"simgeek79;13194473" wrote:
Oh my goodness LadybugLeslie you are brilliant! Wow! I hated math in high school. I remember thinking, "When will I ever use this stuff" if only someone had told me it would help me save tons of simoleons I would have paid attention!!!!! Thank's for your update on the World Inspiration Compilation. I'm only missing three of the items from your list and have marked my google calendar for them. Only 74 simpoints for me! Sounds too good to be true! I think it was notthecar that recently shared a way to get that compilation. Based on what she had and I had, I had to purchase Safari Living off of the DD for 221 spts to get the green download. I'll take 74 spts instead :smile:
Further to what I was saying this morning, I believe I bought a few items off of the DD for Killer Classics and then ended up getting Killer Classics free off the DD and then getting the January 2012 compilation free (Edwardian Kitchen, Steam Punk Kitchen free). I really wish I had taken notes but maybe just knowing there is relationship between the sets can be helpful knowledge. Thanks again for doing all this research. You are awesome! (*)
::blushing:: You're so sweet @simgeek79 I will say, my love of bargain hunting has kept my basic math skills fairly sharp. And I married an engineer with a double major in math, so he keeps me on the right track ;) That World Inspiration Collection seems crazy to me, too! It works because the set is a huge discount off of buying all the individual items separately (all the items total up to 6312 SP but the set is 3400)
What is your CYS price on the collection at the moment? I'm curious if you'll even need everything I listed.
As far as Jan 2012, did you own the More Magic set or the crystal ball set as well?
"Grouchybeast;13195059" wrote:
Re: Getting the best deal on Best of 2012.
I have the Chun Co Teppanyaki Grill, the Soothsayer's Crystal Ball, India Inspiration- Tanchoi Touches Top, Food Sample Sculpture, Impermanent Dinner Table, and Zen Garden Lamp. My current CYS price for the 2012 compilation is 4,320sp. Itadakimasu! Japanese Inspired Dining is coming up fairly soon and I should be able to get the rest of that free anyway according to the calculator (in fact, the calculator says I've actually already spent too much on it, because I was aiming ineptly for the Best of 2012 and nothing thinking logically about individual sets.)
What do you think would be my best approach for getting the compilation? Still buy the Greenhouse? The greenhouse is something I really want, and if I don't buy it on this rotation and then the list doesn't rotate again I know I'll be kicking myself.
@Grouchybeast - if I were you, I'd buy the greenhouse @ DD# 952. I'd also go ahead and pick up the Itadakimasu! set since it's free and it will give you a little extra cushion towards your CYS. It is a bummer you bought those other pieces of it. You only need to own the grill to get the set for free on DD. This way you're really only eating a few smaller SP and you don't have to do all the crazy stuff I'm doing to get mine. I have already bought the Indian clothing, so I am committed to my strategy, otherwise I'd be wasting loads of SP, but I think your best bet is to get the greenhouse.
"stephenhamburg;13195107" wrote:
I've only been around since the very beginning of sim-dom/land, by that I mean the original simcity, that doesn't make me old, that makes me ancient...and gorgeous, I look just like my sim avatar, with the lights dimmed and enough nectar.
Bit of a doo-da with Folly Fortunes, but I guess it's living up to it's name. If I get enough working ads, I may even get it :-)
You were very quick doing the math, thank you.
@stephenhamburg -- I played the original simcity too! But I was a baby, a teeny tiny baby. There is no way I'm old! I could never keep my city from self-destructing though. Ha. I was not very good at it. You're welcome for the math :)
"Me1620;13194989" wrote:
@LadybugLeslie - I have now added a link to this thread on the Welcome page of the spreadsheet.
Cool! Thanks :smiley:
