Why do people do this….?

[d2l5p2]

My guess is, because ppl will scroll to the end to see if I'm offerring something else. Then they will just buy the slots most convenient to them, i.e., the slots at the end of RSS because they are already there.

Have to admit, I'm guilty of this. :eek:

[RRAMMIE]

that's what I do too... scroll to the end I mean. Unless there is alot of stuff from the first slot on that I want.

I did not know that about the displays either. I have a couple neighbours who fill their RSS every other slot. I wondered why they did it.

[Holidae]

Fortunately you can place another ad in 5 minutes. Were you playing back when it was every 30 minutes? Totally different experience and achieving Citizen Kane III was more of a lengthy process.

[knitgal2]

If the bin purchased is the one that had been advertised, does it actually take it out of the DD? I thought that once it was in the DD, it was there for the length of time that the system allows.

[Velcro]

I actually thought this was a courtesy thing. If you can see that there are still products in every other slot, you know to keep scrolling. Whereas if someone wiped out 6 slots then your next visitor might think that was it and move on.

[Tiggerr129]

Fortunately you can place another ad in 5 minutes. Were you playing back when it was every 30 minutes? Totally different experience and achieving Citizen Kane III was more of a lengthy process.

Oh I know. I never even shopped back then because there was never anything to buy. We told people to put their ads on garbage products to keep it there the longest so it was always bacon and eggs and empty slots. Now I don't even notice what gets my ad, I just sell and every few minutes if there is anything left, I add another ad, to the first thing I see. Now I shop more often sometimes just scrolling and only stopping when I see something I want and it still is better than before. That change was the best thing they did for the game.

[drdolittle]

Fortunately you can place another ad in 5 minutes. Were you playing back when it was every 30 minutes? Totally different experience and achieving Citizen Kane III was more of a lengthy process.

Yes, Holidae is correct. There are different factors affecting this coincidence (as explained). I used to get frustrated when the wait time was 30 minutes, not at the farmer who bought the item with the ad but at the time. Now, it is no bother at all since I only have to wait 5 minutes or less.

[Janilee]

Put the ad on something in a middle slot. IME, those last the longest (assuming you have a bunch of bins filled with the same item). Some people buy from the beginning, some buy from the end. I often do both.

I (mostly) play on a phone, so I get only a single row of items. I have no way of knowing whether your stall has 5 bins or 500. So if I see something I need in the first bins, I'll buy it, because it might sell out. Then as I scroll, I realize there's lots and lots, and quit buying. I keep scrolling to see what else you have, and when I reach the end, I'll buy the rest of what I need from the most convenient bins - at the end.

And yes, RSS's look very different on a phone vs. a tablet. One reason to "wheat up" before trades - so you know which bin is the last one. (And a reason not to get mad if someone buys something from the "last" bin - even if they know about the trading convention, it might not be the last bin to them.)