Economy in TS4 - please, fix it!

"Aericia;d-975473" wrote:
Why the fridge is more expensive than huge tv screen?

The fridge comes with a lifetime supply of free food, make sense for it to be expensive. :)
I usually play with motherlode and my sims still manage to struggle financially. Even when I cheat I still try to limit their collecting. Usually, they collect stuff if they have bills to pay in 48 hours and 0 simoleons in their pockets, but otherwise I try to collect stuff only if they need some ingredient they don't have. They are really desperate if they collect frogs. Fishing is strictly for the next meal. Also, it helps to be less productive in activities like painting, writing, gardening, you can use the spare time for other fun activities or travelling. Travelling can be expensive, so travel often and in style. Camping is for sims with 0 money in their pocket. Discover University offers skill classes for money, so you could try skilling up by paying for it. Instead of buying furniture and decor from the catalogue, you can set up a store with high costs and buy stuff from there. Normal price-up is 25%, but you can go upto 100%. Same with clothing, give them one outfit from CAS so they aren't naked, but buy all other outfits from the clothing store. Clean out your sims wardrobe periodically. Get sims to start a bad business or two. Have many kids and send them all to college. Have your sims eat often in restaurants, get them to invite all their friends and treat them to the most expensive food on the menu. In a bar, buy rounds of drinks for everyone present. Start a weekly house party tradition, hire a maid even if you don't need one, or even better, a butler. Refuse to learn the repair skill and call the repair man every time something breaks down, or discard it and buy new. Gift your friends often expensive gifts. If you have extra produce in your inventory you can use it to fertilize the soil instead of selling it. If you're bored on a winter night you can always burn money.