Re: Near the bone gate
OOC Good idea Clarence, but I don't think we should do it. While we'd get the full price for the merchandise ourselves, you have to have an inventory to get people in the store. It takes time to sell stuff, and you have to have someone skilled with the Merchant skill to do the selling. I doubt any PCs want to sit around in the store waiting on customers.
I'll add a second reason not to do it. The guild undoubtedly has it's own fence as part of the infrastructure. By taking in all the spoils from our adventuring, the guild makes a profit off of our work, which in turns leads to them sponsoring us. If we start our own shop, suddenly we'd be in direct competition with them. I doubt they would appreciate that much. In fact, the GM might even make us play it as part of the game. It could get heavy on the politics.
By selling our loot through the guild, we haggle on price with the Merchant skill, and get paid up front. We can walk away with cash in our pocket, without having to do any of the dirty work. It costs a fee, but someone else has to worry about moving the 10 surplus spears we just walked in with.
All of this is subject to what the GM wants to do of course, but that's my perspective as a newbie to the game.