» Thu Sep 15, 2011 6:42 pm
Funny question, since in vanilla Oblivion every merchant has more than 1,200 septims to purchase items with. What they won't do (at low PC skill levels) is pay more than 1,200 for any one item. On the other hand, if you brought in 300 items worth 1,200 or more each they'd buy every darn one of 'em at 1,200 a pop. Of course we all knew ...myself included... what you meant to ask and responded accordingly.
I'll point out that if you play Oblivion on PC, some mods provide added merchants with a higher individual item purchase cap. I believe the merchant Arthmoor provides with Faregyl Village is one such, at least after one completes the quests associated with that mod (and possibly sooner). Me, I use Enhanced Economy, which does indeed increase the single-item purchase cap of 'some' merchants. But at the same time they now have a hard cap of total cash-on-hand. One merchant might, for instance, show 3,200 available with which to buy your loot. Each item you sell drains his reserve by the amount he paid for it. When he hits zero, that's it, no more purchases until he builds up another reserve. Very realistic, and makes disposing of your spoils an adventure in itself. EE offers far more than just merchant fund caps and altered item-purchase prices, but those interested can visit its thread in the Mods forum for more details.
-Decrepit-