I wonder if there is a mod to make sims not bring back bought items in their inventory? Kinda felt cheaty about it, and I want them to go out more to other stores

First, this post belongs in the WCIF (Where Can I Find) board, not the help section. Think of the help section as a place for help with technical issues or game glitches. Not 'help me find this' or 'does this exist.' I've been seeing a few posts that really belong there, so PSA, I guess.

Next, yeah, there are several mods that address this issue. There's Pescado's No Playable Shoppers, BoilingOil's Simulated Sales or Simwardrobe's Playables Don't Go Broke + Bandatron Playables Don't Go Broke or Squinge's No Unwanted Stuff in Inventory.

Simwardrobe is gone, but Paladin's archive is available here: https://simfileshare.net/folder/87829/ thanks to Bulbizarre. Look under "Fixes - Open for Business." I believe there are text files in the downloads, but if not, you can look up "simwardrobe.com" on the wayback machine; most pages are archived and you should be able to screenshot a description. So maybe take a look at all of them and see which one works best for you/which modder you like best.

Oh sorry, I wasn't aware that I posted this in the wrong forum, should I delete this and repost in the right place?

Nah, a moderator can move it, if they really want to. But now you know for next time.

Also, when you said "I want them to go out more to other stores," did you mean you want your playables to show up more at businesses? Or maybe you want more customers to show up in general?

Oh, I meant that while I'm playing as them in the rotation that I could have them go out instead of always cramp up in their house cause they have all the groceries and items available.

Ah--then you should be good with one of the mods above.

I'm having trouble with these mods, the first and third one is what I want to use, having the playables not have items in their inventory and I still want them to visit the lot as there isn't much sims around to fill that role (I have a no Townie Regen and start from a small population) The first seems to not be compatible with CommTimeProject, and the third gives error (maybe also not compatible?) Though, thanks for the help anyways.

@NimaSims, they are all variations on the same mod, just different modders' take on it, so if the Pescado's and Simwardrobe ones aren't working, try BoilingOil's Simulated Sales. I can't say for sure if it will work with community lot time, but you can try it. Make sure you are only using one of them, though, and removing the others from your folder as you playtest.

Finally, what version of community lot time are you using? Are you using the updated one by Chris Hatch, for example? Knowing what mods you're using can help with troubleshooting.

The simulated sales isn't really what I wanted since it just affects townie inventory, and I just used one of them for each playtest. I use Chris Hatch's version, pretty sure.

@NimaSims, no it should affect playables, too. Sims have to be selectable in order for the purchase to go into their inventory.

Oh sorry, I must've misunderstood that part. It seems to be working so far in my game when using that mod.