Having low hits/barely any work towards your way should no way constitute having someone kicked out, especially if you're the same as the rest of them. Why should my branch members change if the branch manager herself is in the same boat so to speak? I'm not going to lie, but I don't think the Preschool has helped me whatsoever in terms of bringing in more profit. I think if I went solo I would probably bring in the same amount. I'd also say I don't think the branch manager is active enough to manage a branch, I sent her a neomail a minute after she replied to my other one. She has not sent a reply in around 20 hours. I doubt that being a newer Nursery member, I'll get any say over branch management because that's just how these friendship things work. You stick up for each other no matter what. Taking that into consideration, a newer member's opinion is practically ignored. Note: I would not try to argue against that statement because I've been ignored/flamed for some of my suggestions. In my opinion, the category isn't that large that my shop cannot adequately handle all that stock. I'll elaborate. MPs/PBs fill up barely any space, thats including PPBs. Neggs takes up less than 150 shop spaces if I planned to stock just one; However, I am well aware of purchasing large quantities of Negg Token neggs. Even so, the combination of several small categories should not create a major problem. Training/Maps/Luck category as of my old portal, took about 800 item slots. It included several bulk stocks of SW petpet lab map pieces and a variety of useless unsold luck items. Of course the useless unsold luck items will not be occupying my shop spaces again. Training items are numerous, yet I do not plan on stocking 100s of codestones in my shop at once :/ At most my bulk stocks would be SW inflated prices. To sum it up, I am positive I can do several small categories at once. Just a note, I'm looking for more unbiased comments. I do not want to see several mall members jumping me for making this thread. I've been saying these things on the chat boards, but as soon as I say them I am ignored and everyone goes on to talk about something else. If you have mostly unbiased comments, feel free to help advise me. C:

Let me see, I am simply stating the facts. I am not trying to offend anyone, because I do not want to get personal with anyone. For you Kim, I have been told by my mall branch manager that it is not a matter of bringing more exposure to the mall. Even so, people who barely put any effort into their shops do not bring the desired exposure. In addition, I am not insulting the people themselves. I have nothing against anyone, in fact I love most of the members. You say they manage because they want to, but management takes effort. I'd like to note that four members had not updated their banners 8 days after I had joined. I think that's more than enough time for someone to take notice. Perhaps I'm sounding more like a hypocrite now in the above message, but I can't explain it without sounding a bit like one. C: Freya, I suggest you either leave or at least contribute to the thread in a positive way. I'm not looking for a flame war, nor am I looking to be called a Creepy Stalker person again either ^.^ Leah, The comments begged to differ on that "no one was trying to flame you" In fact, I think people would have kept up with that if not a person had made a statement of how rude it was to insult me because of my neomailing. When I defended my opinion, it turned into a flaming of the one "weirdo" who neomails anyone who buys from his shop the second they buy something. Now I'm going off that subject now. I will not respond to anything else regarding that. You are right about my expectations are high, but some SW priced stock or even bumping up a board for the few minutes you're on is just too much effort for some people. Is malling worthwhile to them when their shops are barely moving any stock? I'm sure everyone has high expectations about malling when it concerns their own shop profits. Every person dreams of making amazing profits from malling; However, where is the dedication for Mini-Mallers? Nursery has raised its standards of shop sizes, but shop size doesn't really matter for Mini-malling. What annoys me the most is that the larger shop size does not improve effort. If people wanted experience malling, they would maybe mall? I was told when people made their upgrade goals they were doing well, but what experience do you gain if your upgrades comes 90% from games/KQ, your not truly gaining experience on Malling. It'd be hard to disagree with that statement. You make a statement of "Many of today's most successful shops began their malling careers with the Nursery Malls or other mini malls. They couldn't have done it without their very first malls."; However, how many people fail before they reach Main Market? I'm well aware of high turnover rate for Playground. I feel that as you go up in branches, you should be more dedicated to malling, but most people are not profiting from their shops to make upgrade goals themselves, therefore making their shops more of a dead weight than an asset. As reference to what I first said directed at you, I also do not just sit there staring at the Shop Ads board doing nothing apart from posting my ad all day. To everyone who suggests I should go solo A solo shop probably will end up better for me. Perhaps I'm referencing other people's comments, but there is nothing wrong with my attitude towards malling. You interpret my attitude as a loner or someone who thinks too highly about his own work. No. That is absolutely not the way I think about malling. I simply believe everyone should pull their weight. That is not the wrong attitude towards malling. I am willing to sacrifice because it leads to the common good. If that is wrong then please say it again. Perhaps I'll learn to be more selfish like my brothers and only think of myself more. I don't want to be like my brothers, who are spoiled beyond belief. I don't want to get everything I want just because I ask for it. I've learned to work hard to get what I want not just sit back and expect it. Is that what is considered wrong these days because I do not want to be the sad pathetic person who is doing the wrong thing the whole time. Perhaps I am an absolute fool. Team effort should not be asked for therefore I should be able to lower my expectations. When I hit main market, I should just expect a bunch of other mallers doing anything to profit for themselves. Life lesson learned? Just give me the word of being selfish is the right thing to do and I'll learn that life lesson permanently. Thank you Zixi.

Debating brings out many more ideas. I'm willing to compromise, but what you stated is not typical advice. Its more like defense of your mall. 4/5 what you posted was not directly linked to advice. I'm not criticizing you or anything, but my primary problem was not the mall itself. It was mostly just about the category change, but it turned out this way just as I predicted it would be- Nursery mall members all coming out just to attack. Now I will no longer talk about the mall, for I have already given my notice. If you want to be a hater feel free to mail me. I will personally make sure your hating will fail. If I get one message, I'll make sure to find every flaw I can dig up ^o^. Its my personal favorite thing to do. So much fun~ I was looking for shop advice, not needing to defend my own ideals.