I don't think there are any villagers that are more "rare" than others. There's like 300 or more animals to get. I just think that Julian is more favorable than say...Peewee. But I think it's all completely random, and you have less than a 0.5% of getting the exact villager you want. It's all about luck! If people want to go ahead and spend their millions of fake currency to get a villager that they want, then I don't think there's anything wrong with that. If you think of the game's aesthetics, you really do have to giveaway, trade, or pay for the villagers that you ~*need to have*~. Money is technically easy to come by if you actually sit down and play the game. I know how easy it is to go to the island for 30 mintutes and come back with 100,000 worth of bugs and fish to sell, but sometimes I just don't want to do it. Plus, I have a full-time job, taekwondo, a life, and friends; so I don't always have time for Animal Crossing. If some high school kid is playing all day erreh day of their summer vacation to save 40mil bells to buy Julian...well, they earned it. I probably would have done something like that if the Gamecube version was Wifi. To say it's wrong, is like saying the Rosebuds Trick in The Sims is wrong. It's an open-ended game, and I'm sure there are thousands of players that don't even know these types of communities exist for villager trades or turnip manipulation. I'm sure they are still having the same amount of fun.
Why do people sell villagers?
- Thread starter talisheo
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Redonkulous Homunculus
Member
I don't get this either. I like the element of surprise and the feeling of characters having lives, etc... I just let them all come and go as they please. I'm not interested in making butt-loads of money. I make enough as-is by playing the stalk market and visiting the island a few times a week. I don't feel the need to rush through this game and "break" it so to speak. I DO apprecite the pacing of the economy in this game. It seems as though you'll never run out of interesting things to do with your time or money, and money is fairly easy to come by.
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If everyone wasn't so obsessed with their 'dreamies' then this wouldn't even happen 
but I suppose if someone is so intent on getting a certain villager that they'd pay millions for it, let them. I'll just carry on meeting and bonding with new neighbours ^.^
but I suppose if someone is so intent on getting a certain villager that they'd pay millions for it, let them. I'll just carry on meeting and bonding with new neighbours ^.^
If the villager seems to be popular, you should sell the villager. You won't have enough money to buy one of your own dreamies that someone else is selling, because the seller thinks that the villager that he is selling is popular and that he wants to buy his own dreamies...
- in before people say they are just pixels.
- in before people say they are trading pixels for pixels.
honestly. if you use that excuse like i've seen a lot on this forum do, then you're practically wasting your time playing games period. pixels are fun, right? if not, you wouldn't be playing this game. "pixels are just pixels". sure, that's a fact. but i'll bet you twice that they affect how you feel. if you lose a level in a game, you get angry or overcome it. you might even be delighted at what some of these mere pixels do. just because of how they are programmed.
my take on it is that people can do as they wish, however, i wouldn't want to sell villagers personally.
i just hate when people use that excuse. just admit that you like the villager and/or want to use them to resell for higher and that you'd be willing to be paying for them. it's really simple. not hard. simple.
- in before people say they are trading pixels for pixels.
honestly. if you use that excuse like i've seen a lot on this forum do, then you're practically wasting your time playing games period. pixels are fun, right? if not, you wouldn't be playing this game. "pixels are just pixels". sure, that's a fact. but i'll bet you twice that they affect how you feel. if you lose a level in a game, you get angry or overcome it. you might even be delighted at what some of these mere pixels do. just because of how they are programmed.
my take on it is that people can do as they wish, however, i wouldn't want to sell villagers personally.
i just hate when people use that excuse. just admit that you like the villager and/or want to use them to resell for higher and that you'd be willing to be paying for them. it's really simple. not hard. simple.
idk why people get mad about it
someone was mad at me on tumblr because i said its okay to sell villagers
i see it as adoption
and if you get 20 people asking for a villager all at once how will you choose? i mean you can have them guess but some are more devoted to the villager and will be willing to offer more
you're just selling a villager. maybe you need money. maybe you don't know how to choose.
though i do sell villagers sometimes i like to give them away too. idk man, it depends on your situation.
someone was mad at me on tumblr because i said its okay to sell villagers
i see it as adoption
and if you get 20 people asking for a villager all at once how will you choose? i mean you can have them guess but some are more devoted to the villager and will be willing to offer more
you're just selling a villager. maybe you need money. maybe you don't know how to choose.
though i do sell villagers sometimes i like to give them away too. idk man, it depends on your situation.
