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JaggidEdje's avatar
JaggidEdje
4 years ago

How do you get mail if your Sims are never at home?

A have a Sim household (of 1 Sim) right now who mostly is living out of an apartment above her retail store. Granted, she has to have an actual home as well, because I guess the zoning commission doesn't allow a retail location to be a home, but she rarely goes there.

I've found that my mail ends up going missing all the time because of this. I send stuff to the geo council, I get the alert that I got the returned mail while at the retail lot, but when I return to the actual home the mailbox is empty.

Does anyone know a workaround for this problem, other than staying at home when expecting new mail? I've found the ea answers bug thread on the topic and made my contribution, but right now I'm just looking for any kind of solution or workaround, considering the bug is 5+ years old, I don't expect a fix any time soon.
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10 Replies

  • Lazzial's avatar
    Lazzial
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago
    Your Sims get mail? :o

    Sorry, that sounds bad. Wish I could help. All I ever get is a weekly bill.
  • AncientMuse2's avatar
    AncientMuse2
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago
    Go into build mode and add a mailbox to the retail lot.

    Sims can use any mailbox anywhere on any lot, not just the one on their residential lot. I always add mailboxes to commercial venues so my sims can use a mailbox if needed, no matter where they are.
  • JaggidEdje's avatar
    JaggidEdje
    4 years ago
    "AncientMuse;c-18058088" wrote:
    Go into build mode and add a mailbox to the retail lot.

    Sims can use any mailbox anywhere on any lot. I always add mailboxes to commercial venues so my sims can use a mailbox if needed, no matter where they are.


    OMG, I didn't know that! Thank you so much!
  • AncientMuse2's avatar
    AncientMuse2
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago
    "Stormkeep;c-18058089" wrote:
    "AncientMuse;c-18058088" wrote:
    Go into build mode and add a mailbox to the retail lot.

    Sims can use any mailbox anywhere on any lot. I always add mailboxes to commercial venues so my sims can use a mailbox if needed, no matter where they are.


    OMG, I didn't know that! Thank you so much!


    You're welcome! I'm now picturing you running around adding mailboxes everywhere... :D
  • JaggidEdje's avatar
    JaggidEdje
    4 years ago
    "Arzekial;c-18058085" wrote:
    Your Sims get mail? :o

    All I ever get is a weekly bill. Little Ms Sam has a bill auto pay mod if that's something you might be interested in.


    LOL, yah, all the households which I am playing right now get mail. One has two very famous sims and they get fan mail all the time, 1 does a lot of digging so gets mail from the geo council a lot and the 3rd is a slightly famous author who has the perk where they get potions in the mail.
    All my Sim households are related, so I also regularly get "gifts' sent from family members for birthdays and the like.

    I get far more mail in the Sims than I do irl. :lol:
  • JaggidEdje's avatar
    JaggidEdje
    4 years ago
    "AncientMuse;c-18058091" wrote:

    You're welcome! I'm now picturing you running around adding mailboxes everywhere... :D


    You're psychic! :lol:
  • JaggidEdje's avatar
    JaggidEdje
    4 years ago
    @AncientMuse, you would not believe how long it takes to go through all the worlds and add a mailbox to ever single community lot in the game. Phew, I'm worn out.

    It took even longer because I'd only finished with one world when it was clear to me that I also needed much more variety in style of mailboxes if I was going to do this. So I spent an hour searching for and downloading a ton of custom CC mailboxes. :lol:
  • AncientMuse2's avatar
    AncientMuse2
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago
    "Stormkeep;c-18058369" wrote:
    @AncientMuse, you would not believe how long it takes to go through all the worlds and add a mailbox to ever single community lot in the game. Phew, I'm worn out.

    It took even longer because I'd only finished with one world when it was clear to me that I also needed much more variety in style of mailboxes if I was going to do this. So I spent an hour searching for and downloading a ton of custom CC mailboxes. :lol:


    Heh heh. Yup, I have a whole bunch of cc mailboxes too. I wish we had more mailbox varieties in the game to match with all the different worlds and styles. It would be nice if we could get a new design style every time we get a new world...... or maybe that's just my OCD-ness shining through? :D
  • Admiral8Q's avatar
    Admiral8Q
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago
    Go into build mode and add a mailbox to the retail lot.

    Sims can use any mailbox anywhere on any lot. I always add mailboxes to commercial venues so my sims can use a mailbox if needed, no matter where they are.

    OMG, I didn't know that! Thank you so much!

    You're welcome! I'm now picturing you running around adding mailboxes everywhere... :D


    This made me laugh so much! :D :D :D :D

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