I did pretty well in last weeks sticker contest which gave me a bonus 27 gems. Combined with the daily To-Do, I found myself with 4X gems and decided to see what I could get.
First roll was male bracelet (I didn't fully realize it was male at the time) with a trait I might use after I unlock it.
Second roll was a trenchcoat of undetermined gender, turned out to be male, with the exact same trait and effect as the bracelet.
I was unable to afford a Re-roll, because 4X is < 56 gems.
I now have 2 male items that boost the same trait. There is a trash button I can press, and this will be the first to go when I reach total Izzy item limit. Duplicates of a food enhancing trait are not so useful when sims are unable to share stories/careers/hobbies.
How many gems get refunded when you trash an Izzy outfit?
How do I like Izzy's shop? I don't like it very much. It is gambling.
It is more than cosmetic as the traits can help your sims out. It is very expensive to use it, and no control over what you get and if you can use it or not.
I think at their current prices, of being able to afford 1 roll every 10 days, we should have some more control, either pick a trait or gender, and let the rest be random. Or reduce the prices so we get more shots at something useful.
Another option would be delayed re-rolling. So you can double check that the effect or trait is something new that you want or if it's a duplicate. Or some way to recycle existing duplicates.
A re-roll of 16, when it costs 20 just to start, why would you spend that? Instead of re-rolling you can just get another whole item in 2 days worth of ToDo at that price.