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JoRN1414
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7 years ago

First time not using kaching or motherlode in several years

It's both amusing and annoying.

My first mistake was when I decided to get a starter base game home from the gallery. I didn't take into consideration the fact that it would take up most of the startup simoleans. Of course, in order to be starter it has the lowest priced items in it. (read, uncomfortable, smelly, and doesn't fill needs.) So it's been a challenge to get my Sim to stay in the green. I'm enjoying most of it. I had made her a collector that loves outdoors and was a loner so I could harvest, dig, and fish to make money until I decided what her role was going to be.

The second mistake, I went back in and added a pet for the extra simoleans. Yeah, pets are expensive. Oops. Lets not think about the vet visit we just had, shall we? Or the $28 household funds we currently have. I'm torn between making her get a job and just continuing on with the collecting and selling, and gardening. I did use poop for fertilizer for the first time. The dog is earning her keep!

and I really need to do something about that fridge.

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  • One question and I might as well ask here. First of all, I didn’t even know you could have actual yard sales in the Sims. But also, when you try displaying your sim’s art and handmade items at one of the festivals (I forgot which), do you get money from that or no?
  • From The Sims to The Sims 3 every family I made had everything from the start and everything of the best. They didn't ever need to work and they always had money for the bills and for the majority of the time I was okay with that. When Sims 4 came out I was determined to make them work for every penny and and start out with the worst stuff and work their way up. I've never had more fun. I very rarely use money cheats nowadays.
  • I've never used the money cheats in this game (since I bought it 4 years ago) it kind of ruins the fun for me :)
  • for me there is something fun about my sims working to earn something, whether that's purely through working my way up the careers or selling things like books or paintings on the side for extra cash.
  • I have never used money cheats. I like playing the game.

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