Daily Dirt suggestion. start charging diamonds for duplicate ads.

as the title says. currently there is no means to stop or even slow people from placing as many duplicate ads as they have slots for. my proposal is that any duplicate ad (meaning for an already advertised item) regardless of price or quantity should start to cost something even if you wait the 5 minutes.
example first ad is free, first duplicate 1 diamond, second duplicate 2 diamonds, third duplicate 3 diamonds and so on.
I find it to be unfair that in order for me to use the paper I am constantly sifting through duplicate ads. this way at least I know its costing them something. this would be a win, win as I (and many others) wont see as many duplicates and supercell will make more profit.

I really don't care how anyone wants to play the game, its a game have fun. once it starts affecting me though I feel its unfair.

a superior product will sell it self, an inferior one needs lots of advertising.

How often do you see the same farmer advertising the same product in the same paper?

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Originally Posted by Holidae

How often do you see the same farmer advertising the same product in the same paper?

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your asking the wrong question. how often do I see the same farm(s) advertising the same product in several iterations of the paper? answer is constantly. the only way this is even possible is duplicate advertising. again it is completely unfair that duplicate ads get to dominate the paper as they do now.

If someone harvests one crop frequently in a day to get items such as upgrades or expansions the only way they are going to be able to move that product or any product for that matter is putting it as advertised when advertise is available..

To me it's really not considered duplicate ad unless the same farm has same ad several times in one DD edition.

I honestly don't see how you can find same farm in back to back editions when it cycles fast. Plus I've noticed several farms with a foreign name or characters that are similar. But honestly Ive not seen same farm same item in back to back editions.. I think it would be next to impossible to check the names on each edition.

really?

I never have a problem, and usually never advertise more than one item. sale empties right out.

what im saying is that people should have to start paying for the option to advertise duplicate items. nothing more

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Originally Posted by slantyr

your asking the wrong question. how often do I see the same farm(s) advertising the same product in several iterations of the paper? answer is constantly. the only way this is even possible is duplicate advertising. again it is completely unfair that duplicate ads get to dominate the paper as they do now.

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How did you come to the conclusion that a single ad cannot appear in multiple papers?

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Originally Posted by slantyr

really?

I never have a problem, and usually never advertise more than one item. sale empties right out.

what im saying is that people should have to start paying for the option to advertise duplicate items. nothing more

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seems you just have a problem with the people who do wheating , Corning, or carroting. Shrugs to each his own..

But it's ridiculous for SC to charge for an ad at all as if that was done people would stop placing ads and only sell within the NH and for town boats and truck orders. Then there would be little to no help available to those that aren't at the NH level or if someone needs help on any orders..

im not looking to argue. seriously, if I was wrong no one would take objection... this would help the majority of the community

edit: to address darlam, I don't care what anyone else does. just want it to stop affecting my gameplay.

I prefer my idea. :P

I like your idea to darcell ;) sorry if I offended.

edit: I just thought this would be easier to implement.

No offense taken. I'm just not sure anything short of limiting one ad per farm would work.

The big issue is that a lot of the ads we see aren't even for the purpose of selling the advertised item, but of keeping the person's RSS circulating longer. I think SC really needs to address that before we'll ever see any real improvement in the paper.

I agree and disagree. currently as you've pointed out yourself. if you want help with your boat theres no other option but to sell/advertise something undesirable to keep the sale open and people looking