this price increase is old and always tested out. dlc and arcade game on xbox 360 used to be 5 to 10 dollars. nowadays it usually 10 - 20 dollars. people complain and yet they pay up. activision started this with call of duty modern warfare. the trend is going up and not down. ea is just another greedy mofo. it's money first and start to dislike this company every day a little bit more.i'm still full of donuts. but i surely wont put down another penny for this game. when my donuts depleted, then i'm down and go back to free play.

250 donuts for Barneys Bowlarama is a bit excessive. EA are milking loyal Simpsons fans as much as possible. Won't be long before things cost 500 donuts!

bendermac wrote:this price increase is old and always tested out. dlc and arcade game on xbox 360 used to be 5 to 10 dollars. nowadays it usually 10 - 20 dollars. people complain and yet they pay up. activision started this with call of duty modern warfare. the trend is going up and not down. ea is just another greedy mofo. it's money first and start to dislike this company every day a little bit more.i'm still full of donuts. but i surely wont put down another penny for this game. when my donuts depleted, then i'm down and go back to free play.I'm down to my last 100 donuts and like you? I'm not putting another penny into it. So I'm being very careful about what I buy.I know the increase is old supply and demand sort of thing but I'm just curious what people's limit is. How much are they willing to spend (donut wise) on an item before they are done?What really bothers me is they keep pushing these high priced items and yet they don't fix the problems. The Android version? People are having their towns reset and they can't do a thing about it because there isn't an Origin log in that is saving their towns (from what I've read....I don't play that version). So....given all that.....what is the cut off point?I was curious because evidently 150 donuts for a character appears to be mine lol.

chelsea0790 wrote:The Android version? People are having their towns reset and they can't do a thing about it I'd read about this but didnt know it was just for the android versions, I was seriously getting scared.. we are too far along now to lose our towns I couldnt start again =\Oh. You can still lose your town in the iOS version. The difference is that evidently theirs is not saved on the server....what server?? So there is no hope of ever getting it back.Again...this is what I'm reading, I don't play that version so maybe somebody who does can comment? Is there the option to save your town on the Origin server? If there is that option, then why can't you visit friends?

lissarv68 wrote:I was curious because evidently 150 donuts for a character appears to be mine lol.i wouldn't call it a character. like someone else said it here pretty perfect: it's 80 donuts worth police car + a money giving funzo... well, kinda like that. though lepi is cooler then the funzos.

My most recent purchase is the last! I promise!!! No seriously this is becoming an addiction now.

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shaunareid
12 years ago
One thing that is annoying is that the old stuff doesn't drop in price like the standard buildings do! I paid out $207,000 for the library which I believe you can now get for under $100,000! By that maths, all the original premium stuff should be half the price now too! :mrgreen:

I know that'll never happen- profits and unfair to previous purchasers etc etc... :oops:
lissarv68
12 years ago
NeoSEC28 wrote:
lissarv68 wrote:

So my question to you guys is......where is your exit point? When do you say enough and refuse to buy another item?

Exit Point? Well as you well know from seeing my town i have an addiction to this game :lol: The day i quit is when i look at the donut price and think "your having a laugh aint ya!" and of course when my money starts to dry up :lol:

I completely understand where you are coming from EA are defo raising the prices to test us on whether we will go the distance on purchasing them, at the moment im still caving in but even i have a limit.....granted im not sure where that is yet :lol: but everyone has a limit at some point :P

LOL I think when they send you a personal letter thanking you for paying their salaries...then you will finally stop the addiction.

Of course I'm teasing.

I don't have a problem at all with people spending their money, do what you want with it.

I'm just saying that for me, personally, I'm done.

I was just curious what is the limit for others, how much are you willing to spend (donut wise) on things? Or do you think you will never stop?
nstanger91
12 years ago
Probably the same as you lot, when I think ... I don't think so that's taking the p**s. I can't afford to keep buying all these donuts :-( so unless te prices decrease I will probably stop soon :-(
melodyhodge
12 years ago
The only thing is that I cannot imagine not purchasing premiums now that I've bought so much. I even had to get Shauna.
paulson74
12 years ago
My exit point is nearly now. Stop working out ways to make money and actually fix the bloody thing
missyolga
12 years ago
150 donuts is way over it! I already had my thoughts with 90 donuts, but now :(, i rather spend 20 $ or € on something for ME, not for EA,
I started realizing it wh en I got my daughter addicted to the game, and I thought you are a crazy woman :shock: , if she ( who is still an student) should spend her money ont this game, I think I would be angry at her 8)

EA should realize that there are also young ones playing this game, and they are perhaps spending there little bits of money they have to be able to buy the "cool stuff"
And I must say seeing it at others town, makes you envious of buying :evil:
Pchorsedoc
Seasoned Newcomer
12 years ago
I actually have learned to live vicariously through my friends premium items/characters while visiting.

I cannot afford these prices. It's crazy. If the prices were 50% less, lots more would be sold. Maybe the next Gil offer will actually be good!
NeoSEC28
12 years ago
lissarv68 wrote:

LOL I think when they send you a personal letter thanking you for paying their salaries...then you will finally stop the addiction.

Funny you should say that but i did receive a letter from a intern from EA saying that thank you for a Bonus that he heard was all thanks to me :P :mrgreen:

melodyhodge wrote:
The only thing is that I cannot imagine not purchasing premiums now that I've bought so much. I even had to get Shauna.

Oh no not shauna......you must have been flush with donuts :lol: Ive always got her on 24hr tasks she annoying :(
brenneryes
12 years ago
It is not my intention to hit on any nerves but the Springfield sign costs 170 donuts and has a 4.5% or 4.75% bonus.. im not sure which one, the well is tiny very tiny, but it come with a npc (non-playable character) for 150 donuts. Your getting a 4% bonus plus a Character similar to that of the funzo`s or the bart raven.

They could have easily charged 80 donuts (probably more for the well) with the bonus being 4% but they didnt, they also could have given it no bonus and thrown it with the leprechaun as a simple vanity decoration.

I prefer the well over the springfield sign myself, it is tiny and cute and I Love that it comes with a character and a 4% bonus item for 150, and it goes hand in hand with the pub, I can understand why you dont like it because EA is charging a high amount for it and it is tiny, but unlike other deals and comparing it to the springfield sign it is pretty fair it just is alot tinier and insignificant.

Wait around it might go on sale like kang and xmas village did, and that might incite you to buy it or not im not sure but If you have bought the springfield sign I Implore you to compare the two, this item is not as bad as every1 is making it out to be, and no i am not brainwashed by EA (i think.. :shock: )
lissarv68
12 years ago
Pchorsedoc wrote:
I actually have learned to live vicariously through my friends premium items/characters while visiting.

I cannot afford these prices. It's crazy. If the prices were 50% less, lots more would be sold. Maybe the next Gil offer will actually be good!

For you and Missyolga -

Funny you should mention this, my son has a town that he plays off and on. He is 10 and is always begging me to let him use his allowance money to buy things. I refuse. I'm mean mom. I do let him go into my town and collect my money and play with the things I've gotten. He is living vicariously through me but....I'm not sure I'm going to keep spending that amount of money on this game.

So he will have to live through the stuff his neighbors have.

He gets $10 a week - he wanted to spend that and last weeks allowance to get the leprechaun, I flat out refused to let him do it. Like Missy said, there are kids and students playing this game. I can't imagine them being able to spend this amount of money.

Yes. It is a free game and you don't have to spend the money, however, if the sky rocketing prices continue? Then it will be a dead game because people will stop buying.