Board Thread:Casual Discussion/@comment-8857978-20130726103158/@comment-198.174.110.146-20151102174741

It's simply a matter of choice for each person on whether they play within the confines of the game or persue other avenues of getting donuts, items, cash, etc. I played normally for a time and found out quickly the in-game process for accuring donuts is absoutley rediculous. I spent a $5-$10 on Buddhas etc and got junk. I eventually went looking for other ways to get donuts, etc. I eventually ended up going with someone I found online who had a web site and was also on Ebay. It was a package deal depending on what you wanted. The package I took was for all items up to that item including the luxury items or whatever. It also included I forget how many donuts..something like 300,000, millions in cash, tons of Krustyland tickets, etc and it was like $15. Yes, there is an element of risk since you have to give this person your game/origin password and username/email ( what ever it is). I found someone who had both a web site and an ebay account with VERY good feedback so I felt they were as trustwrothy as I could get. I went and changed my origin password to something else, provided the new pasweord etc to the person and then when they were done I changed everything yet again to something else. I had suffered no virus/trojans or anything else from doing so. The only thing I got was a MUCH better playing experiene from not having to WAIT for buildings to finish building, WAIT for jobs to finish, WAIT for tiles to finish, etc, etc. I play the game at MY pace, NOT EA's. I can speed up any or all jobs and buildings and tiles, etc. I can build the town my way with any or all items I want to put in it. I did this a LONG time ago and just recently ran out of donuts. I can't even imagine what the cost would have been had a purchased donuts at the regular cost...it would be insant..well, it just wouldn't have hapened. I NEVER would have purchased anywhere near the amount of donuts I did AND I would more than likely not still be playing the game. Having to do all that waiting I would have quit the game a long time. Now, I'm a daily player and still enjoy the game. Since I recently ran out of donuts I went to find another soure. There is, as I said people on the web and on Ebay who have packages they will offer. There's also Reddit. You can find there forum or group or whatever on Reddit (just search for the game name and free donuts or something like that and you'll find them). There is NO charge, the people there simply do it for free, with the understanding that you can only get so much of each thing...they don't give out 100,000's of thousands of donuts like some ebay people do..they only give out...I forget..2,000 or maybe it's 20,000 and then so much cash, items, krusty ticket, whatever you ask for but again limited amounts and you can only use their services once every 60 or 90 days someting like that. When I ran out I went back and found a person on ebay and who had their own web page and they offered a small package where I got a  TON of donuts, tiles, railroad tracks (gave me as a bonus since I didn't need any cash or other items..l only paid like $3.00!!  I'll have enough donuts to last me for long time.  I never thought I'd run out of the first bunch of donuts but using them like crazy to speed all kinds of stuff up I did go through them.  The amount I got for the $3.00 was a LOT more and will take me a very long time to go through if I ever do.  So, I would suggest if you ARE going to use something like an outside person/service to do that you do a web search for the game name and donuts or items, etc.  Also, search on ebay and find someone like I did who has both a ebay account (for feedback) and maybe a web page to use.  Often I think the idea is if you use the person's web page you'll get a discount on the price since they don't have to pay the Ebay fees for the auction. The difference we are talking was a dollar or two either way so no big deal, whichever you are more comfortable with. The bottom line is you don't have to spend a ton of money to get what you want and there are "safe" ways out there to get what you want. Just remember to change your password/username-email (whatever) immidately after your done and you should be fine. Sorry this is so long winded but there are aleternatives. Personally, I feel EA's prices on donuts are way to high but I can also assume that people (at least some or enough) must be paying those prices or they would lower them. EA still gets value out of me playing, simply in other ways such as reviews andword of mouth from the people I tell about the game and how entertaining it is (which I do tell people). It's one of the games/apps that has held my attention probably the longest of any game/app out there with the possible exception of Doodle Jump. That game is so ridiculously simple but yet I cant stop playing it. It's the perfect mindless game to waste some time here and there while your waiiting for something.