Decorations to Boost Consumerism. Pretty please?

For those who don't know, the present depot, Santa's workshop, and Clausco all boost consumerism, even though they aren't "stores" and don't have the register icon over them. I've confirmed in my town that storing any of them made consumerism drop. (Elf house had no impact on it, I checked that one too.)
So I know the present depot is not most people's favorite thing, but don't keep it in storage if you're trying to boost consumerism.

I'm de-Christmassing the present depot in my own head, and looking on it as a piece of modern art. There used to be something a bit like it in Edinburgh, but it wasn't very popular :lol:

bonsol17 wrote:
I'm de-Christmassing the present depot in my own head, and looking on it as a piece of modern art. There used to be something a bit like it in Edinburgh, but it wasn't very popular :lol:

I imagine it wasn't :lol:

I think it looks just fine by Clausco, so I don't mind having it out.

The tapped out wiki says the Aztec theater is a consumerism building. I might have to get it, if that's the case. Stu's disco is also mentioned, but it costs a lot more.

neuroheart wrote:

bonsol17 wrote:
I'm de-Christmassing the present depot in my own head, and looking on it as a piece of modern art. There used to be something a bit like it in Edinburgh, but it wasn't very popular :lol:

I imagine it wasn't :lol:

I think it looks just fine by Clausco, so I don't mind having it out.

The tapped out wiki says the Aztec theater is a consumerism building. I might have to get it, if that's the case. Stu's disco is also mentioned, but it costs a lot more.

I have both and am still stuck 4.5 stars, so I'd be interested how that affects your rating. :D

I'm not sure you can get to 5 stars without multiple Kwik-e-marts. I was reading somewhere on the net (can't remember where) but it was saying that even if you had every premium and limited time item you would still need a couple Kwik-e-marts. I think it is true because I have almost every item and I am sitting at 4.5 stars.

And can someone post a pic where KM hides completely behind a building?

ehoffa21 wrote:
I'm not sure you can get to 5 stars without multiple Kwik-e-marts. I was reading somewhere on the net (can't remember where) but it was saying that even if you had every premium and limited time item you would still need a couple Kwik-e-marts. I think it is true because I have almost every item and I am sitting at 4.5 stars.

That's likely. That's why I want a little decoration

And can someone post a pic where KM hides completely behind a building?

Completely? No, none of my buildings are big enough. Here's the best I've gotten:

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t62/PRbackup/tappedout/IMG_20140223_165623_zps77e93365.jpg

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t62/PRbackup/tappedout/IMG_20140223_165551_zps57f87498.jpg

Hmmm. With the orientation of Costingtons to my mall, I couldn't get a full kem behind it. I ended up with this instead:

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t62/PRbackup/tappedout/SFMall_zps82b21c15.jpg


I suppose I could redesign, but I'm pretty happy with how it looks. (And one more shop is clearly not going to be sufficient, since storing a single thing drops me back to 3.5 stars.)

ehoffa21 wrote:
I'm not sure you can get to 5 stars without multiple Kwik-e-marts. I was reading somewhere on the net (can't remember where) but it was saying that even if you had every premium and limited time item you would still need a couple Kwik-e-marts. I think it is true because I have almost every item and I am sitting at 4.5 stars.

And can someone post a pic where KM hides completely behind a building?

I have a five star rating and I only have one KEM. I did have two (one hidden behind my Costingtons) but I put the second one into storage and I kept the five stars.

So yes, it can be done with only one KEM.

ehoffa21 wrote:
And can someone post a pic where KM hides completely behind a building?

Don't have a pic, but if you put two buildings together or building + decoration (e.g., two skyscrapers or the high school + duff blimp or parade balloon), you can hide it completely. I agree that it's challenging, though.

AllenDelic wrote:

ehoffa21 wrote:
I'm not sure you can get to 5 stars without multiple Kwik-e-marts. I was reading somewhere on the net (can't remember where) but it was saying that even if you had every premium and limited time item you would still need a couple Kwik-e-marts. I think it is true because I have almost every item and I am sitting at 4.5 stars.

And can someone post a pic where KM hides completely behind a building?

Negative, I don't have doubles of KEM but I still have 5 star Consumerism.

How have you guys done it? I'm stuck at 4.5, the only stores I don't have are the Mapple store and the House of Evil or whatever it was called. Also don't have any whacking day stuff just in case those pesky stalls have an affect :lol:

http://tstoaddicts.com/2013/09/09/shop-till-you-drop-maximizing-your-conform-o-meter-consumerism-rating/

This article, although written last September states, even if you were a day one player with all the premium and non premium stores you'd still be 7 stores short of the points requirements. Apparently each store has 10 consumerism points.

http://tstotopix.me/2013/08/24/how-many-shops-do-i-need-to-maximize-the-consumerism-rating/

This article written Aug 2013, says that Bachelor Arms adds to consumerism incorrectly but that Springfield Waxworks is intended too but gives indolence instead, we'll see if this changes in the next level. They also say that the Gypsy Fortune Teller shop adds to consumerism as well.

I'm not going to say you guys with 5 stars are wrong, I'm just curious to see how you've done it where I can't.