Welcome back as well. I feel like I'm doing you know what on your parade , but due to your post I'm sure you'd rather have this information than not know , so I'd check out post 12 ( and others) here http://simscave.mustbedestroyed.org/index.php?topic=31995.0

You will need to register first , but then you can snag them here http://www.mybsims.net/t8947-timberland-world-nuevo-mesh

The mediafire link ( just above the last picture) works fine for me.

ETA , and if you're talking about the pants for them at Real Sims http://s11.zetaboards.com/Real_Sims_2/topic/7185464/1/ , again the only link I checked ( top one)works fine.

Miros stashed most , if not all , of Gothplague's items from the Gothplague's gear site when it shut down.  You can find that baggy t mesh right here
http://www.woodensimolean.com/GothplagueWomen  BTW , I have a few Rio's that would love some new clothes (hopefully with fat morphs , because they fill those jeans and skirts so nice  ) . Just messin' with you. I use a bunch of your textures for Rio and CPU and they all look great in game , much appreciated! 

Straight To The Office-Scared Of Chaka

Seeing Hands- Dengue Fever

(Another song about hands , but with a more epic bearded guy  )

Everybody wants to rule the world - Tears For Fears

( By the way , thanks for introducing me to Panic! At the disco , I like!) 

Here ya go http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=289244 , lots of other useful options as well. Also http://www.insimenator.org/index.php/topic,8325.0.html If you're into running lots of businesses , I'd definitely check out many of Squinge's other mods as well. I use over 20 of his business related mods , as well as many more of his for other purposes.

Never Say Never- Romeo Void

Couple of questions first to get more info, Does your sim not arrive at all then or they arrive , can be controlled etc , but buy mode remains on? Is it just buy mode or buy/build mode? Have you tried going to other comm. lots , if so , what happens? Same thing or normal behavior? The more info you can give , the easier it makes it to eliminate some things and try to start finding a solution. What you might think is overkill with the info , won't hurt and might help.

@Theraven , I think they mean Merola's multipainting.

I'd forgot all about that joyous event. I think I did what I last mentioned , move them in with neighbors and then back out. If I can recall anything else I'll edit and add. 

Glad I could help! I hear you on the clutter , I'm running my current Sims 2 game with 19.8 gigs of cc , that's 55,620 files and 4,348 folders ( love me some serious subfolderin'  ) I have about an equal amount of Sims 2 cc that is different and I'm not using at this time stashed on my desktop as well. I took a break from Sims 2 for about 3 months to checkout Sims 3 and now that I'm back to playing 2 I really need to go snag a bunch of cool new cc that has come out in those 3 months as well  , yes I'm addicted !

You are so wrong   , I've watched 6 hours of boxing , 4 college hoops games and the Superbowl just since Friday Night. I started playing kids league football and basketball when I was ten and played all through high school and then in city/county parks and rec leagues until my mid thirties , which occurred just before the creation of transistor radios   . Now I just sit in my chair watch them and bitch.

TSBM wishes they went dancing more often.

I'll try to give you some possible causes for your troubles. Also , to add to what Joy said , more info from you would help. Think overkill is a good thing in terms of info. What system do you play on? I've read of many people playing on Windows 7 that get a duplicate EA games folder created. I play on 7 ( and Vista) but don't have that problem. The people that do have that issue frequently end up with similar trouble to you , in that items don't show up in game , because they were put in the folder/path that wasn't being read.

In 7/Vista , I put lots in the Teleport folder and also use Clean Installer. I direct all the cc from those lots to my dl folder, where it arrives loose. I don't ever have anything loose in my dl folder otherwise , it's all sub foldered. Then I take that cc and put it in a subfolder called ( for example ) 212 Prospect Court by Mocha. Then I put that sub folder in a sub folder called stuff from lots , so everything remains organized and I know where it came from and where it's at. Once I've used CI to install a lot , I get two files in my Teleport folder. Those are created upon the installation of the lot. Once I've started my game , and quit , if I return to the teleport folder those two files are gone. If one ( or both) are still there , that means the lot didn't install correctly.  Basically I follow the same format for installing sims as well , other than those go in my SavedSims folder in the Sims 2 folder. Installing sims doesn't create additional files as installing lots does.

Any other info you can give might help , and certainly won't hurt, any other suggestions/guesses/help ideas I might have. Even stating what to you might be obvious ( you're looking for your sims to appear where they should, the CAS premade sim bin for example) can be useful.