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Hello EA Team!
It is very nice to hear that you are fixed some bugs.
I have ask to you. Please consider change the Global Trade buying model.
There is no possibilities to buy something, because there's so many people.
The idea of shelf with a few products for million users game it is not the best option.
Always when I click on product to buy then I see message "Something goes wrong" or product simple disappeared. It is very annoying.
Make stock exchange or something with product list with possibilities to filtered by type.
Regards, Jarek
I too have thought the Stock Exchange could benefit from a "search for item" feature or more reliable "find and pay solution". I doubt we will ever see any change with it though. Why? Becuase it goes against the nature of "Freemium Apps". How so? If you REALLY want to update/upgrade your city EA is hoping that you will give up on patience and elect to spend some of your hard earned real money. They have already given you a quality game; albeit one that we wish had some better features.
Naturally we want to play at our own pace and we easily get annoyed when others hold back our progress; this is especially true when progress is limited by game developer design. It seems almost crafty. Because it is by design and therefore the nature of what "Freemium Apps" are, I doubt we will see any change to the existing Stock Exchange.
I don't say this to support EA's model. But it is the best answer I can come up with whether it be with this Freemium App or any other. EA if I am wrong then we all look forward to your reply.
Whoa, That was a Logical response and I totally agree!
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What I see here of course is that if you don't want to spend REAL money here, then you really have to have patience. One trick I discovered is that when you seem to not get what you actually wanted, move out of the game and when you return, go diirectly to global trade. Do not click on the hats to see what you actually need... they won't be available at global when you do so. Another is, if you need an item, produce at least one or sell at least one, then you'll see, it'll appear on your selections on global... it's not assured, but basing on my experience, that's just what I do... Reached level 28 without a single real money spent. And I'm happy playing... when global doesn't seem to give me what I want, I switch to Sims freeplay, surely, when I do get back, it'll now be available...
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@iammarycel wrote:
What I see here of course is that if you don't want to spend REAL money here, then you really have to have patience. One trick I discovered is that when you seem to not get what you actually wanted, move out of the game and when you return, go diirectly to global trade. Do not click on the hats to see what you actually need... they won't be available at global when you do so. Another is, if you need an item, produce at least one or sell at least one, then you'll see, it'll appear on your selections on global... it's not assured, but basing on my experience, that's just what I do... Reached level 28 without a single real money spent. And I'm happy playing... when global doesn't seem to give me what I want, I switch to Sims freeplay, surely, when I do get back, it'll now be available...
I don't think it's all that nefarious, though it does seem that I have more patience if I go read a book, watch a movie, engage in real life, etc. then come back. The oddest thing I've seen about the new update is that the acquisition of neo sims is not directly tied to cash outlay. I can't buy neo sims and I can't buy items to sell for neo sims. That shocks me to no end!
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so, this is reason of annoyng market experiences?
If this is the reason, how can be explain that no one buy product (advertised) in my market?
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@joyco13 wrote:
Hello EA Team!
It is very nice to hear that you are fixed some bugs.
I have ask to you. Please consider change the Global Trade buying model.
There is no possibilities to buy something, because there's so many people.
The idea of shelf with a few products for million users game it is not the best option.
Always when I click on product to buy then I see message "Something goes wrong" or product simple disappeared. It is very annoying.
Make stock exchange or something with product list with possibilities to filtered by type.
Regards, JarekA stock exchange is an inspired idea. Why not provide pricing of object based on the number available globally and list the items categorically. Search and filter are too easy-mod for my taste, but creating general trade categories with sliding, supply-based pricing has some serious potential. Of course that would take some thought, insight, and wicked programming. I'm not sure EA has any employees left that are up to the task. Or do they? I guess we'll find out.
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