work finding a good person to take Ankha, and getting her ready to go, and arranging a WiFi time, and all that.

So why shouldn't I get paid for it, and why should it be any of your business? If you don't like something, maybe.. don't do it? The majority of the people whining about villager auctions are too lazy to get big bells, too full of themselves to do something like *gasp* time travel or *gasp* abuse the stalk market, and expect to be handed everything by a giveaway thread. Sorry, bucko, this world ain't free unless you're awfully sharp.
 
Finally someone who understands me :o
Yeah I think people are too greedy (not everyone).
When villagers move from my town I give them away to people I know that wants them, or just post that they?re moving on the giveaway thread.
I got 2 of my dream villagers from people who was kind enough to give them to me for free.
I got Rosie from Flutterfairy.
And Bam from Vividvero.
Other people have offered me dream villagers for free too, but I did not have space when they offered it sadly.

I can understand people who trade villagers though, but it rarely work out anyways, unless you both TT.
 
MorsMortie said:
A lot of players prefer to buy and sell our neighbors so that everyone gets who they want, when they want, and with compensation for the effort involved to the person distributing the neighbor.

When you consider the odds of getting any neighbor, as well as the odds of getting more obscure neighbors, the 16-villager cycle issues, the time it takes to initiate a villager move-out, time-traveling or waiting for the move-out day, arranging a Wi-Fi time, as well as any personal attachments to villagers, giving the nicer ones away for free just isn't always reasonable - and especially to strangers (though I have done giveaways with friends, and I think that's perfectly sensible).

Of course, we all know of a certain very large giveaway thread that has given away hundreds and hundreds of villagers - and I've given away a few, myself - but the vast majority of villagers given away are the less popular ones, and the really popular ones are snatched up instantly by either those who are on at the exact right moment, or by forum posters who have been campaigning for weeks for a particular villager. Alternatively, they are raffled, which puts the odds of getting a villager into fate's hands.

So it goes like this: you can take your chances waiting out in a giveaway thread and get a villager that's popular that way, or, if you have the resources, you can spend them on acquiring a villager immediately. The choice is yours.

However.

Please do not try to infringe on other people's play styles by claiming it's "cruel" to sell villagers, because this is inaccurate.

PEOPLE WHO SELL VILLAGERS AREN'T BAD PEOPLE. Villagers are characters in a game, so let's get that clear; I'm not breeding minks in my basement in cramped cages, I'm exchanging cute friends in a virtual world for items and bells. Whether or not I actually liked the villager doesn't matter, but I'm doing nothing cruel to them in this process other than letting them move out, or trying to get them to move out, but people who play the game "normally" often neglect villagers or allow move-outs, as well. So I'm not doing anything wrong or cruel there.

So what's cruel? Is it the buyers? No, because

PEOPLE WHO BUY VILLAGERS AREN'T BAD PEOPLE. Paying for a villager does not make you a bad person. It makes you a person who wants something very badly and are willing to prove it. Paying is the only real way we can quantify "worth" in the AC world, because one cannot measure "liking" or "love" based on post counts, how fancy signatures are, or how nice the person is. We can guess, we can think "wow they really love X villager!", but the only real, countable way is currency.

Currency is a way to determine worth in the real world as well! There isn't anything new going on here other than that it's determining the worth of a villager. In an auction or an exchange, both parties must agree on the amount of currency for it to go through. This can be read another way: both parties must agree that the worth of a villager is high. I don't want my Ankha going to someone who claims "ME!" first in a giveaway thread. I loved my Ankha - I just had decided to give her up. So I auctioned her. She went to an Ankha-obsessed girl who I saw post multiple threads about and who in the end sent me many very sweet thank-you messages - just for agreeing to a trade where I got millions in bells and items.

