I've tested this numerous times, in a near vanilla save (only a cheated game start to let me build the town and shop counter faster, with goods to fill it), and on multiple town levels. Not one visit I saw, and my money stays static (so I know no sales happened while I wasn't paying attention.)
I'm not sure exactly why they are ignoring player towns, but it has been this way ever since the whole "hang out in town" bit was added to their AI. So it could be related.
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