The General Store is a vendor of furniture, tools and other items of sorts (usually everything else that doesn't fall into specific categories of the other merchants) in Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility. It is located in Waffle Town, next to the Meringue Clinic.
Barbara and Simon can be found in the store most of the time. Their daughter, Phoebe can be found here when she returns to the island. The General Store is open from 9am to 5pm. It is closed on Mondays and holidays. A part-time job is available here, and you will be working until 5pm regardless of your starting time. The kitchen inside this store can be examined to obtain new cooking recipes.
The General Store, much like Souffle Farm, operates on a three-star farm ranking system, meaning that as your farm prospers, it will gain a higher rank, and with each rank, or star, better items will be sold at the store. You will usually receive a letter notifying you of better items in stock.
You can buy all tools here at the General Store (provided that you have the previous version of the toolโe.g., you can only buy a Gold Sickle if you already have the Silver Sickle). It is not recommended that you buy tools from the General Store, seeing as asking Ramsey to upgrade your current tools is much cheaper (About 3 times cheaper, but you do need to find and refine ores).
Tool
Cost
Rank Required
Iron Tools
3000 G
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Copper Tools
7500 G
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Silver Tools
15000 G
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Gold Tools
30000 G
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Home Appliances[]
All home appliances come with certain looks and designs. Some are cheaper and some are more costly because of this, but no matter the color or design, they still function the same.
Cooking Utensils[]
Utensil
Design
Cost
Rank Required
Cutting Board
Normal
1500 G
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Country
1500 G
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Simple
1650 G
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Cute
1800 G
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Frying Pan
Normal
1800 G
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Country
1800 G
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Simple
1950 G
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Cute
2100 G
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Mixer
Normal
1200 G
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Country
1200 G
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Simple
1350 G
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Cute
1500 G
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Pots
Normal
2250 G
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Country
2250 G
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Simple
2400 G
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Cute
2550 G
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Oven
Normal
2550 G
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Country
2550 G
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Simple
2700 G
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Cute
2850 G
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Aging Pot
Normal
2175 G
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Country
2175 G
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Simple
2475 G
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Cute
2325 G
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Matches
N/A
N/A
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Electronics[]
Appliance
Design
Cost
Rank Required
Televisions
Cheap
600 G
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Normal
1350 G
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Gorgeous
5250 G
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Telephones
Classical
750 G
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Country
750 G
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Cute
750 G
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Heartful
900 G
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Calendars and Clocks[]
Appliance
Design
Cost
Rank Required
Calendars
Chic
180 G
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Lovely
225 G
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Clocks
Round
525 G
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Square
600 G
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Gorgeous
1275 G
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Refrigerators[]
Refrigerators do come in an alternate look ("simple" design refrigerators), but the General Store only sells one set of three different sizes. The "simple" refrigerators are sold by Owen at the Arts Festival.
The Small and Medium fridges that Simon sells are white, while the Large one is silver.