On Fri, 20 Aug 1999
RON_TALBOT@... wrote:
>
> Failure is always a possibility, no way to avoid that. I would pay the
> money for the bar first to minimize your losses. If it succeeds then pay
> the fee for the work. Since Jewelers are by nature merchants that live and
> die by their reputation I don't think the 'sucker' scenario is very likely.
> Do a /who and make sure they're a 24th level enchanter for gold jewelry.
> (it's something in the thirties for platinum) Lying about the failure I
> don't have a suggestion for other then word of mouth recommendation for an
> honest jeweler.
How about negotiating a deal where the next time they happen
upon the components themselves and succeed, you will trade
them the required components plus a small amount of platinum
for the piece of jewelry?
My guildmates and I got a couple black pearls off of griffins
(which surprisingly began /conning yellow at 31). We got
drunk during the guild inauguration party and decided to see
if we could kill any griffins or hill giants. :-)
--
John H. Kim
kim@...