SALE: 2024 Bakery Story Sales Thread

[DawnLovesDD]

Please delete. Updated post 12/21 thank you

[AnnirasSweets]

I'm going through the images right now and now it's all released, I have a some opinoins to share:

- Love that there are so many box items listed out of the box
- Love that there are coin items, even if none are floor decos
- Expansion sale is always nice

Unfortunately, that's it for my positive outlook; the rest of my thoughts/feelings are negative....

- Biggest issue = WHY are we getting regular appliances listed as Echos for 50g???

- I'm sorry but this is unacceptable and should not be endorsed by any of us
- These appliances should've been relisted for COINS
- They were originally released as appliances open to ALL players for coins
- They were NOT locked by goal for purchase at any point
- If you're going to list a non-goal appliance for gems then you should at least offer 5 day goal recipes on it!!!!
- Seriously, this is upsetting and feels like a sleazy move to try and trick players out of their gems
- I'm genuinely upset that anyone may not have known and wasted 50g (aka $10 USD!) on what was originally a coin item
- Was this a mistake? Does no one check that the appliances they're labeling/pricing as 'echo' are actually goal appliances?
- This isn't the first time we've been fed standard coin appliances as echos and it really, really needs to stop!

- No new Echos

- Other than the new-to-BS-Echo (and the mislabeled echos) ALL echos have been listed previously
- If we only get repeated Echos, I would think they should at least be reduced in price!
- Most have been listed MULTIPLE times as well which is extra irritating!

- I wish more items from RECENT boxes were listed

- Most of the items offered have been relisted dozens of times
- Yes, newer players are always joining the game and will appreciate the items
- But, I think it would make more sense to have a 70/30 split of newer box items to older ones for big sales like this
- We literally get two new boxes each month (average of 16 items/month, 192 items/year)
- At first glance, I see 8 items from 2023 boxes on offer which is basically nothing
- And I see zero items from 2024 boxes

- It would've been nice to see more mystery boxes at a discount

- Again, keep in mine we get 2 new boxes per month
- There are so many Autumn/Winter boxes that could've been listed
- 4 boxes is more what I'd expect from a standard weekly sale, not Black Friday

- The discounted boxes really should've been cheaper

- Again, boxes at half price isn't anything to make note of
- What happened to having them for 6g in big sales?
- If they were cheaper I would've definitely tried my luck to get the few items I'm still missing but at 12g I'm not even tempted

- No new U-Items?

- Every single U-item listed in BOTH parts of the "sale" have been listed previously
- Again, there are SO MANY items that could've been listed instead
- In about one month, there were 40+ posts of items players wanted to see in the sale
- Why ignore those requests just to give us repeats?
- And, like the echos, most of these decos have been listed MULTIPLE times in past sales
- Do the team not check for repeats or do they just not care?
- Either way, it's a bad look, to be honest

- No 40% off gems

- This used to be the standard for the big sales such as Black Friday, Christmas, etc.
- Now we're lucky to see a gem sale at all and the highest is 30%
- Not a great incentive to splash out on gems, at least not for me!

- And my second biggest gripe: There's very little sale items, mostly relistings

- The coin items are listed for the exact price they were originally released at
- Box items are listed on the higher end of what we've seen in past sales
- Echos that have been previously released aren't discounted at 13g like we've previously seen
- Seriously, why so little 'sales' in the biggest sale of the year?

I was so looking forward to this sale (especially after seeing echos listed for COINS earlier this year) but after seeing the full scope of it, I'm just baffled by it. If the team has been paying any attention at all to the forum this past year, they'd know everyone is struggling with the current in-game economy. From newer players to those of us who have been around for ages, we are all struggle to keep our coin banks where we want them.

Goals leave us in a deficit, every new recipe only yields 4 coins per serving, all new items have a high coin cost relative to the item (floor tiles to 9k, wall decos at 22k, etc). So, if they really wanted us to splurge and buy a lot of items I would've expected said items to actually be on sale.... no?

I don't mind when the weekly sales give us relistings instead of sale prices because I think those are more geared toward offering players items they missed the first time around. Would a discount be appreciated in the weekly sales? Sure. But, full prices make sense in that context. I think most are okay with paying full price if it means getting access to the missed items. At least, that's how I look at it.

But this is different. Black Friday is meant to be the biggest/best sale people see all year regardless of the venue; whether its a big store or an online platform, people save for and look forward to Black Friday Sales.

I'm sorry, Storm8, I try very hard to be optimistic and stay positive about things but this is too much to ignore. I hope, for the sake of all players, the team will take some of my points into consideration when planning future sales.

