i really wish that they would make this perk useful because i thought i would get an income from them or something. disappointed when i wasted all of those skill points for nothing

It's cool later in the game when your loot is too expensive for merch's to buy.

It's the only way you can marry that hot babe, Taarie. Worth every perk.

but it is much more beneficial to buy some of their stuff (to increase their purse you can buy things you just dont feel like crafting like health potions and higher end arrows) wait 24 hours and sell them their stuff back you still making money

What if you don't use Archery/use health potions? Plus waiting 24 hours is quite immersion breaking IMO.

I found it really helpfull especially when level is getting high. Think about it, you invest a one time investment into a merchant for 500 gold and that adds an extra 500 gold into there money so u can sell them more things, then every 24hrs when they re-stock they get an extra 500 gold each time.

you could buy anything like armor or something and you dont have to wait if you dont want to break the immersion you could just sell what you bought to some other merchant and since you wont have any big ticket items that exceed the standard merchant purse you can sell it to whoever

If the merchant runs out of cash, instead of waiting 24hrs just save ur game, kill the merchant, load the save u just made and the merchant will be back fully re-stocked with different items for sale.

I do this.. alot.

Some people dont like to do it as they say it breaks immersion but its much easier than waiting 24hrs or fast-traveling to each town..

i totally want to do this to Belethor im tired of him trying to sell me his imaginary sister

Do it as many times as u like.. jus remember to save it before u start executing merchants lol

true thats one thing that annoys me about dragons attacking cities the game lets important people die

How can you love that... that thing?

Yeahh i hate it when this happens even though its never happend to me alot...

this problem gets even worse with the dawnguard dlc because groups of vampires randomly attack people within the cities. These attacks occur more often than dragon attacks aswell.

I try to save as often as possible and if any of these 2 events do occur i try to save it before any1 is harmed.

Before I answer this - please keep in mind I'm a PS3 owner.

I've never regretted that ONCE where you can invest in a shop!

First and foremost - it MUST be mentioned that if you invest in the Riverwood Trader, his pool increases to 10,000g instead of 500g like the others. Some SAY it's a bug - but that's a pretty damn specific bug if it is! (I discovered it by accident, btw! )

Secondly, you'll be loving it when you're selling high-cost items. Once I got the (spoilers for Stones of Barenzia incoming!) Prowler's Profit bonus, I started manufacturing jewelry for profit instead of keeping/upgrading all that heavy junk to sell. Now, I just vendor everything when I get them at the riverwood trader/fences - and then I have the PERFECT amount to sell Diamond necklaces (1,200g) to the vendors (now at 1,500g after investment!).

And when you take the FINAL perk for adding 1,000g to all vendors... you bet you'll be rolling in gold!

...what's that? You all think gold is useless? Meh... you have no imagination and no idea of fun! Gold lets me "store" things in other people. I don't have to keep stockpiles of enchanting gems anymore... I can just buy them when I want them. I don't need to constantly go on mineral farming excursions, since I can just buy the bars right from the vendors and it saves me a disgusting amount of time.

And it's especially cool to have gold - since I may, one day, get DLC content to spend all that glorious gold on!


EDIT: And FYI - investing in peoples businesses count towards helping them, which is a pre-req you need for being a Thane in the provinces, and elevates your friendship level with them - which is good for looting some nice items (if you're not a thief, that is! ).

And, sometimes, investing can lead to fun reactions. The Hag's Cure, for example - she's just really greedy and laughs at you when you invest in her. The BEST result, however, is at Radiant Raiment's in Solitude. Remember those REALLY stuck-up sisters who snub their noses at you every time you talk to them? Invest in them... and they're dialog and attitude towards you TOTALLY changes and they now treat you like your their best friend!

im not saying that it is completely useless but why not make the perk be the 1,000 dollar investment and then have the top one be you get income like (100/day) from stores you invest in

to sum it up i just wish they would make it better