@poltergeist shared this picture on another discussion, and it got me thinking... One of the things that annoy me the most in SIms 4 is that there's no gameplay to acquire resources. Want a book? Smarphone. Want a seed? Smartphone. Want upgrade parts? Smartphone. Want a medicine? Smartphone... I mean... Yes, indeed we can buy anything in amazon this days, but thats not where we buy most of our stuff. If there's a bookstore next to me, I'll pay a visit. If there's a drugstore near me, I'll buy my medicine there.
Anyway, I was looking at those 3 objects that were not added to the voting, but are quite interesting, and I'm wishing that they got added to the game with a functionality to allow us to pick our own wool color, quality, etc... and buy. And, no, we don't need Get To Work. Just adding them to a community lot would enable you to buy, but if you had Get To Work you could not only sell your crafted/knitted stuff, but you would also be allowed to seel wool... and maybe if sheeps get added in a farming EP, we could also produce our own wool and the better we take care of our sheep, the better the quality of the wool and more money we got. Other animals like rabbits and llamas could produce wool (I know that even cats and dogs fur can be used as wool material).
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The only other way they can do it is to make a special lot or lot type to sell yarn/wool but I think that might be too much for an SP and for Sims to only by wool and yarn. Maybe if this was a GP and had other arts and crafts activities, it will make more sense.
All it needs is a pie menu tied to those few chosen objects, and delivery could still be to the sim's inventory. Pretty much like the bookcase, if placed on a community lot. Hm... can a sim order books from a bookcase away from home? I never tested...
As for me though, I definitely prefer shopping online even IRL. I guess I am one of those people killing off book stores...
I know you mentioned not requiring GTW, but since one of the gurus was talking about pack compatibility anyway, they might add features to allow us the buy/sell wool with that pack instead of cramming too much into the knitting pack.
If it was done like a dresser or chest and you picked out what you want, it might work. I too miss going to the grocery store and getting anything I want rather than always having to buy seeds, download a loaded garden, or go out and get it all when I really want to concentrate on the gameplay. To be able to sell it in a store, add it to a store, or buy it on the computer would be neat.