[SweetHeart1002]

- And my second biggest gripe: There's very little sale items, mostly relistings

- The coin items are listed for the exact price they were originally released at
- Box items are listed on the higher end of what we've seen in past sales
- Echos that have been previously released aren't discounted at 13g like we've previously seen
- Seriously, why so little 'sales' in the biggest sale of the year?

Goals leave us in a deficit, every new recipe only yields 4 coins per serving, all new items have a high coin cost relative to the item (floor tiles to 9k, wall decos at 22k, etc). So, if they really wanted us to splurge and buy a lot of items I would've expected said items to actually be on sale.... no?

Black Friday is meant to be the biggest/best sale people see all year regardless of the venue; whether its a big store or an online platform, people save for and look forward to Black Friday Sales.

THIS.

As soon as I noticed gem prices I thought "These are not Black Friday sale prices" and to be honest they're not even sale prices (with very few exceptions).
I think the amount of items offered is ok (yes, we could always get more, but we've also had Black Friday sales with waaaay less stuff), but the prices are really disappointing. Just as an example, I remember buying ALL the reindeers at 3 gems each (years ago), and the only reason I bought all of them is exactly because they were super cheap. Otherwise I would've just chosen a few of them or not buy them at all. I did the same during a Back to School sale 2 or 3 years ago (Edit: apparently it was just last year 😅 which makes it even sadder...), I bought FOUR Blue Vases because they were 75% off... Before that sale that item was definitely not a priority for me 😅

I think what bothers me the most though are expansions sale prices 😕 I'm happy that recently they've often offered them on sale (thank you for that), but I know for sure we used to get a 25% discount... And I've noticed it's been only 20% the last 3/4 times 🙃
Again, thank you for offering sales on expansions, I just wish they would go back to 25% off. (My dream would be to see them 50% off - or even more - but I know that will never happen, LOL.)

Last but not least: please give us matching tables and chairs together 🥲 I bought a few more Fall Tables and I was hoping to see Fall Chairs in Part II but you didn't offer them, sigh.

[sewknitty]

I'm going through the images right now and now it's all released, I have a some opinoins to share:

- Love that there are so many box items listed out of the box
- Love that there are coin items, even if none are floor decos
- Expansion sale is always nice

Unfortunately, that's it for my positive outlook; the rest of my thoughts/feelings are negative....

- Biggest issue = WHY are we getting regular appliances listed as Echos for 50g???

- I'm sorry but this is unacceptable and should not be endorsed by any of us
- These appliances should've been relisted for COINS
- They were originally released as appliances open to ALL players for coins
- They were NOT locked by goal for purchase at any point
- If you're going to list a non-goal appliance for gems then you should at least offer 5 day goal recipes on it!!!!
- Seriously, this is upsetting and feels like a sleazy move to try and trick players out of their gems
- I'm genuinely upset that anyone may not have known and wasted 50g (aka $10 USD!) on what was originally a coin item
- Was this a mistake? Does no one check that the appliances they're labeling/pricing as 'echo' are actually goal appliances?
- This isn't the first time we've been fed standard coin appliances as echos and it really, really needs to stop!

- No new Echos

- Other than the new-to-BS-Echo (and the mislabeled echos) ALL echos have been listed previously
- If we only get repeated Echos, I would think they should at least be reduced in price!
- Most have been listed MULTIPLE times as well which is extra irritating!

- I wish more items from RECENT boxes were listed

- Most of the items offered have been relisted dozens of times
- Yes, newer players are always joining the game and will appreciate the items
- But, I think it would make more sense to have a 70/30 split of newer box items to older ones for big sales like this
- We literally get two new boxes each month (average of 16 items/month, 192 items/year)
- At first glance, I see 8 items from 2023 boxes on offer which is basically nothing
- And I see zero items from 2024 boxes

- It would've been nice to see more mystery boxes at a discount

- Again, keep in mine we get 2 new boxes per month
- There are so many Autumn/Winter boxes that could've been listed
- 4 boxes is more what I'd expect from a standard weekly sale, not Black Friday

- The discounted boxes really should've been cheaper

- Again, boxes at half price isn't anything to make note of
- What happened to having them for 6g in big sales?
- If they were cheaper I would've definitely tried my luck to get the few items I'm still missing but at 12g I'm not even tempted

- No new U-Items?

- Every single U-item listed in BOTH parts of the "sale" have been listed previously
- Again, there are SO MANY items that could've been listed instead
- In about one month, there were 40+ posts of items players wanted to see in the sale
- Why ignore those requests just to give us repeats?
- And, like the echos, most of these decos have been listed MULTIPLE times in past sales
- Do the team not check for repeats or do they just not care?
- Either way, it's a bad look, to be honest

- No 40% off gems

- This used to be the standard for the big sales such as Black Friday, Christmas, etc.
- Now we're lucky to see a gem sale at all and the highest is 30%
- Not a great incentive to splash out on gems, at least not for me!

