

I chose the 20k value because I didn't want to get in the way of other mods too much. In that case, this mod caps the gold to 20K to avoid the merchant gold bug where the gold get stuck at 30k something and you receive nothing for things you sell. The only way this could ever happen is if a mod introduces a custom merchant with gold on itself. Technically speaking, it's impossible for a vanilla merchant to have 20K on itself. The gold on a merchant will never be greater than 20k Including those would unbalance merchants' gold unnecessarily and would require a much more complex solution. Investments and leveled gold have no effect on the gold added on the merchant My mod address this problem by limiting the total amount of gold available, but replenish the merchant's gold to avoid waiting the usual 2 days or the need to find another merchant. The unfortunate effect is you can sell 1 item for a disproportionate amount of gold. To address the gold problem, all the mods I've seen go in the same way: they add a lot of gold to merchants.

Unlimited Gold doesn't mean Unlimited Selling Price

To avoid exploits, the mod removes the gold on the merchant as soon as you quit the barter menu. The final effect is the gold added on the merchant adds up with the barter gold, giving the merchant more gold. It's like reverse-pickpocketing, an invisible hand place gold in the merchant's pockets instead. To circumvent this problem, this mod adds gold directly on the merchant before the barter menu appears. Since the barter gold is technically not on the merchant, you can't pickpocket that gold or temper with it directly, at least not in a live fashion. Merchants keep their barter gold in the same hidden chest they use to keep their inventory, which means it's governed by leveled list laws. The delay before the barter menu is also gone, just like Vendor Sale Delay - Gone. Once you unlock the Master Trader perk, the gold replenished will be multipled by 3. To resplenish gold once a merchant doesn't have enough left, simply exit the barter menu and ask again What have you got for sale? In simple words, the barter menu has been modified so every time you ask a merchant What have you got for sale?, it refreshes the merchant's gold.
