Newcomer / Intro Question about rare goods

[JokersAnarchy]

I bought 8 tons of Eranin Pearl Whiskey from Eranin and traveled about 160LY away to Draur, as the previous research I did stated you needed to fly between 160-180 LY away to get the biggest bang for your buck. Well, I noticed while making minor pitstops to refuel at stations, I wasn't able to sell the rare goods. I wanted to check and see how the commodity was increasing as I flew along.

I assumed, perhaps I couldn't sell it at said station, however upon stopping at 3 more stations and now my final destination (for now) of Draur I haven't had the option to sell my rare Pearl Whiskey. So what gives? Why haven't I been able to sell my rare goods at previous stations and why can't I sell them at Druar? Do I need to go someplace else and if so where.

Thank You

 

[pwnieb0y]

Rare goods have changed a lot since I last traded them. So I could be wrong, but I would suggest looking at the Prohibited Items list for the station you are at. If they don't allow Tobacco, Narcotics, or Alcohol (I cant recall if thats an option) move on to the nearest station that is a little more liberal about that stuff.

 

[Mr. Bridger]

I noticed that, particularly with Eranin Whisky, not everywhere buys it. You've probably gone a different way but Lave definitely buys it and you can pick up some brandy for the return trip. Quite a few other places in the vicinity selling rares too.

 

[testmate]

You can sell the rare goods at the stations black market (if available) if you cannot find them on the regular commodity list. They are considered "illegal" in this system, then (although it seems police-scans dont "hurt" with rare goods)

 

[JokersAnarchy]

Rare goods have changed a lot since I last traded them. So I could be wrong, but I would suggest looking at the Prohibited Items list for the station you are at. If they don't allow Tobacco, Narcotics, or Alcohol (I cant recall if thats an option) move on to the nearest station that is a little more liberal about that stuff.

Ah crap just noticed they prohibited Tobacco, Narcotics and Alcohol, I was so happy to reach my destination alive I forgot to check. A small jump to another planet solved that issue.

 

[pwnieb0y]

Alls well that ends well.

 

[Quineloe]

Rare goods have changed a lot since I last traded them. So I could be wrong, but I would suggest looking at the Prohibited Items list for the station you are at. If they don't allow Tobacco, Narcotics, or Alcohol (I cant recall if thats an option) move on to the nearest station that is a little more liberal about that stuff.

Will being scanned while you carry the stuff get you into trouble as well? I once accidentally carried 1 ton of tobacco to test the price to a system where it was banned, I luckily wasn't scanned and dropped it off at the black market (for less of a profit margin than the animal meat I was ferrying legally...)

 

[JokersAnarchy]

Will being scanned while you carry the stuff get you into trouble as well? I once accidentally carried 1 ton of tobacco to test the price to a system where it was banned, I luckily wasn't scanned and dropped it off at the black market (for less of a profit margin than the animal meat I was ferrying legally...)

I got scanned carrying my cargo into a prohibited station, nothing happened. Of course I couldn't sell the goods and I had to leave. So either I was lucky, or their are different levels of prohibited goods.

 

[kurush]

I got scanned carrying my cargo into a prohibited station, nothing happened. Of course I couldn't sell the goods and I had to leave. So either I was lucky, or their are different levels of prohibited goods.

Probably a useful bug where the scanner doesn't detect rare goods.