Are You Stocking Up for Charity Corner?

[Musical_Shoyru]

I've been pretty much saving any r80-r99 items I come across and have a select r90-r99 items I buy daily. My goal is to try and get about 10k items in total (More so r90-r99) by the time it comes around. I'm nearly at 2k items right now :) (Lots of doubles of items

What have you been collecting for it, if anything? What do you think the next CC will be?

 

Here's my list of items xD

Airax

Baby Scorchio Plushie

Bag of Decorative Seashells

Barbat

Black Cherry Tea

Blue Kadoatie Plushie

Blue Kiko Balloon

Bug Eye McGee

Festering Coffee

Fresh Bamboo Chair

Ghoti

Green Chia Plushie

Green Cyodrake Plushie

Heavenly Roast Turkey

Huggy

Karate for Beginners

Leeble Rubber Ring

Limeberry Krawkade

Lupe Warrior Lunch Box

Maraquan Bedtime Stories

Moon and Star Stickers

Mega Force Ice Gloves

Neocola Book

Nupie

Peach Snowflake

Pimplepepper

Pink Flower Bouqet

Pink Racing Bike

Pirate Small Talk

Prom Date Usuki

Rocky Ocean Background

Snorkle Snout

Starry Cookie Pile

Square Gelatin

Superstar Hair Clip

Teenage Usuki

Ultra Bubble Beam

Ultranova

Usuki Hair Extensions

Vo Codestone Plushie

Welcoming Lupe Gnome

Wormy Pasta

Yellow Snowball

Crispy Pumpkin Chips

Ghostkerchief Greeting Card

Blue Meerca Gnome Plushie

Creamy Stick Biscuit

Fried Egg on Toast

Moonlit Esophagor Stamp

Omelette Sheild

Orange Chocolate Kiko

Regular Pesto Cauliflower Broccoli Delight

Relaxing Shenkuu Rock Garden

Scado

Space Rocks; A Visual Encyclopedia

Ummagine

Yellow Eyrie Plushie

Welcome to Tyrannia Frame

Zombie Marshmallows

Angry Pumpkin

Blue Grundo Plushie

Faerie Jack and Ball Set

Honey Blossom Extract

Illusen Kite

Kora

Professional Sock Collection

Red Eyrie Plushie

Starry Crunch

Witchcraft Spells

Basic Green Balloon

Brain Muffin

Diamond Snowball

Green Tea Custard

Jagged Ice Ring

Kau Sock Puppet

Mystery Island Travel Brochure

Ringed Scroll

Splime

Undead Celery

Usuki Dream Car

Vegetarian Meat Pie

Baby Blue

Bagguss

Blue Sandcastle Set

Buzz Gourmet

Dark Chocolate Flotsam

Eyeball Slushie

Hot Dog Sundae Deluxe

Juicy Elixir

Kauvara Bed

Mundo

Peach Snowball

Pikis

Pirate Aisha Plushe

Raspberry Mocha Candy Bar

Skeith Inspired Treasure Maps

Splyke

Super Snow Tiger Egg

Usuki Gardening Set

Witch Hunting Techniques

Yellow Grarrl Plushie

Box of Skull Truffles

Dual Battle Mirror

Korbat Mooncake

Lost Desert Puzzle Box

Mix and Match Faerie Puzzle

Molasses Snowball

Negg Latte

Official Usuki Bowling Set

Origami Uniocto

Quintilc Throwing Star

The Secret of Treasure Island

Spiced Pumpkin Coffee

Water Faerie Water Blaster

Aquatic Arrangement

Camouflage Ruki Marionette

Cobrall Root

Exploding Snowflake

Glowing Snowflake

Island Usul Bubble Bath

Jhudora Stained Glass Window

Kougra Whistle

Krawk Island Postcards 10 Pack

Mouldy Pencil Case

Mystery of Halloween

Pale Elixir

Ridiculously Heavy Battle Hammer

Sklyde

Speak Tyrannian

Tyrannian Shoyru Plushie

Adventures In Space

Banjo

Biyako

Blue Ixi Plushie

Boween

Comfy Pumpkin Bean Bag

Donksaur

