Very close to finally being done with my player house+robot deathclaw companion mod, one last thing I want to add is a merchant, as the finishing touch for the mod- with dollar signs on the golden chassis to REALLY put emphasis on money.
http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/4770/goldiclaws.png

With very basic quest info, making a simple merchant is quite easy. However typically people only make humanoid merchants from what I've seen. So one little problem: From what I see, it appears only humanoid npcs can have ownership of containers. Is there some way to work around this? And also: If I make the merchant respawn, does that mean the player won't be able to buy back stuff even if Goldiclaws doesn't get killed? Lastly will my merchants bottlecaps respawn/be able to?