Alipopcorn
Skittles Addict
I don't buy any villagers I trade. It's cruel to sell friends even if they are ugly or have a bad personality. I like it when it benefits both the traders and the villagers are happier 
I mean I don't like Static, someone else loves Static! In turn they will treat Static better!
I mean I don't like Static, someone else loves Static! In turn they will treat Static better!
Moon Dreamer
Wish Granter
i agree with talisheo, the art of buying/selling villagers is beyond obnoxious imo. i keep seeing villagers that i would love to have being sold for 50mil which kinda bugs me, here i am practically drooling for -insert villager- and i can't afford the cute critter all i can do is grumble for a bit and then move on to find someone nice enough to let me have the villager for free
It takes me days to get the motivation to go beetle farming, so I don't have money to buy villagers. I'm more into just letting my villagers come and go, but I've had the same town for a couple weeks, so I might TT someone out.
That being said, even though I don't feel like paying millions of bells for a villager, that's not up to me. People can play the game how they want. I'm happy with giving away someone even as popular as Tangy for free. Some people aren't. -shrug-
BUT if someone said they'd give me money for a villager, I'd take it. Bells are bells, lol.
That being said, even though I don't feel like paying millions of bells for a villager, that's not up to me. People can play the game how they want. I'm happy with giving away someone even as popular as Tangy for free. Some people aren't. -shrug-
BUT if someone said they'd give me money for a villager, I'd take it. Bells are bells, lol.
I think of the bells as payment for the struggle of moving villagers out and/or finding them. Resetting for villagers really sucks. I spent over a hundred resets to get marginally popular villagers so that I could trade them for my dreamies. I could not get the villagers I wanted after resetting. I tried for over sixteen hours to get the okay ones. I'm willing to pay for my dreamies because sometimes I don't have what the other person wants. If I'm willing to pay, I hope that someone is willing to sell.
People who do giveaways have long waiting lists. I put myself on them and hunt. I pay because I want them and want to be sure I get them asap. Do I care that I can get the same villager somewhere else for free? Or cheeper? Maybe at first, but actually having that villager I really wanted and interacting with them washes all the doubts away.
Buying and selling is all about service for me...although I have yet to sell...
People who do giveaways have long waiting lists. I put myself on them and hunt. I pay because I want them and want to be sure I get them asap. Do I care that I can get the same villager somewhere else for free? Or cheeper? Maybe at first, but actually having that villager I really wanted and interacting with them washes all the doubts away.
Buying and selling is all about service for me...although I have yet to sell...
crimsondeity
Member
I don't get why some people get so upset about the AC market. In general, it's done for virtual money; no one is really "losing out". I understand annoyance at people charging exorbitant amounts for unpopular/easily found villagers (although I suppose every villager is loved/hard to find for at least one person). I've been playing AC for over a decade, and this is the first time I've really gotten involved in any online communities for it; it's boggling to see how many people get so upset about how other people play an open-ended video game. If it doesn't personally affect you, why would you care? I try to avoid time travel, simply because I've done it in past games and I found it less fulfilling. Other than the first few days of release (since you can't really do much), I've avoided it. My best friend has done a lot more TT, and it doesn't affect me in the slightest. Granted, if he were to start harassing me about how he had so many more things than me, I'd point out that we were playing differently; his abundance of items has nothing to do with skill. But he doesn't, and thus it's none of my business.
There will always be people who feel like giving away things instead of charging for them. There will always be people who charge. Neither is wrong, as long as they're honest. If someone chooses to charge a trillion bells for a villager, more power to them. If the price is too high for my tastes, I'll pass. But that villager won't care if they go for free or if they're sold to the highest bidder. They aren't real, and the only feelings they have are the ones they're programmed to feel. And no one is forcing me to pay.
There will always be people who feel like giving away things instead of charging for them. There will always be people who charge. Neither is wrong, as long as they're honest. If someone chooses to charge a trillion bells for a villager, more power to them. If the price is too high for my tastes, I'll pass. But that villager won't care if they go for free or if they're sold to the highest bidder. They aren't real, and the only feelings they have are the ones they're programmed to feel. And no one is forcing me to pay.
