Merchant Archive

I coudl care less about all the other things I'm lacking as a master merchant. Fix the bugs and give me a way - acutally a bulletin board - where I can interact with my clientelle even while I'm away (as well as the other vendors that work out of my shop).

I currently am master merchent, master artisan, master architect with novice DE, and tailoring fieldwear 3. I find that, for the most part, anything that the game lacks, I can make up for in one way or another although sometimes clumsily but the biggest issue I have is having to use armor segments to put up 'plaques' if you will, to denote who to direct special orders to, what I'm needing specifically in regards to resources, what my business partners are needing, locations to specific showroom houses (in the case of my tailor and armorsmith partners) etc. Yeah, I'd LOVE to have back colored naming of items, yeah I'd LOVE to have auctions on my vendors, yeah I'd love alot of thigns, but no one thing would be NEARLY so usefull as a way for my customers, business partners, suppliers and prospective all of the above's to be able to interact together in one overall system that isnt relegated to praying I dont accidently delete an email after deleting numerous canceled sales offers or vendor purchases.

My shop currently has a master BE, 2 Master Docs, 2 Master Smugglers, a Master Tailor, a Master Armorsmith, and a Master Artisan that I purchase from and resell on my vendors for in addition to my own products taht I sell. On top of this, I purchase from at least 11 steady suppliers of resources, both for myself and for my business partners. I'd wish for another vendor but as is, I do just fine with the 8 taht I have now, through shrewd jockeying of products onto related vendor types. What's plainly lacking is a way to coordinate all this without the ensuing /tell-hell or the inbox full of about 200-300+ emails a day, not even including ORDERS or SALES...

To add to this issue for me, I've been working out a deal to possibly begin selling ingame, found but hard to find items, such as SEA's, uncommon, rare, or unique weapons and wearables, etc.

THIS is truly the only thing lacking in our profession that is truly a NEED not a WANT. All the other 'additions' are very nice and would be appreciated but if I were to get this one single thing, even if it's a novice requirement to make - or even if it requires the combined expertise of every single craft skill in the game to make (tho I wouldnt see why) or even if its' useable by everyone as just a nice perk to add into a house. This is truly what we are lacking. This is our secretary, so to speak. This is also our way to advertise or place needed items into the public eye that will catch far more veiws (for a good shop manager) then any amount of global advertising, trade forum advertising, or out right hawking.

Thanks much for your time in reading this, and I pray that something near this request is implemented soon - for my sanity's sake (and i'm sure, for many other shop managers as well).

I'd like to start with something as simple as a writable, displayable vidscreen/datapad type device.

This wouldgo part way in allowing shop owners to at least display information to their customers without using stupid kludges likefunny-named packs hanging all over the walls.....

Even something as simple as that woudl be a wonderful tool for us to be able to streamline the purchasing and sales orders. I'd go for somethign like this as a start too. +)