It's a comfort, to know that the villager you love has been campaigned for so thoroughly. It's like getting boxes of chocolates from someone who has a crush on you. It's nice. It means they care enough to try and woo you. My Ankha went to someone who worked very hard to get her - and my proof of that hard work was the actual currency exchanged. Meanwhile, I have villagers I've given away to other towns that were later TT'd out or re-gifted. Personally, I'd rather sell a villager to someone who's going to keep them, than give them away and risk them getting lost forever. And also, it was a lot of work finding a good person to take Ankha, and getting her ready to go, and arranging a WiFi time, and all that.

So why shouldn't I get paid for it, and why should it be any of your business? If you don't like something, maybe.. don't do it? The majority of the people whining about villager auctions are too lazy to get big bells, too full of themselves to do something like *gasp* time travel or *gasp* abuse the stalk market, and expect to be handed everything by a giveaway thread. Sorry, bucko, this world ain't free unless you're awfully sharp.
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Am I free to submit this essay as my own at my college?
 
Most people who sell villagers have spent their own money on an extra copy of the game, or have stopped playing their game. Resetting and getting people to move is a lengthy process. I don't see what is wrong with them charging some money if they want to. Them charging for villagers has no negative effects, there are still plenty of people who go out of their way to give villagers away for free, it just takes a long time. Also if anyone really wanted to get villagers for themselves, they could go and buy a second copy of the game.
At least people aren't charging real money, as you see happen with things in other games.
 
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I never said its a bad thing cruel and bad are different words you know. And I am just stating my opinion like everyone else, I am not insinuating anything. I am simply trying to understand the logic behind it by presenting my logic against it.

When I say cruel I say it because people know they will just sell it to a rich person when someone very poor may want the villager more (I know I wanted Julian veyr badly and bid all my bells on him in an auction a long time ago before I knew the reset trick and someone came right in a bid around 35 mil). It just seems like an unfair game that people have purposefully set up.

Now I am not saying they are bad, I am just saying it is hurtful towards poorer players.

In all honesty this market could be destroyed easily if people were patient enough to do the reset trick. Just do about 50 resets per day and you'll get your dream villagers for free or ask for people to give them to you. It would be nice to see this market fall apart like the furniture market did (although i would never dupe myself).
 
talisheo said:
I never said its a bad thing cruel and bad are different words you know. And I am just stating my opinion like everyone else, I am not insinuating anything. I am simply trying to understand the logic behind it by presenting my logic against it.

When I say cruel I say it because people know they will just sell it to a rich person when someone very poor may want the villager more (I know I wanted Julian veyr badly and bid all my bells on him in an auction a long time ago before I knew the reset trick and someone came right in a bid around 35 mil). It just seems like an unfair game that people have purposefully set up.

Now I am not saying they are bad, I am just saying it is hurtful towards poorer players.

In all honesty this market could be destroyed easily if people were patient enough to do the reset trick. Just do about 50 resets per day and you'll get your dream villagers for free or ask for people to give them to you. It would be nice to see this market fall apart like the furniture market did (although i would never dupe myself).
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No poor person wants an expensive villager more than someone willing to pay, because they aren't working to get un-poor. This isn't the real world, where jobs are scarce for some people. It's Animal Crossing. You can TT, you can do turnips, you can even dupe if you're really desperate. You're poor because you don't want to put in any effort, or you aren't putting in enough effort, but you expect to get something other people put effort in for anyway. It's selfish.
 
I don't mind buying a villager that I really want but I could never SELL one, I'd feel really sad ;_;
 
When you actually think about it, selling villagers is very strange for this game. You're the mayor of a small town, many of the villagers already lived their before you, and then your character (you) shows up and decides to become the grand ruler of things even going so far as to claiming these villagers are nothing more than things you can just sell to people as an easy way of becoming wealthy... Like, pretend you're in the actual game for a second. (Won't be hard seeing that most of us play many hours a day)
It would practically be like, selling people or something. Because there aren't really any other people in the game besides you and the characters you make. So in fact, you could say these villagers are equivalent to people. You're selling people, guys. I hope you're proud of yourselves. :'(
ok I am bored and totally just over-analyzed this situation, proceed.
 
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