Faerieland Flag

Chia Clown Punching Bag

Cyodrake Scratching Post

Gummy Pirate Candy

I Love Captain Scarblade Tankard

Niptor Plushie

Pirate Hook Candy Cane

Pirate Warning Sign

Red Sticky Hand

Rustic Wooden Shield

Shenkuu Postcard

Strawmelon Jam Burger

Springy Darigan Buzz Toy

Starry Biscuit Jar

Tablet of Water Runes

Techo Wand of Smiting

Terror Mountain Travel Brochure

Taelia Pizza Slice

Treasure Map Negg

Valentines Earrings

Veiled Autumn Hat

Void Snowball

Blueberry Gummy Korbat Tail

Blue Moon Petpet Bed

Blue Spardel Balloon

Bombaberry Elixi

Golden Moon Comb

Lavender-Scented Lotion

Melvie

Nightsteed Mug

Nurias Battle Shield

Phases of the Moon

Pink Faerie Snowball

Pirate Hat Toffees

Pottery Shard Dagger

Pygui Nesting Doll

Rainbow Usul Plushie

Scorchio Chocolate Cake

Snowickle Usuki Set

Stagnant Puddle of Water

Steaming Skeem Potion

Surzard

Thermal Explosive Device

Tiki Brochure

Tuskaninny Treasure

Virtupets Energry Sabre

Warriors Rectengular Shield

Water Faerie Halberd

Alkenore

Banana Achyfi

Chocolate Cherry Bundt Cake

Cobrall in a Can

Cracked Keno Egg

Dark Nova

Exploding Snowball

Faerie Kyrii Ball

Ghoskerchief Banjo

Helm-mounted Laser Beam

Iced Soy Chai Latte

Organic Peanut

Pea Chia Plushie

Red Scooter

Round Rainbow Rug

Sillie Daisy

Space Faerie Cereal

Triple Tier Space Faerie Cake

Water Muffin

Faerie Grundo Plushie

Galaxy Energy Drink

Glow-in-the-Dark Moon

Moon Dust Scroll

Organ

Black Osiris Plate

The Happy Valley Report

Jetsam Wanderer Wig

Mallard Balloon

Remote Control Virtupets Snowball

Return of Dr. Sloth Valentine Card Set

Scamander Shield

Tropical Flora and Fauna

Tyrannian Skeith Plushie

Wocky Hair Grenade

Wooden Stahkee Totem

Buried Scroll

Evil Snowball Wand

Camelior

Jhudora Fashion Playset

Jubjub Shoes of Flight

Maraquan Charger Plushie

Pocket Faerie Pinball Game

Scroll of the Sea

Bag of Infinite Neggs

N-4 Info Retrieval Bot

Purple Hasee Plushie

Yellow Sticky Hand

Blumaroo Gnome Making Kit

Elephante Attack Peanut

Scroll of Supernova

Whole Anchovy Pizza

Battle Faerie Dagger

Chokato Crepe

Deadly Attack Spork

Exploding Potion

Green Sticky Hand

GX-4 Oscillabot

Ice Ring

Icy Snowball

Orb of the Light Faerie

Puntec Fruit

Roburg 3T3

Scroll of Ultranova

Stone Muffin

Water Pizza

Inflatable Squid

Kiko Battle Legs

Light Acara Hood

Keeping the Peace

Moehog Battle Goggles

Scorchio Fire Marble

Terracotta Lamp

Hand Painted Scimitar

Gold Gem Negg

Majestic Jetsam Trident

Twirly Plant

Ultimate Icy Negg

Zafara Bomb

Ghostkerchief

Hasee

Ice Sheild

Scroll of Dark Nova

 

[balloongal247]

I try to save any r90-99 items that I get in the likely categories.  And I save any items from battledome in the categories that I get a ton of, as I'll want some volume ones as well.  I've got almost 300 books, about 250 toys, I guess almost 300 foods, about 150 battledome equipment (in the 90s) in case that's a category.  I can't remember what other things I save, what other categories there were.  So I'm just saving what I get, which I guess is about 1k of stuff.

