From:	Robert Watkins <robert.watkins@******.COM>
Subject:	Re: Real-Life Computing ...
Date:	Wed, 27 May 1998 13:43:16 +1000

Ereksanti writes:
>Talk about this brings up a heller of a question to me. When
>pawning/bargaining/trading in the SR realm, what kind of guarantees are
viable
>options to ask for from a Fixer concerning stuff like this. Sure, I know,
you
>should probably go to a Deckmeister, but for the samurai who just wants a
>code-breaker for a maglock or something similar, that option may not be an
>option.


Well, you can assume that any competent fixer has knowledge bases to draw on
for helping him to evaluate gear. So the Fixer would presumably have at
least a part of a clue, or he probably wouldn't touch the stuff.

As for wether or not the fixer wants to pull a swifty or not... it would
depend largely, I think, on how likely it is for the fixer to get caught. A
fixer who is known for screwing his customers wouldn't last long, I feel.

In general, if a fixer doesn't have immediate access to something like a hot
one-shot icepick on a regular basis, he would probably know where to go to
get it. This level of indirection would probably increase the street index,
though.

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