I once purchased the little chicken coop at the Sims 3 Store with some SimPoints, then recently found out that the whole Country Living set was put on sale for a Daily Deal (via the Game Launcher). I went to the Sims 3 Store and noticed that I could just download the set. Later, I found out that all owners of the chicken coop premium content would also get the Country Living set for free, if the set were put up for a Daily Deal.
Another positive event was when I got Barnacle Bay. At the time, I only had one pirate dress and a cannon object from the Barnacle Bay world/set. Then one day, I could just download the whole set for free. The Sims3Pack file was called BarnacleBayDDSet, so it might have been through the Daily Deal?
This is awesome and great for completing whole sets!!!
Are there any more deals like this?
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When a premium item is not on sale, either through the DD or in general, it's cheaper to buy the whole set, or buy other non-premium items on sale and then get the set, rather than paying full price for the premium content. As an example, I'm not sure whether Grandpa's Grove is eligible for CYS, but it's on sale for 475 points, making it a lot cheaper to buy the set itself rather than getting the tractor (733 points) and waiting for the set to be free on the DD.
There are a few other cases where you can buy a premium item on sale and then get its set for free:
https://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:55995 (130 points on DD 31)
https://store.thesims3.com/setsProductDetails.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:56005 (free on DD 65)
https://store.thesims3.com/setsProductDetails.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:55996 (free on DDs 336, 339, 386, 714)
The basketball hoop shows up on the DD a couple other times before then, for more points, but since you'll be waiting for the Level Up collection anyway, you don't gain anything by buying it early.
The cowplant makes the Killer Classics set free:
https://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:45648 (182 points on DD 334)
https://store.thesims3.com/setsProductDetails.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:45244 (free on DD 892)
The... whatever the "Not So Routine Machine" is makes one of its sets free as well:
https://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:48373 (125 points on DD 460)
https://store.thesims3.com/setsProductDetails.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:48376 (free on DDs 424, 551, 576, 689)
The other sets the machine belongs to are not eligible for Complete Your Set though. The store has a few other non-CYS sets as well, so double-check before you buy anything.
Buying the baby swing for its normal sale price makes a larger toddler collection free, but if you like kids' items, there's a slightly more expensive way to get a much larger pile of content that includes these items.
https://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:43457 (on sale for 265 points)
https://store.thesims3.com/setsProductDetails.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:43479 (free on DD 819)
The teppanyaki grill makes the Japanese Dining set free:
https://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:57590 (150 points on DD 546)
https://store.thesims3.com/setsProductDetails.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:57680 (free on DD 489)
However, if you're looking to get the entire Best of 2012 collection or have already made progress towards it, there may be a cheaper approach than getting this set. If you're interested in the collection, just list the items (if any) you already own, and someone can help you figure out the cheapest way to get the rest of the set.
Barnacle Bay is a separate case, neatly summarized here:
https://forums.thesims.com/en_Us/discussion/comment/15739871/#Comment_15739871
I have recently purchased the Grandpa's Grove Tractor for 733 SimPoints and used the leftover SimPoints to get the Solace Snugabunny Deluxe Baby Swing for 265 SimPoints. One will be great for farming, I'm sure. The other one will be a lifesaver for my daycare professionals!
I already own the SwiftGro Gardening Station, and apparently, the greenhouse set is also included in the package with the gardening station. Awesome! They actually come together in one piece. Similarly, the Grandpa's Grove Tractor package comes with the orange trees. Yea! I think I'm going to wait for a DD sale, so I can get the rest of the set for free.
Also, have you seen Merelhyn's thread Cheapest Way to Own Compilations/Sets/Venues?
To help you organize your stalking of the Daily Deal, please join us on the Daily Deal Rotation and Sales Help thread and please view the DD Spreadsheet
Once you own Best of 2012, the January and April 2012 compilations should be cheap too.
I already own the SwiftGro Gardening Station, which actually comes with the Greenhouse set. There is no venue, of course, but I can always build my own venue lots. So... that's good enough for me.
Plus, I've heard that the Greenhouse venue lot has a lot of spawners, and those spawners can potentially cause tremendous lagging in the game.
Grandpa's Grove is on the DD right now, but the set is not free. Maybe I should wait for a later date?
Besides, I already got my Farm Fresh Folk set and Country Livin' set free on the Daily Deals.