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There needs to be a better way to sell/gift items to people in your neighborhood. We've had alot of trouble with putting things up for sell for each other and other people coming and buying them before we can get to them and since we always sell to each other dirt cheep it's really annoying. We've tried everything from not listing it in the newspaper, putting it in the last crate, and nothing works. :(
Can't agree more. it is very frustrating that when I want to trade with friends, my items got clicked away by stalkers. Even when I tried inviting friends to play and help give them a boast, items being sold to strangers when I'm trading often demoralised my friends to play further.
I agree, it be nice to have a neighbor market! Or the ability to leave the gift on their farm!! :)
So much YES to this.
In our neighborhood, we will put an item of little value (i.e.. wheat, 1 or 2 stalks) up for sale for a penny when we are selling to a neighbour. The neighbor will purchase that item, letting the seller know they are waiting in the road side stand & the seller will then put up the actual item the neighbor wants. It is not foolproof, but we have much more success with it than just putting the item up for sale without the pre-purchase of wheat. Unless there are changes made by supercell, it is worth using this method.
Happy farming!
scrappygurl15 on GC
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level 83 farm & level 20 town
Have you tried putting the item you want to sell to your friends on the very last box on the right ? We do this all the time in the neighborhood I belong to, and it works quite well. We make sure we have the items, then make sure our friends who need the items already arrived in the farm, then we put the special item on the very last box on the right. Simply unchecked the free advertisement sign when it comes up
Based on our level, let say I'm level 24, I can send 1 gift to 1 friend in a single day. Level 40, I can send 2 gifts to 2 different friends in a single day. Level 60, I can send 3 gifts to 3 different friends in a single day.
Add a single restriction, for example:
1) Must be in the same neighborhood
or
2) Must be in the same level range
or
3) Must be friends
or any restriction that make sense. ^_^
The last crate/one wheat suggestions only work if the neighbors you want to sell to happen to be online. Prior to my latest unpleasant experience with Last Helpers I used to be able to put things in my shop overnight, which worked out really well since our members have varying schedules.
I've thought about a secondary check box, next to the advertising one, that would lock the items to "neighborhood members only" for a limited period of time (somewhere between 6-12 hours) after which it would unlock and anyone could buy it. Maybe there could also be a a new restriction that you have to have belonged to a neighborhood for 24 hours to buy anything 'locked' to discourage neighborhood hopping. Also, if people know there's a time limit they can follow the farm and keep an eye on the items they want so if no one in the neighborhood takes them they're available to everyone. While this still doesn't completely address the Last Helpers issue, it would help a lot without completely shutting out followers.
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Originally Posted by Darcelle
One of my Neighborhood elders put $20,000 worth of Exp Mats in her RSS for myself and a fellow NH member a while back. She had no ads up and placed the items for $1 in her last stalls. Someone bought them immediately. Therefore, I agree! We need a couple of stalls in our RSS that only members within our NH can see and purchase from 😊
I like the idea of being able to sell just within the NH, but the real issue is what happens to DD/RSS? Nobody would use it as ppl would only sell within the NH and DD/RSS would die. It's already hard enough to find stuff on there, this is just going to make it that much harder. I do agree that it would be nice to have a way to be able to sell to a predetermined individual, but we need to be able to do it in a way that the DD/RSS still holds its value.
I think the current method of using a wheat or corn as a prescreen, is the best you can do. The whole point to the DD/RSS is that it creates that "chance" opportunity that anyone has a shot at. Friends just need to be on their game at the end of the day.
I love the idea, but this would completely kill the game IMO