During Market Day in Riverhaven, I purchased an item from someone who was not a trader, but was sitting with the traders, and hawking her own items. Everyone in the market area knew this person was selling, they were listening to her teaching a class. The lure was, you buy an item and you are entered in the raffle (an item from the trader tables).

This is a petty thing--the WHOLE thing is, but I'm curious what it would have hurt for me to have been entered in the raffle via that purchase? By making the exclusion and by allowing this person to sell her own items, a situation was created that was distasteful. If it was something in coding that made the raffle entry either complicated or impossible, I can understand that, however, I don't think that's the case.

The whole transaction put me off GREATLY from dealing with the particular traders in that room. It was bad business and a poor business decision. Had I (and any others who purchased from this person--your teacher) been entered in the raffle (even though we did not make a purchase from the tables), it would do a good bit for morale and encouraging any buyer to return.

Enjoy your wealth and I will keep my coins.
Myeka

I think you're missing the point. My complaint is not about the rules, it's about how traders, who are running and organizing an event, and TRYING to draw people, could extend a courtesy to anyone who attends. If four attendees make a purchase from a random hawker, and are then extended a courtesy from the traders organizing the event, that leaves a good impression. They are more likely to return to other similar events. Not only will I not return for anymore Market events, I will happily discuss what I felt were poor business practises (and I will mention names).

In the real world, if you go into a small market, the venders will treat you to a variety of things if they really want your business. If they don't frequently go the extra mile, they will lose customers. Word of mouth is a very powerful business asset.

--Myeka

Only if they are unruly and being disruptive. I don't know who you dealt with so I can't say. Another thing is the monger doesn't roam in Riverhaven Trader Market Building like the one in Crossing Trader Market Tent does. It just stays in one room, so not sure if the Monger will have them escorted out or not.

Regards,

Sortny/Braunwen

Player-run events are hard to operate and organize. And no, it wouldn't have killed me to buy something [else--that I didn't need or really want] from one of the tables any more than it would have killed you to ask someone who wasn't a trader to sell their non-trader items elsewhere while you're running a special event. I did initially say that this was a petty issue. It's frustrating and irritating to find that the traders organizing, operating, and working SO hard to promote an event, would draw this kind of a line. And now, the 35 plat spent on the non-trader item wasn't enough, and I should be convinced to spend more?

Rather than dismissing my point of view as being wrong, why not consider what I've suggested? If it's wrong for me to expect the traders to extend a courtesy to people purchasing from hawkers other than themselves, isn't it just as wrong for the traders to encourage random hawkers to sell at a specially organized event, which includes listening to their class? Chances are, had I realized that the non-trader wasn't counted among you (which was hard to do as she had a full class--and I did ask her to meet me at the bank rather than the market building. She refused because she didn't want to give up her full class), I would have approached the whole situation differently. If you're going to make rules and stick to those rules, you might consider some that will eliminate or at least strongly discourage this kind of situation.