Shopkeepers.
Description
Any reason why I can purchase something from him and then try to sell something back with less value?
<100%hp 100%m 12%mv 3496tnl> 3 PM civilized Thorne tells you 'I'm afraid I don't have enough money to buy an elegant silver flail, its head lined with raw diamonds, but it's worth around 459 copper coins.'
<100%hp 100%m 12%mv 3496tnl> 3 PM civilized list
[Lv Price] Item (Type)
[26 768] an engraved steel staff (staff)
[26 927] an engraved steel warhammer (mace)
[25 601] an engraved steel spear (spear)
[25 1098] an engraved steel longsword (sword)
[25 840] an engraved steel dagger (dagger)
[26 1227] an engraved steel flail (flail)
[26 972] an engraved steel hand axe (axe)
Thorne tells you 'Would you like to browse anything further?'
<100%hp 100%m 12%mv 3496tnl> 3 PM civilized buy spear
You haggle the price down to 595 copper.
You buy an engraved steel spear.
<100%hp 100%m 12%mv 3496tnl> 3 PM civilized sell flail
Thorne tells you 'I'm afraid I don't have enough money to buy an elegant silver flail, its head lined with raw diamonds.'
<100%hp 100%m 12%mv 3496tnl> 3 PM civilized value flail
Thorne tells you 'I'm afraid I don't have enough money to buy an elegant silver flail, its head lined with raw diamonds, but it's worth around 459 copper coins.'
Carrion Fields on 2006-10-29 21:49 UTC
Automatically imported from the legacy bug board forum.
Valguarnera on 2006-10-31 14:59 UTC
Subject: By design.
Shopkeepers won't spend above a certain percentage of their available funds on a single item. That percentage depends on how much they want the item, but there's nothing in the log that indicates that the system is not working as designed.
valguarnera@carrionfields.com
Crutheg on 2006-11-01 03:53 UTC
Subject: Thanks.
Thanks for the reply and looking into it.