any chance you playing the original fable 1 instead of TLC?
This trick only works on TLC.
Also you dont need to level guile up at all, making it way too easy, it would have been
if it only worked on max guile or something as a reward for leveling up guile.
So to start I do it with apples at the bowerstone south guy, then when enough I upgrade to the apple pies.
When you make it to oakvale you can upgrade to the perfumes and then the emeralds.
At bowerstone north and hooks coast you can use it on better jewels but by then I always am already rich enough to not need to do it anymore.
Apart from guile your scariness and attractiveness affect profit you make.
If you not got TLC you can make money by trading it is just much slower and way less conveniant to do. You buy stock from traders that sell at wholesale price, eg. perfumes from oakvale, emeralds from oakvale and diamonds from bowerstone north.
Then look for wondering traders that accept the
s and they will always have low stock or no stock so you sell at max price, once they leave the area or you leave the area wondering traders stock resets back to 0 unlike traders based in towns.
Here is why it only works on TLC a very basic explanation.
Lets say the formula for price vs stock is like this for an item.
5 in stock - cost 1 gold
4 in stock - cost 2 gold
3 in stock - cost 3 gold
2 in stock - cost 4 gold
1 in stock - cost 5 gold
In TLC with 5 in stock if you press buy all it will buy all 5 at 1 gold each total cost 5 gold. Very simple.
In the original fable 1 with 5 in stock and press buy all it will buy the first at 1 gold, the 2nd at 2 gold, the 3rd at 3 gold, the 4th at 4 gold and the 5th at 5 gold. Total cost 15 gold ![Sad [:(]](/emoticons/emotion-6.gif)
The same sort of thing happens when using sell all.
I hope this explains why you cant rip traders off in the original.