Nectar Maker Career ... so easy!!

[Slingsby]

We were very honest at the beginning.  Said Al-Jezeera was an accomplished explorer, and after all his successful travels he was getting a wee bit bored.  So, having harvested some good places abroad, he had a bunch of bunches of grapes to work from ... time for a career change, to Nectar Maker.  Fortunately, Auntie Falafel Al-Jezeera was an accomplished fisher-person, and had loads of fishy fertiliser.  Time to create a vineyard/nectary.

After the usual skill-creation, Said and Falafel started an intense campaign of gardening and nectar-making.  She does gardening, he does Nectar making.  Said kept the stuff in the cellar racks to mature, and we made sure that they both had the  'seller' trait for the Consignment Store.  So, once things had started, it was time to tidy the cellar ... at which point it got a bit strange.

Said was an explorer, so he had racks and racks of nectar collected from all over the world.  The special stuff is locked away, in case the butler goes for it, but there were 5 racks of 'collected' wines from various locations abroad.  Said sold [by dragging and clicking Enter] the complete rubbish, and sent the rest to the Consignment Store.  EEEEEKKKK ... just selling the complete rubbish nectar registered as sales against his nectar Maker career   
We haven't seen what's going to happen with the consigned wine yet!!

So ... travel abroad, rob tombs of nectar, store in your cellar, join Nectar Maker career, sell 'stolen' nectar and progress up your new career without any effort on your part!!  And, of course, all those relics pay for the trip and then some!!  And you don't need a garden, or a Nectar machine 


Mods ... I have no idea where you will put this, but I just wanted to share a most enjoyable afternoon of Simming 

[Schipperke]

"How to get to the top of your career without actually working!"  Great story, Slingsby.  Thanks for sharing it.  What level did your nectar maker reach from selling the nectar collection?

[samoht04]

Oof, if you are selling stuff at the consignment store then it can pretty much triple in price! Well from my experience it can, that was before it broke on my game with my best Consigner ever!  Thanks for the Tip Slingsby, I am going to be having a Nectar Making Immortal soon so this will be great, especially if their Mother will be an Adventurer! 

[Slingsby]

Glad you enjoyed that!  Not sure what career level Said got to ... I think it was Level 3.

Anyway, we're going to be good and do it properly.  And sell home-grown and home-brewed nectar through the Consignment Store ... probably 

[Esther1981]

I've noticed with testingcheatsenabled true, you can Ctrl + shift + click the racks in buy mode, make buyable then get nectar bottles perfect for over $100,000. If you bought say 4, and let them age a few days selling one of them would probably get you to level 10 with 1 bottle! I have to try that haha.

[Pam]

I'm moving this to the World Adventures board.  Nectar making came from that EP, not Ambitions.

[Slingsby]

I've noticed with testingcheatsenabled true, you can Ctrl + shift + click the racks in buy mode, make buyable then get nectar bottles perfect for over $100,000. If you bought say 4, and let them age a few days selling one of them would probably get you to level 10 with 1 bottle! I have to try that haha.

I'm not completely understanding that ... how does it make a nectar bottle worth §100,000?

[Thanks, Pam ... I couldn't figure out the best place]

[Esther1981]

It's a cheat that makes nectar buyable. Then you can choose what kind of nectar it sells. I think the ones that are over $100,000 are (!!!!) in the menu. Next time I open the game, I'll try to get pictures of it for you.

[Slingsby]

It's a cheat that makes nectar buyable. Then you can choose what kind of nectar it sells. I think the ones that are over $100,000 are (!!!!) in the menu. Next time I open the game, I'll try to get pictures of it for you.

No worries ... I'm about to launch anyway, so I'll explore this afternoon 

[Slingsby]

Thanks, Esther ... I think I unravelled that trick with the wine-rack. 

Unfortunately it was one of those days when the Al-Jezeera household needed resetSim firstname last name every 5 minutes!!  I was hoping to get a couple of screen-shots, but it turned out to be too much of a struggle to play the game without worrying about that!! 

In the end we gave up and sent Noor to Egypt on a 'Play for Tips' mission instead ... we're not convinced the Egyptians appreciate classical guitar 

And after 3 days, none of Said's wine has sold at the consignment store ... it's was Sim Sunday, so we'll have to check that on Sim Monday 

[Esther1981]

You're welcome. Sorry but I haven't played today.  Yet! I'm glad you figured it out though!

[Slingsby]

Now it looks as though the Consignment Store isn't selling Said's nectar.  After 5 days, not a single bottle has been sold.  Said recovered all his stock, and Falafel Walid has consigned a few bottles instead, to see what happens.

Actually, she isn't having much luck either.  Perhaps she flooded the market with her Robot Fish?

Can you consign too much of a good thing? 

[Esther1981]

I don't think so. My Halliwell's have sold over $1,000,000 in paintings. There is a bug that sometimes hits the store. Have you tried canceling all your consignments and redoing them? Also if that doesn't work, try deleting the register and adding a new one. If all else fails, bulldoze the lot and put another one in. Did you find the cheat I was talking about? I took a couple pics if not. The nectar that was on sale yesterday was over $80,000!

EDIT: I found the thread about the consignment store. http://www.carls-sims-3-forum.com/index.php/topic,1165.0.html