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TofteTiger

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Can unsold items left at the trade depot be sold to the next trader?
« on: March 13, 2021, 11:50:06 pm »
I have so many items that the caravans can never buy them all but I saw that although a ton of items were at 0 distance, they were not showing as available for sale.
Can someone explain why that is?
Is it a must to carry all of them back to a pile and back to be sold?

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anewaname

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Re: Can unsold items left at the trade depot be sold to the next trader?
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2021, 01:22:22 am »
You do not need to carry them back to a stockpile.

There are two steps to trading:
1) assign the items to be brought to the depot ('q' the depot, then 'g' to set the items to PENDING)
2) trade the items ('q' the depot, then 't' to start the trading session)

If you did step 1, then you should see them in step 2. If you did not see them in step 1, those items are owned by a dwarf or by a previous traders, are currently TSK'ed to be hauled, or something like that.

Also, if you don't want those items, you can give them to the traders for free.
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Re: Can unsold items left at the trade depot be sold to the next trader?
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2021, 03:03:12 am »
As anewaname said, you need to mark items for trading for them to become available for trading. If they're already in the trade depot no hauling is needed and no hauling will occur (and if the caravan is already in the trade depot and ready for trade when you add your trade depot items [as opposed to the caravan's items just unloaded, which you can't sell to them...] you can sell them immediately without unpausing as they're already present.

I don't give items away, but I often sell everything (mostly worn clothing) at the nominal price of a single cheap item just to get rid of it. Elven caravans have a limited carrying capacity, so for those I often find myself buying heavy items (boulders of clay and giant animals) just to make room for them to haul away my garbage.
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