[rntracy1]

I save ALL of the r90-99 items I get.  Doesn't matter the category because I don't know what the CC will be asking for.  I save them from dailies, BD, the prizes from obelisk when I lose.  I haven't really bought anything from shops but I suppose I could start doing that.

[Duma]

I'v never really participated in the charity corner, so I haven't saved anything. I have a lot of stuff in my sdb so maybe I'll just clean that one out. I guess I could start saving the items from my dailies instead of selling them. But to think you need 1k+ items.. I did not see that coming.

[balloongal247]

5 minutes ago, Duma said:

I'v never really participated in the charity corner, so I haven't saved anything. I have a lot of stuff in my sdb so maybe I'll just clean that one out. I guess I could start saving the items from my dailies instead of selling them. But to think you need 1k+ items.. I did not see that coming.

Well, you don't NEED that many, necessarily.  Each time you give a set of 5 items, you get an item of approx equal rarity back.  Which is why the cheap r90s are so popular, as they can give EXPENSIVE r90s.  They did give some tiers of prizes last time based on how many days you donated, and how much stuff you donated overall, but I don't think you had to donate thousands to get the top prize.

[lakecat]

Thanks for the list Shoyru. I used a lot of my SDB items for the Charity Corner last time. Let's not forget that we can also sell them. Sometimes I'd rather make a sure 150K or whatever the inflated 5 items might go for than get an item worth only a few thousand. I hedged my bets and did some of both and may do that again. I suggest that those who would rather have a sure thing ("bird in the hand") do that, especially if they are saving up for a potion or paintbrush. For those of us who could afford to gamble we enjoyed the dice roll of seeing what we'd get. I had some pleasant surprises. Another advantage of getting the NP is that way you don't have the hassle of trying to sell things on the Trading Post or Auction. Some newer players may prefer the cash.

[jellysundae]

I've been hoarding since the last CC, lol. I don't buy anything, but I've been nabbing books and food from the Money Tree all year, plus, thanks to the teachings of my mentor @rntracy1 I don't throw ANYTHING away unless it's over r.99. So I've got a decent stockpile of loot.

[Nielo]

I've always hoarded everything anyway, so my SDB is always full of random stuff. I don't feel like buying thingsparticularly for the Charity Corner though. I mean, if I end up with 4 items of the same rarity, I might buy one to complete the set, but I wouldn't know what to get in preparation anyway, since we have no idea what they'll ask for next - nor when it'll actually be held. (I think? Unless there's been an announcement on that which I missed.)

[Musical_Shoyru]

11 minutes ago, Nielo said:

I've always hoarded everything anyway, so my SDB is always full of random stuff. I don't feel like buying thingsparticularly for the Charity Corner though. I mean, if I end up with 4 items of the same rarity, I might buy one to complete the set, but I wouldn't know what to get in preparation anyway, since we have no idea what they'll ask for next - nor when it'll actually be held. (I think? Unless there's been an announcement on that which I missed.)

I just try to get items in every category and I try not to spend over 3k for items when buying r90's, I've heard a lot of people think they'll do battledome items (items) after this plot and to clear out cheap battledome items floating around or Petpets. If you're looking to get some r90 Battledome items you can buy the Exploding Snowball from the Healing Springs every 30 minutes under 30 np for most of the time. Also the Light Acara Hood is still really cheap right now. The Bag of Infinite Negg's is still really cheap too. 

I've also been buying the Roburg 3T3's as they're still pretty cheap.

