Getting rich with the gem-u-cut machine

[jestina]

It's hard to ignore it now. Your sims can just be lazing on the sofa all day and still have money falling into their laps. Instead of making gem gathering even more ridiculous, they should have been fixing up the existing careers...giving us some reason to even have a job anyways. There should be some kind of reward for reaching the end of a career track, but most of them don't have anything worth mentioning.

[Cedia]

It's not like you have to partake in all the gem collecting and its ludicrous riches. In most of my games, I ignore it completely and can do so with ease.

Well, like I said in another thread, you can't just ignore dogs and go about your merry career way.  If left with nothing to do, they go aggressive, then they don't socialize, then they get taken away.    Unless you want to micromanage everything they do, sending them off to Sniff Out Collectible is the only way to really keep them busy.

[ladyaya]

Well, like I said in another thread, you can't just ignore dogs and go about your merry career way.  If left with nothing to do, they go aggressive, then they don't socialize, then they get taken away.    Unless you want to micromanage everything they do, sending them off to Sniff Out Collectible is the only way to really keep them busy.

So why even get a dog in the first place?

[jestina]

Maybe some people just want to do martial arts, have pets, etc without all the ludicrous and unrealistic side effects such as gems.

[Schipperke]

So why even get a dog in the first place?

I think there are lots of reasons to have a pet.  For one thing, they're just fun to watch.  I don't usually bother teaching my dogs to hunt.  When my Sims are at work or elsewhere, the dog occupies his/her time chasing the ball, playing with toys, and playing in the sprinkler.  I know a lot of money can be made by sending the dog out to hunt, but that's not something that interests me.  I prefer to have my Sims earn their money and agree that if everything is too easy, it takes some of the challenge and hence the fun out of the game - at least for me.    It's true there have always been ways of making huge amounts of money in this game, but that just isn't a priority for me.  Still, knowing that options such as the gem-u-cut machine exist, means that if I choose to use them, they're there.  If I don't choose to use them, I don't have to.

[callycat]

Maybe some people just want to do martial arts, have pets, etc without all the ludicrous and unrealistic side effects such as gems.

Nothing is stopping you from having that. If you don't teach your dog to hunt, it will never find gems. You only get gems from practicing martial arts if you break space rock blocks, so that's easy enough to avoid as well since there are plenty of other boards to break.

[Saltypaws]

Speaking of high priced gems, I had my witch use the gem cutting machine on a bloodstone, it was the normal price at first.  I put it on a coffee table on a stand.  I kept noticing the witch using the gem cutter and found another bloodstone gem on another stand in her inventory.  I thought that was weird, so I just put them both in the alchemy cabinet.  Went to check on something and both gems are now worth over 6 million, wow.  Another bloodstone she did started at $220.00, a few  minutes later, it was $2,100.  I wish I could do a screenshot of the price, but my keyboard does not do that, but the household is rich, by all rights, lol.

[ladyaya]

Speaking of high priced gems, I had my witch use the gem cutting machine on a bloodstone, it was the normal price at first.  I put it on a coffee table on a stand.  I kept noticing the witch using the gem cutter and found another bloodstone gem on another stand in her inventory.  I thought that was weird, so I just put them both in the alchemy cabinet.  Went to check on something and both gems are now worth over 6 million, wow.  Another bloodstone she did started at $220.00, a few  minutes later, it was $2,100.  I wish I could do a screenshot of the price, but my keyboard does not do that, but the household is rich, by all rights, lol.

So once you cut a couple bloodstones, you put them in the alchemy cupboard, and their value went through the roof?

[Saltypaws]

I can't be sure that putting the gems in the alchemy cabinet actually made it increase, but when I picked it up to put it in there, it was only registering $200,000 and then in a few minutes after putting it in the cabinet, that is when I noticed the huge increase.  I would imagine, that this is some form of glitch, which is a better glitch than the norm,  lol.  Oh well, they can retire and live happily ever after.

[Noocherenee]

I've heard alot of stories about getting rich with the gem-u-cut machine but I have a few questions?

How do you cut the different types of cuts  ex Heart Shaped and Star Cut?

Where do you sell this items?  Do you drag them over to sell cause they don't seem to have much value.

If someone knows can you please explain it for me.  I really love to learn more about gem cutting and collections.  I've search the forum and the stuff on Carls page but it sounds foreign to me.  Maybe it's cause I'm such a newbee at playing the sims without cheats.

[cathyknits]

You start out only able to access the Emerald cut. It's not worth a big bonus over the gems themselves, but it'll still increase the value of the gem. The more gems you cut, the fancier (and more valuable) cuts you unlock. The exceptions are the Heart-shaped cut, which comes from collecting 10 different gems, and the Sculptor's Egg cut, which comes from having 5 or 6 (don't remember which) skill points in Sculpting. The Skull-Shaped cut can't be unlocked directly.

Tiberium, Geodes, and Septarian Nodules have their own specific cuts.

You can sell them either by dragging to the "sell" spot in your inventory panel, or by consigning them at the consignment store.

[Noocherenee]

Thank you so much.  Isn't is worth more at the shop then the inventory panel?  I think you can only sell it at the supernatural shop because the other one won't let me sell it there.  I've been practicing with it and I'm getting better.

[cathyknits]

There's a chance of getting more than it's worth at the shop, and a smaller chance of getting less. You might have to wait several days to see the money.

[Noocherenee]

I just found a different kind of gem.  A Smithsonite which has a different cut as well that pops up, which I forgot the name of it that quick.  LOL but I know it was something different.

[Anushka]

Smithsonite came with Late Night, while I wonder what kind of gem cut you saw.