Vault tec rep won't barter

[Echso]

I got the vault rep into Sanctuary, than asked him to work for me, and sent him to The Castle. I learned that he can get a level three general shop to level four. So I made a level three and assigned him to the shop. But when I talk to him the only thing he does is say, "You're going to come visit, right?". I have tried reassigning him, sended him back and forth from the settlement, and so on but nothing happens. Is it possible to fix, or am I stuck like this? Also when I send him to sanctuary he is able to trade what he has on hand but not anywhere else.

[Otter]

Try moving the shop to storage, then replacing it.

I had an issue with Mama Murphy not sitting in her chair, and deleting it, then making a new one, fixed it.

[Echso]

I moved the shop to storage, placed it back, and than reassigned him to it. And the problem repeats.

I even tried deleting the shop and replacing it.

[Gunnar]

I know it's 2 months late, but other people are still looking at this thread, so I have hope that I may be able to get/give help.

I'm having this problem, too (roughly). I told him to go to Sanctuary from the hotel, and went through his job dialogue there (in Sanctuary), sending him to Sanctuary. When I assigned him to the trade emporium, he successfully used it. When I talk to him however, a trading interface opens up with no items in either of our inventories instantly with no dialogue or anything preceding it.

I've tried storing and replacing the emporium, but it doesn't seem to work. He still just stands at the shop and does nothing.

Edit: I've seen some people just needed to restart their games for it to work, but it doesn't work for me. Will try other possible solutions.

Edit 2: Well, he now will barter with me. It's inconsistent and glitch-y, though (he has previous dialogues, opens barter menu without giving the option to, I offer him a job, etc). I'm not exactly sure what I did to fix it.

[Seerk]

I had him in charge of a shop as well and he would on ocassion barter, but most of the time he was just being thankful of me letting him stay there, etc. I just let him do something else, I guess 400 years of loneliness doesn't do your salesman skills a lot of good.

[ArchMageDiablo]

I'm gonna give this thread another bump, just ran into this too. All he says is "You're going to come visit right?"

[lordoftheapes79]

Originally posted by Goldfish:

I know it's 2 months late, but other people are still looking at this thread, so I have hope that I may be able to get/give help.

I'm having this problem, too (roughly). I told him to go to Sanctuary from the hotel, and went through his job dialogue there (in Sanctuary), sending him to Sanctuary. When I assigned him to the trade emporium, he successfully used it. When I talk to him however, a trading interface opens up with no items in either of our inventories instantly with no dialogue or anything preceding it.

I've tried storing and replacing the emporium, but it doesn't seem to work. He still just stands at the shop and does nothing.

Edit: I've seen some people just needed to restart their games for it to work, but it doesn't work for me. Will try other possible solutions.

Edit 2: Well, he now will barter with me. It's inconsistent and glitch-y, though (he has previous dialogues, opens barter menu without giving the option to, I offer him a job, etc). I'm not exactly sure what I did to fix it.

This isn't the same bug. This was just a load error and rebooting the game fixes it.

The first time I used him I had him set up in Sanctuary, the shop worked fine, but I had to cycle through 3 different conversations before he would sell to me every time I talked to him.

Most recently, After having the second conversation with him in Sanctuary I sent him to Vault 88. This time he seemed to work perfectly. He had a unique line of dialogue and the correct menu popped up immediately.

I know there's no fix here, but all the level 4 merchants have been bugged in one way or another since launch and I'm just throwing my experience into the mix in the hopes that it may one day lead to a solution.

[DeadByCamper]

Originally posted by Goldfish:

I know it's 2 months late, but other people are still looking at this thread, so I have hope that I may be able to get/give help.

I'm having this problem, too (roughly). I told him to go to Sanctuary from the hotel, and went through his job dialogue there (in Sanctuary), sending him to Sanctuary. When I assigned him to the trade emporium, he successfully used it. When I talk to him however, a trading interface opens up with no items in either of our inventories instantly with no dialogue or anything preceding it.

I've tried storing and replacing the emporium, but it doesn't seem to work. He still just stands at the shop and does nothing.

Edit: I've seen some people just needed to restart their games for it to work, but it doesn't work for me. Will try other possible solutions.

Edit 2: Well, he now will barter with me. It's inconsistent and glitch-y, though (he has previous dialogues, opens barter menu without giving the option to, I offer him a job, etc). I'm not exactly sure what I did to fix it.

I had the same problem with a trading interface opening up with him having no items (just blank).

And then I realized I was trying to trade (bargain) with him at night, when the shop hours are supposed to be closed. Talked to him during the day, trading (bargaining) worked just fine.

[lordoftheapes79]

I moved him to Vault 88 again in my current playthrough and he works perfectly. Strange, but I think keeping him in Sanctuary causes him to bug out repeating old dialog.

[Tin Can]

Maybe I should send all my vendors at Taffington Boathouse to vault 88 then. I can't get them to sell my anything. Can't even get a beer and a hot meal. :(

[lordoftheapes79]

Originally posted by Tin Can:

Maybe I should send all my vendors at Taffington Boathouse to vault 88 then. I can't get them to sell my anything. Can't even get a beer and a hot meal. :(

Most of them are horribly broken anyway. I think that since Vault 88 is the only settlement in a self contained cell, there are some bugs that just don't happen and load order issues are minimized. Well, until you over build and fill it with 100 settlers lol.