Foods been pretty hard because that falls in the category of Gourmet as well so it's been pretty tough collecting food, I've just been saving what I get for dailies in that category.

I've been collecting Glow-In-the-Dark Moon's for Gardening/Furniture, Gnomes, I have the Wooden Totems I've been collecting for wearables. Usuki's, plushies, gifts, books, coffee/drinks, etc. Just trying to be overly prepared XD And I'm sure whatever isn't used will be used in future CC's

I usually only buy when I win in Food Club, I'll take half of my winnings and put it in my Bank and the other half I spend

 

[WhiteWolf]

To be honest, I haven't given it any thought.  Between the Games Master Challenge, the Faerie/Wraith plot, and my real life going south, any concept of CC totally eluded me. While I appreciate the heads up, Shoyru, this may be the winter activity I pass up this year.

[babayaga67]

I have been stocking up for Charity Corner off and on all year. I mainly went for gourmet foods since those appeal to a much larger audience. I did save everything r 85+ from my dailies. I am hoping to be able to buy that poogle transmogrification potion after this Charity Corner.

[Musical_Shoyru]

2 minutes ago, babayaga67 said:

I have been stocking up for Charity Corner off and on all year. I mainly went for gourmet foods since those appeal to a much larger audience. I did save everything r 85+ from my dailies. I am hoping to be able to buy that poogle transmogrification potion after this Charity Corner.

You very well might be able too! I made a total of 88m last year during CC (Haven't sold all the items yet), those little items do add up! I usually keep a list of everything I get and their prices during the CC so I know what I spent vs. what I got.

[babayaga67]

I usually sell CC items for 1/3 the going price because the prices get too high in my opinion. Unfortunately that means that I don't make as much as I could. 30,000 np for a cherry chocolate bundt cake is just ridiculous to me though. I don't think that I even have 1500 items that I can sell for CC, and with everyone else stocking up so much I might not even be able to make half of what I am aiming for :(

[Musical_Shoyru]

58 minutes ago, babayaga67 said:

I usually sell CC items for 1/3 the going price because the prices get too high in my opinion. Unfortunately that means that I don't make as much as I could. 30,000 np for a cherry chocolate bundt cake is just ridiculous to me though. I don't think that I even have 1500 items that I can sell for CC, and with everyone else stocking up so much I might not even be able to make half of what I am aiming for :(

I only sell item I actually get from turning in items to Granny. I don't put items in my shop as I find it kind of dishonest to go along with the inflation of prices. I feel bad pricing items so high when they aren't worth that much just to make a quick buck. I more the type of person where I'll give some r90 items to my friends in order for them to donate too.

However that's just my opinion on it xD I know a lot of people make a lot from selling in their shops. I usually just shut my shop down during CC

[jaydeed]

I've been hoarding since March with a spreadsheet :-) Got 77,000 r90s across most categories. Bring it on!

[Hanso]

Wow, some of you guys sure are ready for Charity Corner. Over 70,000 items?  You're gonna be rich!

I should stock up too, but I'm too lazy

[Musical_Shoyru]

11 hours ago, jaydeed said:

I've been hoarding since March with a spreadsheet :-) Got 77,000 r90s across most categories. Bring it on!

I've been using a spreadsheet too! Glad I'm not the only one that crazy lol

[Mouseykins]

Nope, nope and nope! I NEVER hoard things. I don't care what the reason is. If I can sell it and make something I will. I do sometimes keep things from events like DD, GMC and Advent until the prices stabilize and then sell when I go through my SDB. I hate charity corner with a passion and just do the bare minimum to get an avatar. I honestly don't even care if I get a trophy or not. I hope they don't do one again and if they do, then revamp it somehow so people are less inclined to overly inflate the prices on items.

[charelan]

I keep certain things in my SDB, like rarity 80+ items I might get from dailies or the battledome, but that's pretty much it. 

[jaydeed]

Well, I won't be able to use all 77k items for sure but I'm pretty well set for the major groups like books, toys, food and BD and if even one of those is picked I'll be in a better position than I was last time when I went broke gambling, lol.

