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I am trying to setup a vendor in my house, but I cannot get it to initialize. I've tried over and over, and always have the same problem.

I can create the vendor without any problems, and it goes into my inventory like it's supposed to. Then I place (drop) it in my house. Then I click on 'initialize vendor', and it gives me the message that it has been initialized successfully. But then when I go to "Use Vendor" it does not work! It tells me "vendor not initialized."

Has anyone else had this problem? What am I doing wrong?