I rarely, and I do mean rarely, lose sales in OFB.
If you have long lines, hire more employees and set up more registers.
I've been trying out retail tonight and want to rip out my hair. My store is successfully selling, but my sim is running (figuratively, she moves like a snail) to check everyone out. My sim is losing sales right and left because routing through the crowd is awful and my customers all seem to decide they are ready to buy at the same time. This is a SMALL shop btw. I wouldn't dream of starting a mall type store under these conditions. I marked prices ridiculously high, but it's not helping much. You get enough people in a store and it can be difficult to spot those who are ready to check out.
I want my cash register back, not as a useless (basically) decoration! And unless society suddenly all decides to shop online or all retailers intend on having teeny weeny stores........I don't think the cash register is going anywhere permanently soon.
I hope either gurus fix this with a patch or a modder does. This is awful.
We need a way to regulate the flow of customers. The tablet just isn't cutting it alone. My sim owner has to be made to stop trying to play with it to get a sale closed!
