I hunt in the newspaper all the time mostly for land deeds and I swear I see everything except shovels. I see hammers, bricks, wood planks, pick axes etc. and even occasionally rare land deeds but never ever a shovel .THey really need to do something about this. I have all of this space I can't use (not that I have buildings to put down since they cost so much) but it also keeps me from getting screws since i found that using the shovels usually gets me those. Anyway arg lol.
I think part of the problem is that the price 'cap' on the utensils is barely over the market price.....so you can not raise the 'shop' price more than a few coins. If I could bump the price up more, I would sell shovels, maps, permits, and expansions. Ya, they would be expensive, but ultimately it would be self regulating.
I literally just per used Stormie's shop and purchased two shovels and a paint can. The thrill is insane.
Yup I only had shovels because once I saw 10 of them in the newspaper and just impulse bought them. Lol! I got one recently from the mine and that's about it. I also need land deeds and screws, I get screws from clearing stuff but have no shovels and around and around we go, hahah!