X360--merchants have unlimited gold? Options

[earwicker7]

I'm having a weird issue with the X360 version of the game. The merchants never have any gold removed from their coffers when they purchase my equipment. I can have a merchant start with 800 gold, and when the merchant has purchased 500 gold worth of equipment from me, he still has 800 gold. I know some people (cough... cheaters... cough!) might find this to be a good thing, but I hate it. In my opinion, the fact that you sometimes have to hunt for a person who can afford to buy your stuff is much more immersive than someone who has endless gold.

Has anyone else had this problem, and if so, were you able to get around it? I've filled out a support request from Bethesda, so hopefully they may have some advice.

[Furious_George]

Resurrecting the thread to see if this is still happening to any 'boxers out there.
I tested it at the time just to be sure it was happening, and observed it numerous times ( I even sold a $1200 item for that amount to a $50 innkeeper).
As of about Thurs/Fri last week, the merchants started paying their max only for any single item/sale, but continued allowing multiple sales. Yes, I do log into Xbox live every time I play.
Interesting.

This post has been edited by Furious_George: Apr 3 2006, 03:56 PM

[earwicker7]

Resurrecting the thread to see if this is still happening to any 'boxers out there.
I tested it at the time just to be sure it was happening, and observed it numerous times ( I even sold a $1200 item for that amount to a $50 innkeeper).
As of about Thurs/Fri last week, the merchants started paying their max only for any single item/sale, but continued allowing multiple sales. Yes, I do log into Xbox live every time I play.
Interesting.

So you think that Bethesda is doing automatic patching on Xbox Live? Interesting.

[Furious_George]

So you think that Bethesda is doing automatic patching on Xbox Live?  Interesting.

I've had a few others make the same comment. I have no other evidence for it except that for the first 5 or so days after release merchants paid over the maximum for items. I have no other way to explain it....
and as several others have stated, it was never a problem for PC.