Invitation
An Invitation is a unique piece of stationary that cannot be purchased. The stationary appears only in Animal Crossing: City Folk and is used to gain access to Crazy Redd's, the black market located in the City. The stationary can be sent from a villager once asking them about Crazy Redd's. To ask players about Crazy Redd, the villager will tell them about Crazy Redd, and then the next day, they will send them an invitation in the mail. Players will receive one stationary piece after each purchase at Redd's store. This stationary can then be sent to other players who can redeem it for access, and the sender will receive 1,000 Bells. If players attempt to send an invitation to a villager, the villager will reply back, saying he or she already have a membership. After the stationary is obtained, players can enter Crazy Redd's, but a membership fee of 3,000 Bells is required. It can be obtained from a villager, another player, a character at the city, or from Crazy Redd himself, via mail.
Some villagers say that the invitation should not be shown to Copper.[citation needed]
