I'm sure a lot of you have faced the problem of having too much money on the sims. How do you guys spend the money/get rid of it?I have three sims in the household who keep donating a 1000 simoleons as often as possible. It's not enough though.One of my sims is working in the scientist profession (earning money) cause I don't wanna lose on the gameplay just cause I have too much money. Although I did have a generation which didn't work at all.I have about 150 000 which is not the most money but it's not challenging enough.I'm not much of a builder either and have a suitable home for my simmies. It wouldn't house more sims though. Maybe I'll just add a third floor and get more sims to move in and donate.So... what do you guys do to spend money? I don't wanna cheat though.

I buy retail lots and build them vacation homes. Just put the cash register in a closet somewhere.

If I want my sims to have less money but not a crazy amount of usable items, I decorate. I love having decorations and clutter around the house. I also like to do a lot of outside decorating and landscaping such as trees and flowers. This can take up a lot of money, but not give your sims a ridiculous amount of items they don't need. Also, if you want to up the difficulty and get rid of some money, you can buy expensive items like statues and keep them in the household inventory. That will both take away money and cause your bills to go up, but won't take up space.

"jessathemessa;15072553" wrote:Also, if you want to up the difficulty and get rid of some money, you can buy expensive items like statues and keep them in the household inventory. That will both take away money and cause your bills to go up, but won't take up space.Ooh, that's a great idea.

"Wulfsimmer;15072560" wrote:"jessathemessa;15072553" wrote:If I want my sims to have less money but not a crazy amount of usable items, I decorate. I love having decorations and clutter around the house. I also like to do a lot of outside decorating and landscaping such as trees and flowers. This can take up a lot of money, but not give your sims a ridiculous amount of items they don't need. Also, if you want to up the difficulty and get rid of some money, you can buy expensive items like statues and keep them in the household inventory. That will both take away money and cause your bills to go up, but won't take up space.Why would having a statue increase the bill tho? No electricity ir water for that needed :confused: Any item your sims own, in personal inventories, household inventories, or placed on the lot, factor into the bills!

"Wulfsimmer;15072560" wrote:"jessathemessa;15072553" wrote:If I want my sims to have less money but not a crazy amount of usable items, I decorate. I love having decorations and clutter around the house. I also like to do a lot of outside decorating and landscaping such as trees and flowers. This can take up a lot of money, but not give your sims a ridiculous amount of items they don't need. Also, if you want to up the difficulty and get rid of some money, you can buy expensive items like statues and keep them in the household inventory. That will both take away money and cause your bills to go up, but won't take up space.Why would having a statue increase the bill tho? No electricity ir water for that needed :confused: In real life it doesn't make a lot of sense, but I like to imagine the bills in the Sims as more than just "utilities" and more along the lines of property tax or mortgage tax.

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MarleyTheWizard
Seasoned Ace
9 years ago
eat out a lot, bring guests. if you don't have any sim owned restaurants, edit the menu to the most exclusive stuff.
I took another family to a restaurant that is sim owned, the prices caught me off guard :o
ParmaViolet87
9 years ago
I wish there was some way to give other Sims money, like parents giving their kids a lump sum to move out and start off on their own.
zisp
9 years ago
"Marley V;15087293" wrote:
eat out a lot, bring guests. if you don't have any sim owned restaurants, edit the menu to the most exclusive stuff.
I took another family to a restaurant that is sim owned, the prices caught me off guard :o

Can you set the prices yourself? I haven't really checked myself yet.
EmmaVane
Seasoned Ace
9 years ago
"Simpkin;15087498" wrote:
"Marley V;15087293" wrote:
eat out a lot, bring guests. if you don't have any sim owned restaurants, edit the menu to the most exclusive stuff.
I took another family to a restaurant that is sim owned, the prices caught me off guard :o

Can you set the prices yourself? I haven't really checked myself yet.

You can set a mark up (ranges from 100% mark up to 300% in 25% increments).
MarleyTheWizard
Seasoned Ace
9 years ago
@Simpkin like @emmav said + when you have unlocked the the ingredient option, that also adds to the price
MarleyTheWizard
Seasoned Ace
9 years ago
"ParmaViolet87;15087312" wrote:
I wish there was some way to give other Sims money, like parents giving their kids a lump sum to move out and start off on their own.

with high enough charisma you can ask for loans, haven't tried, but I think that will reduce the other sims account or when you get pickpocketed.
Have you tried @ParmaViolet87?
AlayniPandalore
6 years ago
I have over 8 million simoleons and I cannot get rid of them fast enough! :(
GalacticGal
Legend
6 years ago
"Wulfsimmer;c-15072560" wrote:
"jessathemessa;15072553" wrote:
If I want my sims to have less money but not a crazy amount of usable items, I decorate. I love having decorations and clutter around the house. I also like to do a lot of outside decorating and landscaping such as trees and flowers. This can take up a lot of money, but not give your sims a ridiculous amount of items they don't need.

Also, if you want to up the difficulty and get rid of some money, you can buy expensive items like statues and keep them in the household inventory. That will both take away money and cause your bills to go up, but won't take up space.

Why would having a statue increase the bill tho? No electricity ir water for that needed :confused:

Because the Devs in their infinite wisdom, seems to 'tax' your Sims on everything. LOL Inventory items, Simoleons in their account, nice furnishings, you name it the Tax Sim audits it. ;)
Urame
6 years ago
My wealthy sim uses that vault that came with Get Famous. I just plop the large sum in there and forget about it.
EA_Rtas
Community Manager
6 years ago
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