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Posted by: Erwan Apr 4 2012, 02:44 AM

When I went on the new GPX this morning, I saw the Shady Salesman. I clicked it, he asked me if I wanted a Slowpoke Tail for 200'000 points. I had 415'754. So I clicked ok, and I got the error "This cannot be used right now".
I didn't recieve the Slowpoke Tail, and my points didn't decrease.
For information, I didn't refresh the page. Did I do something wrong, or is it a bug?

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Posted by: Spades Slick Apr 6 2012, 05:20 PM

Same thing happened to me about a minute ago (6:20 PM EST or so). I'm disappoint sad.gif

Posted by: Esc Apr 6 2012, 06:39 PM

Did the Shady man disappear ? Or is he still there. I guess that's why he's called Shady?

Posted by: Spades Slick Apr 6 2012, 07:05 PM

I didn't take note if he vanished from the page, because in my confusion I went to the old site to check my inventory. When I went back he was gone though sad.gif

Posted by: Erwan Apr 7 2012, 04:27 AM

Just after the error, he was gone for me.

Posted by: Zoezxxx Apr 7 2012, 06:24 AM

hope he doesnt visit me, i dont have enough points :/

Posted by: GiZmo Apr 10 2012, 01:40 PM

*joins the club*
((
Really disappointed ((

Posted by: Blazing Blood Apr 10 2012, 01:47 PM

He appeared twice already and refused to sell the SlowpokeTail to me both times. Salesman sure are annoying. :<
Joking aside I don't think it's a bug at all. Maybe we just didn't meet some requirements. Or didn't have luck.

Posted by: Starships Apr 10 2012, 03:17 PM

o-o I'm pretty sure if I can receive the tail, then GiZmo certainly can... maybe you guys had a full party? Or maybe there's a limit on it at the moment...?

Posted by: Blazing Blood Apr 10 2012, 04:28 PM

Yes, the only thing I can think of is that we probably had a full party. But still it doesn't make sense! Why would the Shady Salesman appear while having full-party if we could only buy the SlowpokeTail while having one slot open? Old Men and Tiny Eggs appear only when we have a free place, too.
It is a mystery ~

Speaking of which, are MissingNo. and Manaphy eggs available on the new site? Has anyone encountered them? They should be at the place where the Shady Salesman appears, right?

Posted by: SoMaPoKiTo Apr 10 2012, 04:57 PM

QUOTE(Blazing Blood @ Apr 10 2012, 04:28 PM) *
Yes, the only thing I can think of is that we probably had a full party. But still it doesn't make sense! Why would the Shady Salesman appear while having full-party if we could only buy the SlowpokeTail while having one slot open? Old Men and Tiny Eggs appear only when we have a free place, too.
It is a mystery ~

Speaking of which, are MissingNo. and Manaphy eggs available on the new site? Has anyone encountered them? They should be at the place where the Shady Salesman appears, right?

I recall getting a MissingNo. (#5 for the achievement cat.gif) from the Old Man last week on the new site (I also got a Manaphy egg while having both sites open, but I grabbed it on the old site before I could refresh the new site's page to show it), so they should be available on the new site. And yes, they appear where the Shady Salesman appears.

@Full Party I don't understand it either, unfortunately (insert Spock saying here). And lol at ??? reference cat.gif

Posted by: GiZmo Apr 12 2012, 04:28 AM

Just had the 2nd attempt to buy a tail. Fail again ((
Maybe admins disabled it?

Posted by: The Yatagarasu Apr 12 2012, 09:37 AM

The error just happened to me a second ago. If they disabled it then I'd think he wouldn't show up at all.

Posted by: Leise Apr 14 2012, 04:19 AM

QUOTE(Blazing Blood @ Apr 10 2012, 11:28 PM) *
Yes, the only thing I can think of is that we probably had a full party. But still it doesn't make sense! Why would the Shady Salesman appear while having full-party if we could only buy the SlowpokeTail while having one slot open? Old Men and Tiny Eggs appear only when we have a free place, too.
It is a mystery ~

Speaking of which, are MissingNo. and Manaphy eggs available on the new site? Has anyone encountered them? They should be at the place where the Shady Salesman appears, right?


I saw the shady salesman few minutes ago, i had full party, so i tried to free a slot to see if it did anything.
As soon as i released a pokemon though, the salesman disappeared. So i don't think that's the case.

Posted by: Bobdapeach Apr 14 2012, 05:09 AM

Shady Salesman?
When did this happen?

I don't use the new site so *shrugs*

Posted by: Dreoilin Apr 14 2012, 06:44 AM

QUOTE(Bobdapeach @ Apr 14 2012, 06:09 AM) *
Shady Salesman?
When did this happen?

I don't use the new site so *shrugs*


Bobda, if you don't have anything to contribute to solving bugs, it's best not to post. But it's a beta site-only event similar to how the Old Man and Missingno events work. (There have been posts about it in the update thread, also.)

I'm still willing to propose the idea that the Shady Salesman runs the same party check that the Old Man, Manaphy, and Missingno events run, which means you can't collect the SlowpokeTail if you have a full party (even though it's not a Pokémon.)

