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#### Tower Store advantage over auction

I really enjoy the idea of having a store, it is just so much more fun shopping a store over doing auctions. But what exactly is the advantage of having a store tower over selling stuff on the auctions?
Why would you go to a store and not buy stuff of an auction? I wish there would be more advantages that would drive more glitches on browsing stores and not auction.
... or at least stuff you set for sell in your tower would automatically create an auction as well.

Posted 5 months ago by MonkeyPantz | Permalink

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- No auction fees helps?
  Posted 5 months ago by Liza Throttlebottom | Permalink
- For buying, for me it's because I hate waiting FOREVER for the damn frogs to show up. If I'm buying something on auction, it's because I am currently being too lazy to craft it/harvest it myself. Having to wait ten minutes for it to show up defeats the purpose of buying something rather than crafting it myself.
  With a tower store I can just scoop it up and go on about my day.
  Posted 5 months ago by Aliera | Permalink
- I can't always get what I want at auction. Superstores that stay stocked would be handy, but, then Trade Chat also fills that need a bit.
  Posted 5 months ago by Rathany | Permalink
- While one of the major advantages to buying from a tower means immediacy (i.e. not waiting ten minutes for the frog), I also do feel for you, because there are more incentives currently for sellers to use the tower system than there are for buyers to use the towers.
  However, I also think it'll be on the tower sellers to create advantages for prospective buyers--catering toward specific needs and niches, keeping stock active, etc. Once sellers start developing reputations for themselves, I think tower selling will really take off. Kind of liking the more personal touch towers have, as a seller, rather than the fairly anonymous feel auctions have.
  Posted 5 months ago by Classical | Permalink
- I prefer Auction still personally. Saves time roaming around different streets trying to find the stuff you need.
  Posted 5 months ago by Swoooo | Permalink
- Don't forget there's stuff like this
  http://www.glitch.com/groups/RHV8DB12E533QR9/ -
  which lists tower vendors by category, so you don't have to hunt as much :)
  Posted 5 months ago by diaveborn ♥ | Permalink
- As long as shop owners are in the "shop chat" when other glitch make requests, It will be far more intuitve than auction. I think itll be fun to watch shop owners outbid eachother with "marketing" to get business.
  Posted 5 months ago by Muncey Mango | Permalink
- Personally I'll be staying out of live chat, I can't keep up with global and play the game at the same time so I won't even bother using the new trade chat channel either. Anything I sell will be at a price I see fair and along the auction prices (a bit cheaper of course).
  Seems to be going well so far! Always nice to come home and collect the currants : )
  I still like the auction. The only think I don't like is the time it takes for auctions to arrive. if I know a friend has something I need in their tower I'll pop over there to grab it immediately rather than wait. Also listing fees are bad for me now that I can sell for free in my tower : )
  Like playing shop when we were kids!
  Posted 5 months ago by ~Arabesque~ | Permalink
- The initial rush seems to be towards Tower Stores (the change made to SDBs kinda focused folks on that), but it won't necessarily stay that way. Right now it's closed Beta and almost everyone in here is high level and has tons of stuff. Most glichen in here are so uberred that they can get 100,000 iMg and 200,000 currants with a shrug so Towers went up at light speed. But when this place opens up...there'll be tons of newbs - all potential customers! And it isn't going to be that easy for them to just get everything they want as fast as all of you are used to getting stuff. I deleted my glitch and started a lvl 1 at the house release and there was a lot for that lvl 1 to do. How much has been added since!? Lots!!
  Also, I've seen towers set up as party places, museums, and someone has even made the Globe Theater. One also gets iMG now just for having people on your street. You don't only have to sell 'em something.
  Posted 5 months ago by Staggerweed | Permalink