Consignment Store Quartet — the Great 28!

[Metropolis Man]

Consignment Store Quartet — the Great 28!

Goal
Making money in Sims 3 via the consignment store...lots and lots of money. That’s the goal in this simple challenge. You have to juggle 4 Sims and all must take different avenues for their financial aspirations. You can only sell 28 items per week. Which ones will you choose?  

General Challenge Rules
The General Challenge Rules always apply. If applicable, exceptions will be noted below.

Specific Challenge Rules

• Ambitions must be installed.
• Create 4 Young Adult Sims. Your household total may not exceed 4.
• The consignment store has no restrictions from weeks 1 to 8.
• Beginning Week 9 only one type of item may be sold at the consignment store in each of the remaining weeks — for example, paintings in week 9, inventions week 10, photos week 11, and fish for your final week 12.
• Any item of a given type sold during one of the last 4 weeks may not be sold/repeated in another of the last four weeks (i.e. fish could be sold in week 9, but not in weeks 10 or later).
• At the start of week 9 you are allowed to sell a maximum of 4 items per day at the consignment store, or 28 items in a given week.
• Any items sold in weeks 9 - 12 must be the product of a learned skill—i.e. Display Table items cannot be sold.
• Each of your starting four Sims is allowed to take one vacation — length is up to you.
• Please DO NOT ask for any clarifications if your question hints at strategy. You can always PM me.
• And please, please, please...DO NOT ask whether certain items can be sold or if they are in a particular “type.” PM me if you are curious.
• The challenge ends at Week 12, Day 7, 11:59 PM.

Scoring
Scoring is simple but requires a LOT of adding — 28 separate totals of consignment store sales. Carefully note your sales total each day just after 5 PM, and add up all 7 days of a week for the 4 separate amounts. Add the 4 weeks together for your final total.

Here is a nice simple spreadsheet Krrank worked up to make scoring easier. Thank you, Krrank. Consignment Store Spreadsheet

This Event is Now Closed

Final Leaderboard

Player	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Total
drift9999	485,297	837,218	506,424	1,411,571	3,240,510
LenaLJ	395,998	643,211	817,325	1,356,921	3,231,455
Nutella	627,325	769,726	429,584	1,354,646	3,181,281
sdhoey	75,681	405,211	675,450	1,221,625	2,377,967
Metropolis Man	237,183	431,599	520,363	993,579	2,182,724
tara1727	277,407	277,437	729,268	810,374	2,094,486
alyssa.cole	259,237	344,190	437,368	528,588	1,569,383
MarianT	202,013	294,952	684,269	119,875	1,301,109
ratchie	211,576	345,202	535,210	208,452	1,300,440
kearn76	207,450	323,895	374,696	190,166	1,096,207
mens0067	64,740	222,740	382,415	133,862	783,757
Pam	113,952	201,774	239,689	184,028	739,443
CynKuy	283,320	243,482	66,211	24,545	617,558
lynyeld	243,440	205,005	22,575	133,692	604,712
Chuckles_82	515,941	--	--	--	515,941

[AdnaanA]

Wow, I'm in!

[ratchie]

So do we just count the profits from week nine onwards. Cause I am a little bit confused.

Rachel

[Seabody]

So do we just count the profits from week nine onwards. Cause I am a little bit confused.

Rachel

Yes, you do.
I think this is going to be a great challenge! I already have an initial strategy worked out...

[Chuckles_82]

So each sim can sell as many different items as they like in the first 8 weeks, of any particular type?
And then after that they are restricted to one particular type of item each?
And is that four per day in total, or four for each sim?
Can they sell more than four, but only count the first four or most valuable four? Or if they accidentally sell 5 are you out of the challenge?

[ratchie]

Yes, you do.
I think this is going to be a great challenge! I already have an initial strategy worked out...

Well I don't get it then what is the point of the first eight weeks then if you don't get to count anything towards your score.

Rachel

[lvrugger]

Well I don't get it then what is the point of the first eight weeks then if you don't get to count anything towards your score.

Rachel

The first eight weeks are for setting up your final four week strategy. I, too, have a strategy mapped out that I'd like to test but I think I should finish the current challenge first.

[ratchie]

The first eight weeks are for setting up your final four week strategy. I, too, have a strategy mapped out that I'd like to test but I think I should finish the current challenge first.

Yeah I got that part although eight weeks just seems like a lot of time to be working on that.I am not sure that I see exactly where the challenge lies.
It is probably just me being stupid and not seeing what is right in front of me.

Rachel

[Metropolis Man]

So each sim can sell as many different items as they like in the first 8 weeks, of any particular type?

Correct.

And then after that they are restricted to one particular type of item each?

Right.

And is that four per day in total, or four for each sim?

4 per day total.

Can they sell more than four, but only count the first four or most valuable four? Or if they accidentally sell 5 are you out of the challenge?

Yeah, that would be a serious problem. Just be very careful. You can only sell 4 a day.

[lvrugger]

Couldn't we calculate the total of all sales at the end of week 8 and subtract that from the total at the end of the challenge to come up with the total for the 4 weeks?
Do we need to cancel any of the 4 items if they are unsold after the day they were put up for consignment?

[gracieoscar]

This sounds great, I'm in

[Metropolis Man]

Couldn't we calculate the total of all sales at the end of week 8 and subtract that from the total at the end of the challenge to come up with the total for the 4 weeks?

That would be simpler, but it takes away from showing what each Sim contributes -- the 4 separate weeks.

Do we need to cancel any of the 4 items if they are unsold after the day they were put up for consignment?

No. But, if one item remains unsold then the following day you would only be able to list 3 new ones.

[drift9999]

Wow Metro I wonder how you come up with these ideas. This looks really interesting!

[fortheloveofcake]

I think this may just be the best challenge you've ever created, Metro!! I'm so excited for this one  Practise time!!!

[Metropolis Man]

After receiving a PM I have modified the original rule of "You may not add to the household" to...

• Create 4 Young Adult Sims. Your household total may not exceed 4.