Posted by: Barney Stinson Apr 14 2012, 02:20 PM

QUOTE(Dreoilin @ Apr 14 2012, 09:44 AM) *
QUOTE(Bobdapeach @ Apr 14 2012, 06:09 AM) *
Shady Salesman?
When did this happen?

I don't use the new site so *shrugs*


Bobda, if you don't have anything to contribute to solving bugs, it's best not to post. But it's a beta site-only event similar to how the Old Man and Missingno events work. (There have been posts about it in the update thread, also.)

I'm still willing to propose the idea that the Shady Salesman runs the same party check that the Old Man, Manaphy, and Missingno events run, which means you can't collect the SlowpokeTail if you have a full party (even though it's not a Pokémon.)


So then, why he appears when your party is full when the other events don't?

Posted by: pumpkinking0192 Apr 14 2012, 03:24 PM

Yesterday I ran into the Shady Salesman and was successfully able to buy a Slowpoketail; I don't remember with 100% certainty, but I'm pretty sure I had a full party of eggs at the time.

Posted by: GiZmo Apr 14 2012, 03:41 PM

The only thing I can say "it's a mystery" grin.gif

Posted by: Barney Stinson Apr 14 2012, 10:36 PM

I just got the shady salesman again and when I clicked on him there was a message "The shady salesman had happened before you" and disappeared sad.gif

Posted by: Jaysus Apr 15 2012, 12:28 PM

Got shady salesman today while on an exploration, with 5 pokemon in my party and i was able to buy the tail.

Posted by: Barney Stinson Apr 15 2012, 01:58 PM

QUOTE(Jaysus @ Apr 15 2012, 03:28 PM) *
Got shady salesman today while on an exploration, with 5 pokemon in my party and i was able to buy the tail.


Now on explorations you can use all the slots in your party so the theory about the need of open slot stay as a possible theory.

Posted by: DrSnap Apr 23 2012, 07:04 AM

I just saw the Salesman and got the error "This cannot be used right now".
My party was full.

*le fu*

Posted by: Thor94 Apr 23 2012, 08:08 AM

for me no problem, i success to buy slowpoke tail (last friday night).
Maybe there are stricter parameter than treasure chest (have full party, not opening/changing to other page after his appearing)?

Posted by: teenbulma Apr 23 2012, 05:02 PM

The first time I saw it and successfully bought the tail I'm pretty certain my party was full, cus it was when I was on the users list page. The second time it popped up, was on my party page and I think I looked at a tab and then switched back and when I did it said I couldn't buy it. Maybe you are only limited to one per person, even though there is a "x1" next to it in the inventory. I rarely leave a spot open in my party too, if that helps.

Posted by: GiZmo Apr 24 2012, 06:02 AM

QUOTE(teenbulma @ Apr 24 2012, 02:02 AM) *
Maybe you are only limited to one per person, even though there is a "x1" next to it in the inventory. I rarely leave a spot open in my party too, if that helps.

One of my friends has 2 +)

QUOTE
Thursday, April 26th 2012 at 10:20 PM
You bought a delicious Slowpoketail. Lucky!

Yay! Had 1 slot empty

Posted by: Erwan May 4 2012, 11:20 AM

Saw it for the 2nd time, full party, same error. =(

Posted by: Freeze Shock May 4 2012, 12:11 PM

I've come to a conclusion.

The Shady Salesman appears regardless if you have a full party or not. You can only buy a Slowpoke Tail if you have a free slot in your party. I've encountered him 3 times. The 1st time I can't remember. The 2nd time I had a full party and was unable to buy a tail. The 3rd time I had 3 Pokémon Eggs in my party and I was able to buy it happy.gif

But yes, it's not limited to one as I have 2 myself.

Posted by: The Neverending Meep Jul 22 2012, 03:58 PM

QUOTE(Leise @ Apr 14 2012, 09:19 PM) *
QUOTE(Blazing Blood @ Apr 10 2012, 11:28 PM) *
Yes, the only thing I can think of is that we probably had a full party. But still it doesn't make sense! Why would the Shady Salesman appear while having full-party if we could only buy the SlowpokeTail while having one slot open? Old Men and Tiny Eggs appear only when we have a free place, too.
It is a mystery ~

Speaking of which, are MissingNo. and Manaphy eggs available on the new site? Has anyone encountered them? They should be at the place where the Shady Salesman appears, right?


I saw the shady salesman few minutes ago, i had full party, so i tried to free a slot to see if it did anything.
As soon as i released a pokemon though, the salesman disappeared. So i don't think that's the case.


That happens with the little man, too. Or, well, it used to. With the old script, he could appear when you had a full party, but if you tried to release a pokemon or whatever to free up a space for his block of pixels, he'd disappear.

Posted by: Rhapsody Jul 22 2012, 06:34 PM

The Neverending Meep, please try to avoid necroposting unless you have new information to add. I know you were trying to be helpful, but I believe this topic has sufficiently determined that the Shady Salesman works like the Little Man or Manaphy egg; i.e. if you have a full party, no Slowpoketail for you.

Since I don't think much more discussion could come out of this barring a change in how the event works, I'm going to close it. If, however, anybody really wants to make a reply with some kind of new information, PM me and I'll re-open the topic. :)

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