Stalkers are ruining the game....

[Mrmaker]

I add people who sell good stuff and check their shop daily every now and again and. They don't add I follow them hehehe I could be at your shop right now

[buggles]

I will never understand these kinds of post this is how the game progresses with buying and selling from strangers if you want you NH only to purchase do it in the NH mailbox I think this was created with this dilema in mind. Did SC dismantle FB or is the Connect your game to FB link temporarily out of order??

[Lyngby]

If you hade a stalker that go in every 5 minute on your farm and buy allthings you put out and do that for 6weeks . never sell anything self ! Doing it impossible to play ! Then you know how it is , STALKERS is so BAD Players and MEAN I dont have words to describe it !! perhaps "parasites" ?! And it is players that is so bad they cant play the game fair that do it ! and the sad thing for the STALKERS is they are not so smart thet they understand that you cant get a good farm or team that way !

[illinirick]

Certainly over the top to call people stealers and stalkers for playing within the parameters of the game. Don't enforce your rules on others. If I see a shop that says "do not buy", I buy everything, even if I don't need it.

[sj1719]

At the end of the day, if I see something in a shop that I need, I'll buy it. If that happens to be every single item in the shop then so be it.

[Mrsp]

A farmer in my hood had a bad problem with stalkers, so she contacted hay day through the settings on the screen.
They were very helpful and solved the problem by removing them from all bars for a month.
So far it has worked.
So it's worth a try. Good luck

[daz258]

It's crazy that this issue has lingered for so long now and nothing has changed.

All that needs to happen is reduce the duration of last helpers to 24 hours. It's that simple.

2 weeks is far too long results in a lot of raiding.

The only people I want to buy my stuff are neighbours & friends; unless I decide to put an ad up.

I do not want some random I helped 10 days ago cleaning my shop out.

[Nunovsky]

Everything for sale on a shop is fair game. Period. Enough with the whining

[Raelet]

Everything for sale on a shop is fair game. Period. Enough with the whining

This ........

[PerkyCox]

Everything for sale on a shop is fair game. Period. Enough with the whining

While everything in the shop is for sale to anyone who can get to your farm, AND while anyone who buys anything for sale is playing within the rules, for as long as I have been on the forum, folks have complained from time to time of being targeted by enthusiastic buyers who buy everything, all the time, seconds after it is put up for sale, usually through the follower or last-helpers tabs. This behavior frustrates them, and can render the game almost unplayable because it prevents you from sharing with neighbors, for example, more frequently than the birdies mail allows.

I have been here long enough to read some stories of what was truly abusive, punitive buying - complete with harassment via kik, etc.

For what it's worth, I agree that the last helpers tab needs a 24 hour time limit. I like knowing who helped me last, but some farmers legitimately complain about how this opens their farm to unwelcome interactions with others for 2 weeks.

So let's not call legitimate expressions of distress "whining" -- it's an issue that has plagued many here over the years, and SC has responded in the past. For example, we can delete followers and we can temporarily block our in-game friend-book friends. These measures would not be implemented if SC did not agree that some players are having their ability to enjoy this happy farming game negatively impacted by the aggressive but within-the-game buying strategies of other players.