What is your gifting strategy?

[bobbyrae]

If you have 75 neighbors and don't get at least 20 gifts back, you need new neighbors .

I agree. Most of my neighbours never have the chance to gift me since i usually max out early in the day. I do what pastrychef does, decline a few gifts (usually something i have over 40 of in inventory, or potion or dragon stuff or shamrocks) so that other neighbours can get through. I don't usually have a problem getting back parts requests either.

[risputin]

I usually do random gifts. If it's a game like Nightclub Story, one day I might gift Dictator drink and the next it may be the same, or it maybe War and Peace.Of course, if someone requests an item, I gift that first (I usually check my wall before I do anything else).Recently though, someone questioned me sending paint and screws, so I stopped.Funny thing, after I stopped he started requesting those same items from me.Because of that issue though, I now only send items that can't be requested and send requested items - however I am still random on the items I send ^^

[Ypes]

Just dont gift like i do..

[ksskss]

I usually send the same gift to all my neighbors: parts or cappuccino.

[saralovescats]

when i first started out, i used to send brownies all the time because i didn't know what parts were for, and it had the most quanity. LOL. then i found out what parts were actually used for, so now i just send those.
i mass gift random parts. it takes too much effort to personalize them. plus they could always request the parts they need.

[wslady]

Your posts were really helpful to me. I was wondering if we have a maximum on how many parts we can store??? I too like it when people request a specific part so I can accept and send. Then I know they will get what they need. As a newcomer, I agree that food really helps my counters. I home school and forget to check my food that is cooking so end up losing some pretty much daily...lol...guess I am not the best chef...at least not yet. Sure enjoy this application as a stress release.

[wslady]

Is there a place to view what parts are in storage?

[TimeForACuppaTea]

Is there a place to view what parts are in storage?

Yes, go into "main" in the left hand corner and tap on "My Gifts" in the bottom left.

[TimeForACuppaTea]

To my knowledge there is no limit. I have 105 gears so clearly we can store over 100 of something.

I used to send my nbrs whatever part they sent me last. I only gift parts and only add nbrs who send parts only. It's much easier to not have to deal with food at all. But now I just send everyone the same thing unless someone requests something specific. I've not had any complaints.

[Purplum]

I used to try and wait and gift people back whatever they gifted me or requested of me. Then I realized that took too long and, since most people should have enough neighbors that they can be choosy with which gifts they accept & ignore, I just started sending random parts. I usually try to send whatever part I'm shortest on -- using the logic that my neighbors are generally building the same new appliances I am, and if I'm short on screws, they probably are, too.

I usually do random gifts. If it's a game like Nightclub Story, one day I might gift Dictator drink and the next it may be the same, or it maybe War and Peace...

I used to do the same thing (with a preference for Blue Lagoons because I thought they were prettiest) in Nightclub until I realized that War & Peace sells for $5 each while all of the others only sell for $2 each. Now I just send War & Peace, lol.