#merchantproblems

[wilmotthemerchant]

Whilst many grow ever the more enraptured by talk of this so-called Skeleton War, I, and many other merchants no doubt, am left to ponder… what ill effects will this conflict bear upon my trade routes???Aye, I can feel a migraine developing.

[chargebacks911rescue]

Non-Compliant Service Providers Put You at Risk! The need to know for merchants

[wilmotthemerchant]

“Merchant, why is this item so expensive?”

Because it came from Damascus, sailed o’er the river, and during the 6 months it took to arrive here, I was robbed at blade point not once, but thrice.

Count thine blessings (and shillings) that I’m not charging for my traumas.

[wilmotthemerchant]

Overheard a patron proclaim that “any merchant worth his salt restocks his wares each day…”

Ha. Verily?

Do these customers believe that I furnish their magic items from thin air? That I work miracles at the stall? Next they’ll expect me to turn their flasks from water to health-potion like some merchant incarnation of Christ.

[wilmotthemerchant]

📍Constantinople

My wagon hath been waylaid at the city gates, where we were asked (with no small degree of insinuation) whether the rose-dyed candles were for “recreational use”.

Alas, my wares shall unfortunately be bound for nothing other than the market.

[wilmotthemerchant]

My apprentice turned out to be a changeling. Just what I needed. And on top of that? The rat plague.

[wilmotthemerchant]

Anon shall our mercantile caravan set forth on a lengthy and arduous venture…

Pray, wouldst any charitable warlock consult his crystal ball and scry the perils that await?

[wilmotthemerchant]

Chainmail and chivalry are alluring indeed, but hark, “knightposting” strikes as a largely impractical fascination…

Might I humbly suggest that a fine discipline like “merchantposting” be adapted as the next object of, ahem, ‘yearning’…?