
The options when clicking on the Mailbox in The Sims 3 In these cases, the bills will not be delivered and a notification will show how much was earned in credit. Purchasing multiple sources decreases that amount further, and can eliminate bills or even generate a credit back into the household funds. In Mansion and Garden Stuff, purchasing green energy sources can decrease the amount owed in bills. "Pay All Bills" will cause the selected Sim to collect all bills that are not in the mailbox and pay them. Seasons introduced the ability to pay bills by clicking on the mailbox and selecting "Pay All Bills", though the bills must still be removed from the mailbox before they can be paid. On campus, bills are delivered to residential lots, dormitories and greek houses, but delivery to dorms can be haphazard. In University, bills are delivered to college sub-neighbourhoods every three days. Sims will have four days to pay the bills, therefore the repo-man will only come on a Saturday or Monday at 10:00 am. If a bill is placed in the mailbox before 10:00 am, the mail carrier will come to collect them that day, otherwise, the mail carrier will come the next day. In addition, items held in personal inventories also will not count. Things that do not have a value in build/buy mode when selected do not count. Total Net Object value = the total current value for all buy mode objects (appreciated/depreciated value).Total Lot value = The total current value of all build mode objects (depreciated value).The way the bill is calculated is as follows:īill Total = Total Lot value x 0.4% + Total Net Object Value x 0.6% Teens and older Sims can pay bills, but will not do so autonomously. Sims may get the bills from the mailbox autonomously, but usually will not. As in The Sims, bills must be removed from the mailbox before they can be paid, but unlike The Sims, children cannot do this. In The Sims 2, bills are delivered to the lot's mailbox on Tuesday and Thursday at 10:00 am.

Having more children in the household will slightly reduce the amount the household otherwise needs to pay. Children and adults can remove bills from the mailbox, but only adults are able to pay them. To pay the bills, the player must first direct a Sim to remove the bills from the mailbox, and then direct a Sim to pay them. In The Sims, bills are delivered every three days.
