Frustrating Fence situation!

[maggie]

Hello everyone! never in my life have I had to join a forum for help, so that will let you klnow how stuck I am!

For some reason, after finishing 3 quests that give you acess to 3 ppl that fence stoeln goods, they won't talk to me.

I mean there's maybe a chance it could happen with one quest, maybe i didn't sell someone the right thing, but 3!!??

I'm play on the other side of the law, so have mega goods to sell, one Fence in the Theives guild isn't enough! sometimes 3 amulets take her cash.

I googled it and can only see one other player having the same prob, so can't be a glitch.

 

[maggie]

No one's had this problem then?

 

[Broodje]

I probably don't really understnad the problem here.

Who are the NPC's you're supposed to talk to?

Don't you mean the random quests that vex/delvin give you to solve?

For selling stuff you can only sell/buy stuff from tonalia.

 

[maggie]

Sorry, never good at explaining myself.

Gulum-ie after "Scoundrels Folly"
Enthir after "Hard answers"
Mallus Maccius after "Dampened Spirits"

All three have been completed.

Gulum-ie, who can be found in The Winking Skeever Inn just keeps telling me to leave him alone.. there's no option to sell to Mallus Maccius either and I've been searching for Enthir for days, he should be in the Frozen heart at night and College through the day, but he's never there.

There are other fences to be otained, so working on them right now, fingers crossed the bad luck doesn't continue!

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Fence#Fences_in_Skyrim

 

[carava]

did you ever fix your problem? I have run in to the same thing! I knew that the fences weren't working for me (specifically the three from the main quest) but I thought they would open up after I completed more quests. I'm guild master now, and still no luck!

 

[gargamonk]

I just hit this bug too. Don't know if it matters, but I have the SKSE installed, the Sky UI, and the Accelerator.

I am in the middle of the thieve's guild quest line, but I've unlocked the 3 fences, and none of them will open up a dialogue, they just give me "yes?" "can I help you?" "We have no business" answers. I tried using the console to disable/enable mallus, but that didn't fix it and seemed to remove his brewery-related responses instead.

 

[Dragon Bourne]

Have used Riften and Solitude fences with no problem.

 

[Ghast]

Yes i have this problem as well. Aside from the initial fence girl in the ragged flagon, no other fence will talk to me at all, they just say stuff like "we have no business" and i have done quests to unlock them all.

This could really use a fix as it is in some ways quite gamebreaking.

 

[Gemini Sierra]

I didn't see that you mentioned completing the Thieves Guild quest line.
I'm thinking they won't start to be a fence until after completely completing all the guild quests

 

[Ghast]

I have it completed on one char and no that still does not fix it. Other people have also mentioned completing it, elsewhere, and it did not fix it for them either. Besides which there is the fact that people who do not experience this bug report fences working for them immediately, as soon as the requisite quest is complete, not after completing the whole quest line.

 

[Superquark]

Exactly the same problem here - I have 3 fences who should be active, having completed their respective quests. Just to confirm - Gulum-Ei, Enthir and Mallus Maccius. None of them will deal with me, and in fact there are no dialogue options at all. Mallus Maccius often remarks that "if you're having trouble selling anything, I can take it off your hands" but I simply can't interact with him any further...

 

[DANRAM69]

Hi, I found some info concerning "merchant investing" ...depending on if you have installed the patch skyrim 1.9 ..if you have this update, it will not work....invest 500 coin in Lucan Valerius @ the Riverwood Trader, his max coin is a massive 10,000. He is the only one to do this, but he will not trade stolen goods, untill the "fence" perk is activated in the skill tree menu. Unfortunately I have the updated version, so I can't do this. I am trying to get Mallus Maccius @ Honningbrew Meadery to let me invest in him, but the option doesn't come up. Honningbrew Meadery is one of my weekly night raids, I usually yield about 6,000 coin worth of goods, mosty Black-Briar Mead from the barrels, after its re-stocked weekly, nice little earner!!!

 

[DANRAM69]

Exactly the same problem here - I have 3 fences who should be active, having completed their respective quests. Just to confirm - Gulum-Ei, Enthir and Mallus Maccius. None of them will deal with me, and in fact there are no dialogue options at all. Mallus Maccius often remarks that "if you're having trouble selling anything, I can take it off your hands" but I simply can't interact with him any further...

on UESP Skyrim...they say you CANNOT invest in any "FENCE"....in speech skills, with the 2nd last perk 'FENCE" you can trade stolen items to any merchants, you have invested in.

 

[DANRAM69]

Exactly the same problem here - I have 3 fences who should be active, having completed their respective quests. Just to confirm - Gulum-Ei, Enthir and Mallus Maccius. None of them will deal with me, and in fact there are no dialogue options at all. Mallus Maccius often remarks that "if you're having trouble selling anything, I can take it off your hands" but I simply can't interact with him any further...

on UESP Skyrim...they say you CANNOT invest in any "FENCE"....in speech skills, with the 2nd last perk 'FENCE" you can trade stolen items to any merchants, you have invested in.

I think you need to complete some Winterhold College missions for Enthir to trade goods, I eventually had all fences trading w/me, but not immediately. Gulum-Ei only becomes available to trade with, after the mission 'Scoundrels Folly', that is if he doesn't die also during the mission.

Maybe do some or complete all the Thieves Guild missions, when you do, extra mechants become available in The Ragged Flaggon. General Goods,Blacksmith,Alchemist,Fence, about 5 merchants all in one small area.

I optioned to set my speech to Legendary & lost all perks I gained, not a good idea!! Frequently finding expensive items $5,000+ is very difficult to sell when merchants only have $500 or so. In other words, its like how you were trading at the very beginning.

Find the mission 'A Daedras Best Friend' its the one w/talking dog 'Barbas'. Complete this mission & recieve 'The Mask of Clavicus Vile', wear this mask & get 20% discount on prices & Speechcraft raises by +10 points...its like the "Roving Trader Hat' in "Fallout"

 

[DANRAM69]

Heres a great tip to get all 24 'Stones of Barenziah's in half the effort. Find 1 part of 'Slow-Time' shout, theres one @ 'Hags End
tap
your inventory. I've read some people can get 3 stones from the 1 grab, but I always got 2 at a time, so I only had 12 places to visit for all my stones. Return to Vex in The ragged Flagon & she will direct you to a new destination to collect the Crown for the stones, which is easy also. This completes "No Stone Unturned".

 

[DANRAM69]

Heres a great tip to get all 24 'Stones of Barenziah's in half the effort. Find 1 part of 'Slow-Time' shout, theres one @ 'Hags End. Find a stone, after you activate 'Slow-Time" shout, rapid multi tap the button to grab the stone & an extra stone will appear in your inventory. I've read some people can get 3 stones from the 1 grab, but I always got 2 at a time, so I only had 12 places to visit for all my stones. Return to Vex in The ragged Flagon & she will direct you to a new destination to collect the Crown for the stones, which is easy also. This completes "No Stone Unturned".