oocAll "haggled" items must be bought at full price on the price list at the end of the haggling.""Ah The Knight's Armory," Noth said before giving Mok a friendly clasp on the shoulder. A place where the clerks were always nice even if most of the stock wouldn't have been displayed in front of the counter except for the presences of several rather heavily armed guards hidden in alcoves to the sides. They would have been hard to miss usually, but they were there, keeping a sharp eye out for any thieves or pickpockets, not just robbing the store, but robbing their customers. After all, the Armory was known for it's quality goods, a sheer rarity in sunberth's markets.
Looking around at the shelves behind the clerk he pointed towards a small black silk bundle. His eyes spotting one of the things he had wanted to repurchase some time in his life. A set of Night Leather Armor. Asking the clerk to fetch it for him to inspect Noth casually gave it a keen glance over, inspecting it for holes, and wear and tear. Finding none, he asked the clerk how much it was. The clerk said sixty five gold mizas.
Noth's eyebrows rose and he stared at the man who looked utterly bored with his job. In his mind he wondered if the man was trying to get a cut for himself by marking things up above what the smith usually would.
"My friendly clerk, that is the most atrocious price I've ever heard. I'll give you fifty-five, and not a copper more.""Sixty -Three, and that's a steal."Noth looked at him crossly,
"My good man, I certainly hope this isn't a steal I don't want any used armor. Fifty Seven."A weary sigh came over the clerk's face,
"I'll meet you at Sixty. Is that good enough?""Certainly my good man. Sixty it is." Taking a gander at the smaller items he decided to go for a lowball price to try and get a combination deal. Seeing a weapon harness that fit his requirements, and a set of padded armor stacked up with others of its kind on a back table. He made a quick inquiry to prevent the clerk from fetching the other items and thus wasting a trip.
"Before you go, my good man. How about that weapon harness I see there and the padded armor? How much would you pay for that."The clerk as distracted as he was failed to cover his tracks or attempt another ripoff by saying.
"Ten golds for both, Five apiec-" The clerk cut himself off as he realized his mistake, but Noth took full advantage of the task and agreed as quickly as he could.
"Fine, Five separately for both of 'em, the harness and the padded armor, Sixty for the Night Leather. That's..."Doing the addition in his head was an easy task as he added the two fives together for the ten and then added that to fifty to get sixty. Grouping of such simple arithmetic was always an interesting thing. Fishing Seventy gold mizas out of his bag of gold he placed them on the counter and held them there until the clerk brought back the three items in question. Draping them over one arm, Noth turned to Mok,
"The night leather armor is made of silk, not much protection. I suppose it wouldn't do you much good. Perhaps a scale mail might work, but get it with the padded armor I got. The padded sits under another armor to help reduce chaffage and offers some protection against arrows. and would be a nice under the scale. "Out of the corner of his eye, near the wall Noth saw a back and breast that seemed to be about his size and he quickly pointed it out to the clerk.
"My good man, how much for that?"The clerk stared at him hard.
"Fifty two!"Right away, Noth countered with a counter offer.
"Forty-Nine.""Fifty-One."Noth took a moment, considering things a bit as he looked at the back and breast plates. They were a good choice, fitting mainly over the torso, and would keep a bit of freedom to his movement, but he had a feeling the clerk was still highballing him,
"Forty Nine and Fifty Silvers. Final offer.""No Deal, I can't take less then Fifty."Thinking that a reasonable price he still put on an act of consideration...
"Alright, Fifty it is. Done and Done. Though I'd like to try it on first to see if its the right fit, otherwise I'd take the next size smaller or larger.""Alright, that's fair. Show me the gold and try it on right here. Once you walk out the store, all sales are final."Antar showed the clerk the money and then stopped to ask,
"Can I try it on first. I know you do run a respectful business here but I don't want to try my hand, this is just a matter of business you know.""Fine, Petching try it on then but keep the gold coins on the counter, Yar' friend can watch 'em for the moment, but I want to keep 'em in sight too."With another shelling out of fifty gold , placing it on a stack on the counter. Noth took the back and breast and buckled it around his torso, and moved his arms around. It was a little tight but the steel was still capable of granting the protection and a good fit. Only thing better might be chainmail, but that always seemed to end up a bit on the noisy side. But this piece of armor he knew he should trade in for the size up. Especially if he was wearing the padded armor and night leather underneath it.Calling the clerk for the larger size he found the right one and took the back and breast, levering over to the side of the counter before asking for a final purchase. A rucksack to be exact which was bought for 1 gold miza, no haggling involved.
Turning back towards Mok, Noth sighed as he put all his new goods away, he wasn't done buying yet, as he had a special item in mind he'd heard in stock here but for now he was content with things as they were while Mok began the necessity of learning to shop in Sunberth,
"Rule Number one , Mok. Never give the money up front before the items in your reach or hands. It's your turn, to take a look. I picked an armor , a breast and back, a weapons harness, a rucksack, and a padded armor layer. What would you like?"