 

I love my spreadsheet! It was hard work setting it up but now I can update it quickly and it's satisfying to see the r90s grow.

 

I don't consider it inflating when CC happens and items sell for 35k a pop. There's a limited time when they have a value and that's it. Consider 35k their true price and the rest of the year they're DEflated ;-) If there's a drought, a bucket is worthless; it rains soup and hey, it's valuable. CC is soup time. Nerks sell for 60-99k and no one protests even though what you get back off them is normally garbage. It's the potential of a PB that makes them valuable.

[kayahtik]

I've been hoarding items from dailies for the past four or five months. I've thought about doing some buying with the spreadsheet method, but it's hard for me to talk myself into spending those nps on something that may or may not make a profit in the end. (As @jellysundae can attest with my stock portfolio, I'm not good with longterm investments.) Hopefully I'll have enough items to donate in order to get an avatar/trophy, but my main goal is to save as many nps as possible so I can buy some stamps at deflated prices if they're given out as prizes.

As far as the price inflation, it doesn't bother me. Value changes over time due to market conditions, that's how economics works. A thing is worth as much as someone will pay for it, and people are willing to pay more for certain items during CC. It also deflates certain high-value items that are given as prizes, so I think it probably balances out overall. 

If another CC is going to happen though, I hope it happens soon. If it's not, then I would like to go through my SDB and sell a bunch of the stuff I've collected so it can stop taking up so much room.

[jellysundae]

1 hour ago, kayahtik said:

If another CC is going to happen though, I hope it happens soon. If it's not, then I would like to go through my SDB and sell a bunch of the stuff I've collected so it can stop taking up so much room.

Do you need me to start yelling at you about not getting rid of stuff now?

I certainly don't think it's a sound investment strategy to buy things that MIGHT be part of CC . I'm like you, I don't want to potentially waste the NP.

I think my CC mind set isn't quite the same as a lot of people's anyway, as I'm not bothered about gaining loads of rares, I just enjoy the donation process. Hence my stockpiling gross food from the Money Tree. xD

Let's see how my hoarding's going so far!

Category: Food | Items: 887 | Qty: 5,260

If food IS a category (and I'm totally prepared for a full-on troll from TNT for CC, and it NOT being) I know not all these items will qualify, but I'm confident that close to 5k will.

Category: Books | Items: 77 | Qty: 691

Nice haul of books too.

And not paid a penny for any of this stuff, so no biggie if it's NOT used, because as Mentor @rntracy1 so rightly points out, it might not be wanted for this CC, but there'll be more to come!

[jaydeed]

But buying for CC can never be a waste b/c I have the items and can sell them any time I like. I have price limits so I buy cheap. I snipe items priced at 1np I can sell today at 2000. All the food is gourmet so that's easy to sell, ditto books, and I bought clothing at 3000 and discovered it's now worth anything up to 40k. BD stuff was super cheap; I've got 20k of items and most cost me 100 np an item.

 

Point is, I'm not buying junk, I'm buying r90s. :-) In my daydreams I work out how much I'll make if the categories fall well for me. I plan to donate 4,000 times (20,000 items) and sell 48,000 items at 35k which would make me a billionaire. Then I buy ALL the stamps, train my pet, feed him nothing but gourmet, and do a gallery of themed items I've been planning for ages.

 

It's nice to dream, lol.

[jellysundae]

Reading people's comments makes me wonder where I place on the sliding scale of NP spenders, I hardly ever buy ANYTHING.

I splurge occasionally on wearables, but apart from that I mainly only spend on stocks.

[jaydeed]

I figure buying to hoard also does my bit to keep the neoeconomy going :-) I make shopkeepers happy, they have NPs to spend...it's all good. I spend on nerks way too much, wish they had a limit on how many you can use in a day like the slot machine limits. And I collect stamps.