Do sims 3 store things ever go on sale?

[Weizen1988]

Like get simpoints for cheap, or on items themselves? the games pretty old, charging 20-35 bucks for a town is a bit much.

[whitemoongurl]

You just missed a half-off simpoint sale a few weeks ago on Origin (which you don't need to have installed to get). As far as towns themselves, I don't recall seeing them go on sale. Items do go on sale. There's a section dedicated to items and sets that go on sale on the site. Ever seen the "Daily Deal" section on the plain thesims3.com site? That's part of it. :)

[Weizen1988]

Thats unfortunate. My parents got really excited when i mentioned the new towns, but that really is a lot of money for just a single town or building. I wonder if they will go on sale again sometime? Maybe next sims 4 thing to get released will cause a sale.

[abbyzero]

Summer sale is coming.. 😎

[Weizen1988]

Originally posted by abbyzero:

Summer sale is coming.. 😎

Sims store isnt part of steam, steam summer sale wont help with that. It will help get them the into the future thing they want. But they specifically wanted the greenhouse thing from the store and the sunlit tides town from the store i guess, since isla paradiso is so buggy and laggy.

[cruinne]

All stuff in the store goes on sale on regular rotations, with varying discounts. Annoying right? Anyway, the idea is, look up the thing you want on the list below (ctrl + f for finding it), then note the next time it's going to be on deep discount - then maybe set a Google calendar reminder for it

Here's the schedule for the Sims 3 Store Daily Deal: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NIeS9yIMAw-fA7VhseLilqCOV5XfKoSJXwbyyKQLJP4/edit#gid=882235701 (be sure to hop to the "Current Rotation" tab)

Also, fwiw, some of the towns (Dragon Valley and Aurora Skies, definitely) still have disk versions out there in places. I picked up each for just a few dollars from the online Walmart store. Unlike Expansion packs bought on disk, the towns are fully compatible (you just register the CD key and then download them from the store).

[igazor]

Will also add that each of the store worlds (except Riverview, but that one is free for those with a registered game anyway) adds some store content to the game that can be used in any world. In addition to clothes and Build/Buy assets, premium item things like baby dragons, violins, casinos, produce markets, pizza ovens, zen massage tables, etc. come with or come with bundles that are associated with store worlds. It's not quite like getting an entire Expansion Pack that way, but it's still more than just the worlds themselves.

[Weizen1988]

I did end up buying a town, and it didnt go great. The store page says gold edition dragon valley comes with 1900 simpoints, follow link to origin, doesnt mention it, but its called gold edition, i buy it, code doesnt work, i contact support, which was very helpful, and they give me a new code, but i never got my points, but i did get everything else listed in the bundle. So I think some of the store pages are now advertising deals that have since been modified.

[igazor]

Even with a properly working code the first time, it can take "a while" (like a day or more) for those sim points to show up in one's balance. It might help if you log out of the store site completely and log in again, also might help if you clear your browser's cache or try a different browser.

But if still not there after some time passes, it would be back to customer support to fix that.The reason for providing the 1,900 points in the gold version is so that the Renaissance Faire Venue can be obtained, this is the one that comes with the violin and archery, though the points can be used for other things instead.

[Weizen1988]

Originally posted by igazor:

Even with a properly working code the first time, it can take "a while" (like a day or more) for those sim points to show up in one's balance. It might help if you log out of the store site completely and log in again, also might help if you clear your browser's cache or try a different browser.

But if still not there after some time passes, it would be back to customer support to fix that.The reason for providing the 1,900 points in the gold version is so that the Renaissance Faire Venue can be obtained, this is the one that comes with the violin and archery, though the points can be used for other things instead.

