Wholesale (English Version)

[zen_aki]

I have noticed that when the prompt comes up, it only comes up for the first day when you start the game and not any days afterwards (I have had to decline the offers because I was short of products).

I do not know if this is a bug or a known issue, so I thought I'd bring it up on the forum to see if others are experiencing this.

Process:
Prompt comes up for the wholesale
Press P to open the wholesale
See that the item they want I cannot provide due to being low inventory (noticed that it wants an entire shelf that is full)
Decline the offer
play the day
end the day
restock and order
start the next day
work through the next day
no wholesale prompt at all.

What is the rhyme or reason to the wholesale?

[Maleventum]

It would also be nice if you could set aside the order without declining, and be able to buy the items needed and sell it.

[CrazyIvan512]

Originally posted by zen_aki:

I have noticed that when the prompt comes up, it only comes up for the first day when you start the game and not any days afterwards (I have had to decline the offers because I was short of products).

I do not know if this is a bug or a known issue, so I thought I'd bring it up on the forum to see if others are experiencing this.

Process:
Prompt comes up for the wholesale
Press P to open the wholesale
See that the item they want I cannot provide due to being low inventory (noticed that it wants an entire shelf that is full)
Decline the offer
play the day
end the day
restock and order
start the next day
work through the next day
no wholesale prompt at all.

What is the rhyme or reason to the wholesale?

It is all RNG .. there is no specific time that You will get an offer, and some times the offer will be to Buy product from You, and some times it will be to Sell You product, I have not had back to back days with an offer, but I have had an offer one day, and then the third day another one, but I have also gone 3 days with no offers

the problem is.. all the Offers to Buy that I have seen is for very large quantities of an Item.. over 80 of a single item.. my max stock on any item is never above 40, I am certainly not going to stock 100 of any items .. just in hopes of getting a purchase offer for them, I dont have the room nor the money to leave 60 extra of an item sitting on my storage racks
and as for the Selling me items.. Meh, its never such an amazing offer that I feel it is of much benefit, I did purchase 5 cases of clotted cream, again.. not a huge savings on an item I dont sell much of typically.. but I wanted to try out the system, now if I could get an offer of like 25% or more savings on a bunch of Liquor or Sushi... then It would be worth it.. LOL

[Chris8876]

Hi All, did you understood how to present the wholesale products? I hunged up a sign in the shop “reduced” as in the pictures and reduced the price, but the buying behavior of the customers has not changed. The reduced product remained on the shelf (no increased purchase). Maybe this wholesale is for the local markets, where they just sell boxes (like in discount stores).

[shadowbeast]

Originally posted by Chris8876:

Hi All, did you understood how to present the wholesale products? I hunged up a sign in the shop “reduced” as in the pictures and reduced the price, but the buying behavior of the customers has not changed. The reduced product remained on the shelf (no increased purchase). Maybe this wholesale is for the local markets, where they just sell boxes (like in discount stores).

The wholesale products I buy I sell at the usual market price. I don't sell at a lower price as that would reduce the extra profit I could make. So I purchase then store it and fill when that product needs filling on the shelf.

[Bunky]

Originally posted by CrazyIvan512:

It is all RNG .. there is no specific time that You will get an offer, and some times the offer will be to Buy product from You, and some times it will be to Sell You product, I have not had back to back days with an offer, but I have had an offer one day, and then the third day another one, but I have also gone 3 days with no offers

the problem is.. all the Offers to Buy that I have seen is for very large quantities of an Item.. over 80 of a single item.. my max stock on any item is never above 40, I am certainly not going to stock 100 of any items .. just in hopes of getting a purchase offer for them, I dont have the room nor the money to leave 60 extra of an item sitting on my storage racks
and as for the Selling me items.. Meh, its never such an amazing offer that I feel it is of much benefit, I did purchase 5 cases of clotted cream, again.. not a huge savings on an item I dont sell much of typically.. but I wanted to try out the system, now if I could get an offer of like 25% or more savings on a bunch of Liquor or Sushi... then It would be worth it.. LOL

My sentiment, exactly. The wholesale feature was really poorly implemented and seemingly thrown in with little thought. I can't picture any meaningful impact these mechanics have on making/saving money for players, or any consideration for how the game's economy actually works. It just doesn't seem useful, interesting or even fun to engage with (unless clicking 2 buttons in a disconnected prompt is fun for you).

[Flotten]

Useless feature.

[RODDERS2]

Not seen this once yet