- And my second biggest gripe: There's very little sale items, mostly relistings

- The coin items are listed for the exact price they were originally released at
- Box items are listed on the higher end of what we've seen in past sales
- Echos that have been previously released aren't discounted at 13g like we've previously seen
- Seriously, why so little 'sales' in the biggest sale of the year?

I was so looking forward to this sale (especially after seeing echos listed for COINS earlier this year) but after seeing the full scope of it, I'm just baffled by it. If the team has been paying any attention at all to the forum this past year, they'd know everyone is struggling with the current in-game economy. From newer players to those of us who have been around for ages, we are all struggle to keep our coin banks where we want them.

Goals leave us in a deficit, every new recipe only yields 4 coins per serving, all new items have a high coin cost relative to the item (floor tiles to 9k, wall decos at 22k, etc). So, if they really wanted us to splurge and buy a lot of items I would've expected said items to actually be on sale.... no?

I don't mind when the weekly sales give us relistings instead of sale prices because I think those are more geared toward offering players items they missed the first time around. Would a discount be appreciated in the weekly sales? Sure. But, full prices make sense in that context. I think most are okay with paying full price if it means getting access to the missed items. At least, that's how I look at it.

But this is different. Black Friday is meant to be the biggest/best sale people see all year regardless of the venue; whether its a big store or an online platform, people save for and look forward to Black Friday Sales.

I'm sorry, Storm8, I try very hard to be optimistic and stay positive about things but this is too much to ignore. I hope, for the sake of all players, the team will take some of my points into consideration when planning future sales.

This. Thank you for eloquently writing this out, but it is spot on.

The 50gem ovens are insane. What a rip off for a new players especially as they are not getting all the recipes unlocked. Hopefully this means they are retired as imagine having to build these ovens for a goal, after having spent an exorbitant amount of gems on them, only to build them for some coins would leave a bad taste
In player?s mouths. Ridiculous.

And the goals do drain the account which Storm8 should realize that is not ideal for them. I manage this by going on hiatus to sell off my counters while I am away to recoup some coins without a need for spending. I should not feel a need to leave the game to keep playing successfully.

Anyway, I am not going to respond to all your points, but I do wholeheartedly agree with them all. Thanks again!

[TwixAndScones]

This New York (winter) bakery of mine has been in development since 2018 and I was finally able to add to the trains to this bakery.



I'm not that pleased with it yet, however it's a decent starting point for it.

I love trains

I have a fascination with planes like I do trains and even ships

Anyway, I spent 76 dollars into this sale. I would like to add more to it too. I also need to expand more one day, as I will admit, it's too crowded. But I like it well enough for the time being.

[slayer7000]

This is so cool! I love seeing people make such unique and thematic designs

This New York (winter) bakery of mine has been in development since 2018 and I was finally able to add to the trains to this bakery.



I'm not that pleased with it yet, however it's a decent starting point for it.





Anyway, I spent 76 dollars into this sale. I would like to add more to it too. I also need to expand more one day, as I will admit, it's too crowded. But I like it well enough for the time being.

[DawnLovesDD]

Please delete this post. Updated 12/21. Thank you!

[AnnirasSweets]

Winter Wonder Sale - 7 Days
*Sale should end 2024 Dec. 12*
[9pm EST / 6pm PST / 02:00 UTC (Dec. 13)]

Sale Items:

Spoiler: show

Sale Decos:

Spoiler: show

Sale Appliance:

Spoiler: show

NOTE: Appliance relisted in goals
Some recipes will remain locked if you missed said goals

Winter Wonder Oven - originally released 2012 Dec. 11 - later relisted in goals

For details and recipe images, please refer to CookBook Guide here

General Notes on Sales:
- Any items purchased during the sale will remain in your inventory after the sale has ended, only the ability to purchase more of said item will be removed

[Snowflake604]

I have truly been appreciating and loving the recent sales! I really enjoyed the various sale items being marketed with gems [and COINS. I am super super happy about this and I really look forward to future sales! I also really am happy to see items that have been requested in the other threads/wishlists being put on sale, most recently being the Candy Cane Fountain and Bakery Story Float wooot! I was so happy to see such cute and lovely decorations being put on sale recently and for Storm8 bringing back tables and chairs that include COIN priced tables and chairs too! The coin prices make me more open to appreciating the game and the sales. Anyways super grateful and excited for more incredible sales! Fingers crossed.

[DawnLovesDD]

Please delete this post. I wish we could delete our own posts. I have update 12/21. Thank you!