New Service

If I had a gold for each time someone had to go to the bank in order to pay for breakfast (recall the bank does not open until 9 or 10 AM, depending on the day) I would be even wealthier than I am. The Inn is constantly bombarded by people desiring to pay for their meals with various commodities, most of which consist of food of which there is a glut on the market. People have tried to pay with potions, salves, even holy water. It makes my life more difficult, as the Bank of Travance does not accept such. From here forth, either will the Kitchen during breakfast.

Moostrav - do not presume to tell me about business. I wrote the book on this, literally.

Van Kainen posted:
Wasn't this declared illegal? No, I am not permitted to mint coins

It sounds like extortion to me. Common is a language rich in nuance. The best definitions of extortion are:
1 the act or practice of extorting especially money or other property; especially : the offense committed by an official engaging in such practice
2 something extorted; especially : a gross overcharge

It should be apparent even to one so lacking in vocabulary as yourself that it is not extortion.

What do I know though. Clearly nothing as regards this undertaking.

In reply to Kara Freeman:

The money I have in the BoT is more than sufficient to cover the deposits I am offering to store as a convenience for others. The pittance I am charging to provide this service, even if all 25 clients deposited the maximum allow, is less than 1/4 of the monthly interest I earn on my account in the BoT. The total I would be accepting is 4000G. I minted 3000 in bars last month. Do not insult me by stating I seek to control the wealth of Travance.

As to being scammed, Freeman, I challenge you to find a single instance of my not having promptly paid any and all debts I have incurred. Also for your education:
Happenstance = Coincidence. My stated hours are the minimum. I believe almost the entire town knows where to find me at almost any moment.

Oh are we playing the scholar game? Excellent. Extortion. Gouging. Swindling. All of those are synonymous with Overcharging for a service that the barony offers for free.

Oh, you minted bars? Didn't you acknowledge above minting currency in travance is illegal?

I think this is a great idea! Often times I'm out of gold (on hand) and very hungry for lunch or need to buy lunch for a friend. I assume that with permission this would also allow us to get lunch for someone who is not at the inn and put it on their tab instead of spending our own money? I love it!

This will make it convenient. If anyone doesn't want to pay the fee, I suggest they simply...don't? Seems simple enough to me.

While I can appreciate the idea of opening a tab for the convenience, charging for this service doesn't sit right with me. Aren't you satisfied with getting those sums of gold up front? While my experience with banking is limited (last banker I met outside the proper I held over a bridge by his ankles, but that's a different story) I thought the idea is once you have access to someone's money you can use it as you see fit so long you can pay out withdrawals as requested?

In the end it's someone's choice to participate in this service. I wish you luck, Haroldson.

****Not Caelvan****

Perhaps a solution to the issue of people not having coin for breakfast due to the banks hours, is to take orders later?

It seems to me that you are effectively forcing people to use your bank if you refuse to barter with them on items that have a set price in the Barony for food if they do not have gold. Would you have people starve just because you can't make the equivalence of 3 steel daggers in gold?

-Merikh Tazam

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