hijessicarose
Hylian Princess
People wouldn't be saying it's "just pixels" if it weren't for the ones trying to find some moral reasoning behind by it's wrong..when it's just a silly way of thinking about it. It's not as though real life creatures are being mistreated. There is no morally wrong reason for selling villagers because it's just a game. Yes, it affects our emotions but when others are describing it as cruel or negative, it's a tad ridiculous. People have found ways to use the system for their own gain and if that's how they want to play, by all means. But don't tell me I'm a bad person for selling pixels because then I will laugh in your face. (Not you specifically, but whoever believes this.) >__>
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Nineflower
Senior Member
People will play the game as they like and "sell" villagers when there's a demand for it but I still have my pet-peeves around the issue... For example, it bothers me when people post on the Villager Giveaway thread, requesting villagers, especially when they announce they want to PAY bells for them. And that "sales transactions" aren't formalized because people flake out, decide to change their mind to sell to a higher bider, mess up delivery with TT or some other excuse. There's not always a bad consequence if someone fails to meet the agreement or deliberately hurts feelings for the sake of higher profit.
I feel like it's much easier to be generous by giving your unwanted villagers away to those who first respond, or treat it as a formalized adoption, and live by the golden rule in general.
I feel like it's much easier to be generous by giving your unwanted villagers away to those who first respond, or treat it as a formalized adoption, and live by the golden rule in general.
hijessicarose
Hylian Princess
I agree about the posts on the Villager Giveaway thread, it's a bit frustrating but a lot of them are posted by mistake (the two villager threads are sticky'd right next to each other, after all!)
As for sales transactions, you're agreeing to trade with/buy from/sell to a stranger on the internet. Although it'd be nice for everyone to keep their end of the bargain, things happen and people flake out. It's the risk you run when deciding to participate in it. I've had multiple people end a trade/giveaway with me because they've gotten a higher offer. It is a frustrating thing, but I learned to get over it because it was my choice to participate in the trade and I should have known there isn't a 100% guarantee that people will be trustworthy. /:
I think it has to do with patience. No one has the patience to do 500+ resets when they can just pay 2M for their dream villager and get them in two days.
I would never sell or buy villagers because it goes against what I think is right and wrong, but if you don't like it, don't do it. Just like everything else in this world because it will be done whether people like it or not.
EDIT: Well, okay "not everyone" instead of "no one". But I doubt anyone has the time to do that.. :/
I would never sell or buy villagers because it goes against what I think is right and wrong, but if you don't like it, don't do it. Just like everything else in this world because it will be done whether people like it or not.
EDIT: Well, okay "not everyone" instead of "no one". But I doubt anyone has the time to do that.. :/
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thank you!!
i mean i like villagers, but they're not real. they can't exist irl. i love my villagers a lot, but i won't sacrifice my family for them.
people compare it to slavery ?? but they're different things. the villager gets a loving home at the end, so how is it cruel? i dont understand. whoever is buying them is paying so much because they love that villager. its not cruel. they'll love the villager in the end and be very happy. i mean you're doing a giveaway, and its first come first serve. you would have no chance if you didn't post first.
if the person is okay with buying it for whatever bells, then fine! i mean to that person paying 5m bells probably isn't much, if they're rich.
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I think it all comes down to human nature; there are simply all kinds of people out there. Well, here's my opinion. And I've said similar things with the debate about people inflating seasonal items. I think the second someone places a value on something, they can decide ultimately whether they want to buy at that price. I didn't buy any of my villagers, solely because I don't actually have a lot of time to make bells, I don't play the stock market (Don't feel like tipping a crazy amount just to sell my turnips), so my income literally comes from no where when I don't bore myself to sleep with beetles; I would also prefer to spend time with my villagers or fish for my encyclopedia because I feel like that is more productive. That's why I chose to spend money on an extra copy so I can do my own resets. I spent a LOT of time but it didn't seem so bad since I'm just pushing buttons and multi-tasking and I would be so tired I could be almost falling asleep but I keep telling myself "one last reset"...eventually I got them all. I am just rambling now..anyway...I understand why people don't sell villagers, and I understand people who do since I don't see any problem with selling them. But I also don't put an "auto buy" value, I also just ask people to offer. If I think the offer is fair I'll accept, it really is that simple!
Not to mention sometimes you give a villager away, and get shrugged away by the adopter and it's just like "meh, I spend my time resetting towns, TTing to make someone happy, only to not get a thanks". I mean, it's not asking for much...just manners.
Not to mention sometimes you give a villager away, and get shrugged away by the adopter and it's just like "meh, I spend my time resetting towns, TTing to make someone happy, only to not get a thanks". I mean, it's not asking for much...just manners.
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