The Sims 3 Store says it includes the points, The Origin shop where you actually can buy the thing says nothing about points under the list of things it includes.
https://store.thesims3.com/dragonvalley.html?&section=Grid&section=Grid


https://www.origin.com/usa/en-us/store/the-sims/the-sims-3/addon/the-sims-3-dragon-valley-gold-edition

I had planned to buy that with it, yes, since it seriously should just have come with that world, but we have to be nickel and dimed to an extent, the is EA, but that deal is no longer what is actually being sold it seems. Origin lists the contents of the pack as just including celtic lands pack. No simpoints. So I expect if I want the rest of that stuff Ill have to pay more money. Because they can just point to the actual origin page where the purchase happens and how it doesnt mention simpoints anywhere. And the sims 3 store page just directs you to origin when you try to buy the things it charges actual money for.

[igazor]

Yes, I see what you mean now. Part of this is a leftover effect of our at one time being able to buy worlds they were selling for cash (rather than points) directly from the TS3 store site, but the store no longer handles cash/credit card transactions hence the redirect to Origin to process such purchases.

I find it difficult to believe though that the points that were to be be included in the gold pack are not meant to part of the package any longer even though Origin doesn't list them and would still attempt to follow up with customer support about this. A whole lot of things, some not very nice, can be said about EA but they don't have a huge reputation for providing click-throughs to take our money and then simply flat out not deliver what was originally promised.

It's actually to our advantage (when this works as it should) to be given points for related content like the Renaissance Faire because some players may have already acquired the venue independently of having purchased Dragon Valley and could put those points to good use on other things.

[Weizen1988]

Originally posted by igazor:

Yes, I see what you mean now. Part of this is a leftover effect of our at one time being able to buy worlds they were selling for cash (rather than points) directly from the TS3 store site, but the store no longer handles cash/credit card transactions hence the redirect to Origin to process such purchases.

I find it difficult to believe though that the points that were to be be included in the gold pack are not meant to part of the package any longer even though Origin doesn't list them and would still attempt to follow up with customer support about this. A whole lot of things, some not very nice, can be said about EA but they don't have a huge reputation for providing click-throughs to take our money and then simply flat out not deliver what was originally promised.

It's actually to our advantage (when this works as it should) to be given points for related content like the Renaissance Faire because some players may have already acquired the venue independently of having purchased Dragon Valley and could put those points to good use on other things.

You might be right, Ill likely give it a try, I dont expect it to work, because it technically is what was "promised" by the actual website involved in the transactions, just not in the advertisement on the sims 3 store itself. Still, thats nearly 20 dollars of simpoints, and had i known I wasnt going to get them, id have just bought the town and then celtic lands separately.

[cruinne]

Really, the points are nothing to them. . They once gave me $20 worth of points because I complained that a promotional free item I was supposed to get (an espresso maker or something like that?) wouldn't download properly.

Definitely get the points - it's worth it, and they owe it to you. If they don't want to pay out the 1900 points, then they need to modify the page that advertises it not just have it lead you to another page that lists the same price but doesn't mention the points. (I'm fairly sure that's against consumer protection laws in like all countries and US states.)

[Weizen1988]

Any idea the hours their customer service chat is open. It just says no one is available and wont let me submit the ticket.

[Weizen1988]

Originally posted by Cahos Rahne Veloza:

They're totally free and have been for years now but you have to be more awesome than you first ;)

Yes yes, Im familiar with what you speak of, but not interested in going that route.

Edit:
So, contacted customer service, took 40 or so minutes, they were unable to help or give me the points, but have passed me up the chain to someone who can and gave me 15% off next purchase on top of that. So, overall it was definitely worth it to contact them and figure out what was up with that deal.

[igazor]

I'm going to guess that it's not the the deal itself is broken/misleading, but that whatever it was that went wrong with the original purchase that was fixed by the new code originally provided just didn't take the points part of the gold bundle offer into account. While 40 minutes to wait for resolution seems excessive, am glad to hear that they worked things out for you in the end.

And no, not everyone subscribes to the it's awesome, it's free, arrr and gimmee that route to obtain digital assets. :)