fandomhigh | Freelance Treasure Hunting, Monday, Period 5, Class #6

"Good afternoon, everyone," Vala greeted the students as they entered, possibly eyeing Karal and Dean a little oddly, "and welcome to our second to last class. We'll be continuing our efforts to learn how to resell your acquired merchandise. Assuming that your identification and authentication go properly, it will be your job to get the best price you can for your item--whether it's in money, goods, or services that you need."

"Today's class will have two parts: First, I'd like to know what you would think would be important qualities for a, uh, resale merchant to have, and how you would be able to tell that he, she, or it is reputable." Vala, of course, was very equal opportunity. "Second, I would like for you to break up into pairs and try to sell an item of your choice--one of you will be the seller, and the other the purchaser. Obviously, sellers, you want to get as much as you can for your item--you almost worked very hard to get it, after all. Purchasers, you don't want to part with anything more than you have to."

"Have fun!"

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What would you look for (or not want to find) in your ~~fence~~ resale merchant?

Try to buy or sell an item of your choice.

Turtle, no hostages.

Once he pings in

Talk to Vala if you want

So no one steals the threads while I'm sleeping

Turtle Wexler

"Sincerity," was Turtle's answer. She continued with a wry smirk, "Even if they don't mean it. A good seller will always make you feel like you have their customer's happiness in mind, even if they are just pushing for a bigger sale. It helps to actually care, you know, but not everyone does. So they have to be good actors about it. However, any good seller should care about the happiness of their customers, because if their customer is more than satisfied with your service and the product you push, they will be more inclined to return for future business. Which is very important."

She could go on for hours, but she politely settled back with a beaming smile, figuring two cents was enough for the conversation right now.

Carmela Rodriguez

"Not to sound like your typical completely shallow teenage girl," Carmela says. "But personal grooming should be taken in to consideration. I mean, if someone can't even take care of *themselves*, how's a buyer supposed to believe that whatever they're being sold is of good quality?"

Evie Carnahan

"Not being someone my brother would associate with," Evie said glumly.

Karal Austreben

Karal was looking a bit distracted as he approached Vala, but he smiled. "I wanted to apologise for my absence last week. I was called home unexpectedly."

*stealorz the threads and crochets them into a lovely hat*

Gavin Darklighter

"No evil laughs," Gavin said without thinking. "Other than that, any information on how reputable he is and if he or she has been known to sell faulty merchandise in the past."

"A good reputation," Karal said thoughtfully. "With other sellers and buyers, or with the guild, if there is one. Secrets can't be kept for long, so if someone is dishonest, or a cheat, others will know."

Dick Casablancas

Eve Levine

"Gullibility," Eve said. "But not complete gullibility. Just to the point where they're dumb enough to believe whatever load of crap you feed them but not so dumb they don't know how to sell your items properly."

Eve was already looking around for Savannah; after all, with one of them as the seller, if they could coax a good bit of money out of that one, then they could manage it out of anybody.

Mel Fray

John Sheppard

"Someone who is open to negotiation. Especially for... hard to get items."

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