Traders Only Trade, Not Barter

[Jurassic Fart 1]

This is a problem that keeps happening over and over. I approach a trader at his station—or one commuting between sales stops—and they will only trade, not sell. Since nobody will sell me any ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ thing, I am forced to use console commands to get bottlecaps.

I have tried quitting to desktop and reloading, but that has proven to be only a waste of time, not at all efficacious.

It's not all traders 100% of the time, but I have to use console commands because I don't feel like teleporting all over the place to find trders that actually DO sell.

[Nish-Ki]

Your Settlers as Traders, will not continue bartering if they have recently been attacked or if you talk to them outside of working hours. If your base was attacked and you want to barter with them, wait for them to return to their stall then ask again.
Outside of that, if the roaming traders and traders in Diamond city are doing this then it's gotta be a mod or something.
You should see if it persists on a new game, then know for sure your old save is done for or not :P

[red255]

at what time of day are you talking to your shopkeepers they are open from 8 to 8 as I recal.

[Jo]

Also check to see if the stall isn't actually damaged from a previous attack. An easy one to miss.

[Jurassic Fart 1]

The wandering trader may have been in an armed conflict, but the settlelent I was visiting was attacked by a horde of feral ghouls before I could attempt to make a purchase. "Magically," Defend Greentop Nursery started, and it gets hairy fast, is easy to fail (I had to restart twice to pass it).

The only "mods" I have are a few ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ packs from CC and the Unofficial Patch—I've already uninstalled the HD Textures Pack.

Thanks for the input. I'll have to check my stalls for damagewhile in Worskshop Mode, as damage may not be visually apparent.

Too, I only approach vendors when they are operating at their posts or are caravaning.

[Vyvyvn]

One of the settlement marker mods has the option of crafting work schedules if you really need a 24 hour vendor this allows you to assign one trader at day shift and one at night shift.

The only other nighttime vendor that comes to mind is the Mr. Handy that works at Myrna's junk shop in diamond city.

EDIT: This mod:

https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/20651

I found it invaluable. Has the added bonus of making the place more lively too instead of being crowded at day only (Causing npc pathing nightares) By splitting the settlers up using that mod you can have social settlers, day or night shift settlers and even organize your supply lines a bit better.