@Nikkei_Simmer
laughed my head off at the pics and this statement "EA: Join me and together we can usher in a new era of peace and tranquility in the Sims community. No more bickering; just happiness 4 ever and ever...Sims 3 fans. NO NEVER!!!!!" so true :) <3
I just took a quick look here in the UK at sims 3 discs on Amazon UK and you are correct the prices here are also high however they are all new discs but obviously the pre 2012 disc is going to be pre owned. I already owned several 3 discs I had purchased when I started playing 3 wayback so had to buy the others and I am using a mix of new and pre-owned and so far everything's fine. I downloaded my store content just using the pre 2012 disc on a seperate laptop because I do not allow my win 7 hard drive online where I play 3 to access the internet ever and to make sure of that I had yet another internal hard drive fitted in my desktop that I can download files/folders/mods/cc on win 10 for my game and transfer them to my 7 drive when i play my game and not ever need to use the internet as I will never risk something else or any other so called updated program to meddle with my disc game and ruin it-)
I also confess to being paranoid enough to own 2 pre 2012 discs in case one gets damaged or corrupted and a duplicate of ITF as well as discs can sometimes get corrupted by lots of use in the disc tray so i cannot think of much more to secure my future 3 playing days at this point haha
I am providing a link to UK Ebay as I have just taken a look and there are still pre owned discs to be had at reasonable prices and if the seller has a good reputation and post internationally it might be cheaper to buy in the UK and pay the postage to your own country?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313.TR11.TRC1.A0.H0.Xsims+3+discs.TRS0&_nkw=sims+3+discs&_sacat=0
I wish you luck finding what you need at reasonable prices :)
