Merchant Archive
Thread: bored of empty vendors: pliz remove from planetary map empty vendors
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Vigeant
Tue Jan 27, 2004 4:13 pm
#2
when a vendor is empty it should be automatically removed from planetary map.
If the crafter puts again items in it then he can just reactivate it.
ievb4fun
Tue Jan 27, 2004 5:20 pm
#3
When I was not a Merchant, I too felt frustrated when I found an empty vendor. Now as a Merchant, I realize how hard it is to keep a full vendor, or at least full of the majority of items that customers want. Vigeant... would you be willing to pay a 20% markup for a full vendor? Because the only way to insure a full vendor is to charge above market prices, so that only 'select' customers could afford them. Just a thought.
UnionCarbide
Tue Jan 27, 2004 5:28 pm
#4
The original poster is not saying that merchants should keep their vendors full at all times, he is just requesting that the devs make empty vendors de-list from the global map. I agree with him.
Personally, as a merchant I de-list my resource vendors when they are empty. I now have several customers that know to keep an eye for when my vendor appears back on the list so that they can swing by and make a purchase. I wish more merchants did the same, but they seem to be afraid of losing their spots at the top of their categories. Too bad a lot of people I know now start looking from the bottom of the list, figuring vendors that have been added more recently will be more likely to have any stock at all.
Tarnak_Archvold
Wed Jan 28, 2004 1:54 pm
#5
It still will not solve the problem with the vendors that only have a 1,000,000 cr CDEF gun up as a note. And if empty vendors was removed from the listings, then that is what would start happening.
Issax
Thu Jan 29, 2004 9:55 am
#6
I'd love to see a solution like what is supposed to happen on the Planetary Map list with med centers and cantinas. The sun symbol if the vendor is stocked, half-moon if it is empty.
Draznar
Thu Jan 29, 2004 10:05 am
#7
Simple solution. Though I would put an item count above 0. That way those nice message items do not count.
Issax wrote:
I'd love to see a solution like what is supposed to happen on the Planetary Map list with med centers and cantinas. The sun symbol if the vendor is stocked, half-moon if it is empty.
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