Originally Posted by
TotoMok
You can buy Silos outside of the event with GC/other-resources, so it was not good to spend Pumpkins on that when a rare building was away.
The Grim Reaper is pretty but nothing compared to a Veteran, and that should be a higher objective (Followed by the Major General later on).
Likewise, you could invest resources to obtain pumpkins to ensure you could afford the schools.
And not saying you buy it because one day it might be more upgradeable: I bought it at that time because even at level 1 it was good, and I thought in 1 year, I could well have 6 of them.
In this situation I won, next time I might make the wrong call and lose. C'est la vie :P