Has anyone given much thought to allowing a player to barter for several items with one single item that is worth the multiple items?

For example, if I wanted to buy 10 "snickerdoodles" and each costs 500 copper, and I had a single item worth 5000+ copper, I could barter for the 10 snickerdoodles with just the one item for trade, rather than having to carry 10 items worth 500+ to barter for 10 "snickerdoodles"?

Reason why I ask is that if I took a diamond ring to a pawn shop, I could trade it for multiple items. There are several instances in game that this would be helpful with, not to mention a certain cabal that frowns upon using coins. ;)

Just curious if this has come up before, if it has been given any consideration, and if it has not or will not be considered, why not?

Life is like a game of chess!

>Has anyone given much thought to allowing a player to barter
>for several items with one single item that is worth the
>multiple items?

It has been considered, but is so low priority that you're not
likely to see it any time soon. Trading items one for one is
simply how things are in Thera, and while in the real world
you could trade a diamond ring for lots of things, in Thera
that's just not the case.

Also, because that's the case, trading a diamond ring for
something like a pie may seem like a stupid code limitation
to you as the player, but to the character it is simply an
exceptionally bad trade or one of desparation.

> but to the character it is simply an
exceptionally bad trade or one of desparation.

I bet you enjoy watching those trades. :P