6.11.2 SHOP BINS
PRICE <item> <price> BIN <bin> PRICE BIN <bin> NAME <name> PRICE BIN <bin> <visibility-info> PRICE BIN LIST WHERE AND WHEN -------------- Go to your stockroom. There you may issue these PRICE BIN commands. PRICE BIN commands affect the visibility of your bins to different groups. Shop bins do not expire. You must remove them explicitly. PUT THINGS IN BINS ------------------ To place an item in a bin, simply add "BIN <bin>" to the end of any normal pricing command. For example: PRICE sword12345 5000 BIN 2 Now that sword is in bin 2! To take something out of a bin, just put it in bin 0. Bin 0 is the place where everything goes that is not in any other bin. It's the 'non-bin!' DECORATE YOUR BINS ------------------ You have a limited number of bins, currently 7, plus the store generally, which is not exactly a bin, but sort of. Things not in any other bin are in the store. Name your bins like this: PRICE BIN 2 NAME Great Swords! If you don't give your bins names, they'll have something quite unimaginative, such as BIN 1 or BIN 4. Yecch! Nobody will buy from you if you do this! CONTROL VISIBILITY OF YOUR BINS ------------------------------- Now for the fun stuff! Bins aren't necessarily visible to everybody. Bins can be set with various 'visibility options' as follows: PRICE BIN 3 ALL - everyone sees this bin PRICE BIN 4 ALL EXCEPT GROUP Paladins - everyone but Paladins sees this bin PRICE BIN 6 ALL EXCEPT PERSON HAJAMIN - everyone but Hajamin sees this bin PRICE BIN 2 NONE - nobody sees this bin PRICE BIN 5 NONE EXCEPT GROUP SHIKARI - only Shikari order members see it PRICE BIN 1 NONE EXCEPT PERSON IALIE - only Ialie sees it PRICE BIN 7 NONE EXCEPT CODE mycode - only people who know this code! A BIT MORE ABOUT CODES ---------------------- If you want to make a bin only visible to someone with your secret code, here is what you do. First, set up the code with the command just before this section. It would be something like PRICE BIN 7 NONE EXCEPT CODE blahblah. ONLY those who use the following command will see bin 7: WARES CODE blahblah To buy an item from a bin with a code, use BUY <item> CODE <code>. COMPARISON WITH SHOP POLICIES ----------------------------- Shop policies affect the entire shop. If you refuse service to a person or group, that person or group can buy nothing from you, and cannot see your wares. If you give a discount, or charge a markup, it applies to all buyers. On the other hand, you can have a good number of shop policies. Bins each have their own visibility - who can or cannot see the bin. Mostly, you'll just be using bins to organize and highlight your stock, with maybe a special 'guild only' bin or two. Make a bin for weapons and a bin for armour, or whatever you wish. A bin for specially-enchanted rings perhaps: use the bins however you like! PRICE BIN LIST -------------- Shows all bins at this shop. SYNTAX REVIEW ------------- Syntax: PRICE BIN <bin#> ALL|NONE [EXCEPT GROUP|PERSON|CODE <who>] where <bin#> is the bin number, 0=no bin, and <who> is the person, group, or code OR PRICE BIN <bin#> NAME <name> OR PRICE BIN LIST See also HELP PRICING and HELP SHOPKEEPING
