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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scotley" data-source="post: 2386379" data-attributes="member: 11520">The Dye MerchantWithout ranker he says, "I must say you are a bold man to offer to purchase something you know so little about and expect to make a profit." He shrugs, "I deal in quality garment dyes. They will end up in clothing purchased by the upper classes. The dyes here will not be on some fishwife's new frock. The Empress herself has worn a Tregeren Blue gown. We sell dyes in powder form based on the number of cloth yards it will dye when mixed with the appropriate medium--oil or water depending on the application. Thus if I sell you twenty cloth yards of Tregeren blue then I am offering you enough powder to through dye twenty yards of garment standard linen. If you were planning to dye heavy cotton the amount sold would actually only be good for about 22 yards or perhaps 18 yards of heavy tent canvas. It would in fact be about ten pounds of powder. We don't sell it by weight because there is some inherent variation between batches and our customers expect to get a fixed volume for their money. It means that in good years we make a little extra and in years with the richness of the crops is poor we do a little worse. Do you follow me so far?" Getting a nod he continues. "I specialize in local dyes. I get the well known Tregeren Blue, Fancy Russet as distinguished from the more dirty colored russet they make in the Western Reach, Fire Saffron, and most recently we've been selling an Ebon Black made from the ink of a local squid and a gum wood charcoal. This new black is darker longer lasting than the standard blacks used traditionally. I have high expectations for it." He grabs a stylus and wax board from his desk and does some quick writing on the board. "Here is what I am willing to offer you today. If you find the sale a success and you come back, then perhaps we can negotiate some special pricing. I like your boldness and I've given you a good price. I tell you that as a man of honor. You know nothing of my product so I could have charged you double and you'd be none the wiser until you reached a distant market and were laughed at." He passes over the clipboard. "I've included a rough weight, because I know that will be important to you in shipping, but I warn you there is some variation and it wont be exact." In a very neat hand the tablet reads--Tregeren Blue       50 clothyards 200 gp 25 poundsFancy Russett      50 clothyards  80 gp  40 poundsFire Saffron         50 clothyards 100 gp 30 poundsEbon Black          50 clothyards  50 gp  20 pounds</blockquote>

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