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Salkara

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Re: The value of spheres in WoK (no spoilers)
« Reply #30 on: October 03, 2010, 05:09:48 PM »
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no one uses $2 bills
My uncle sends me a $2 bill in his card every birthday. XP

And if you've ever worked a cash register, you'll find that people still use $2 bills, $1 coins, and $.50 pieces. I have an unreasonable distaste for those people.

Cheese Ninja

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Re: The value of spheres in WoK (no spoilers)
« Reply #31 on: October 03, 2010, 06:33:34 PM »
I've worked a cash register fairly often.  The "no one" was an exaggeration.  I actually found a 5 dollar bill silver certificate once.

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Re: The value of spheres in WoK (no spoilers)
« Reply #32 on: October 03, 2010, 08:11:17 PM »
I've also worked a cash register for a good number of years - 14, actually, at a place that only took cash for 12 of those years - and I find that $2 bills are rare, and 50¢ pieces as well, but I got the $1 coins often. Susan B.s don't come in nearly as often as the gold ones. It may be that the gold ones are only common in my area because it's a casino tourist area. I've gotten casino chips for tips before.

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Re: The value of spheres in WoK (no spoilers)
« Reply #33 on: October 03, 2010, 08:20:00 PM »
Bit confused here, you got tips working as a cashier?

I remember someone telling me that the a parking lot they went to gave the dollar coins as change. (Automated machine, I assume.)  The dollar coins are a bit more widely distributed than Susan B.

But on the main topic, do you think a broam is worth 3, 4, or 5 times a mark?  I think 5 is most likely, but 4 isn't out of the question, the only reason I think 3 at all is because Kaladin considered an emerald chip to be worth more than he made in two weeks.

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Re: The value of spheres in WoK (no spoilers)
« Reply #34 on: October 03, 2010, 08:25:34 PM »
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Bit confused here, you got tips working as a cashier?
No, I had to run a cash register while waiting tables. Had to clear my own tables and wash my own dishes, too, except for very rare occasions when we had a dishwasher. I also dealt with a lot more money as a manager, but I often had to wait tables while doing that too (though admittedly it was more often cooking). Hell, I have been the only person in the place doing all of it.  ;D

An emerald broam is worth a thousand diamond chips. That's the best I can do...

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Re: The value of spheres in WoK (no spoilers)
« Reply #35 on: October 04, 2010, 07:46:50 AM »
Great work so far, everyone.  :o

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Re: The value of spheres in WoK (no spoilers)
« Reply #36 on: October 04, 2010, 05:57:25 PM »
I forget where it say this, but somewhere it states that the value for the gems is based on Soulcasting properties. The part that gets me is one character (I think Shallan) thinks about how diamonds are one of lowest value gems due to their lack of use in Soulcasting. That just kind of stuck with me because it's the opposite of real life.

Just throwing this out there:

In a world where there are near-constant violent storms, don't you think the value of a shatter-pron substance would drop?

To me, it seemed like glass was more a luxury item, therefore, the demand for it would be fairly low. Whereas creating food is probably the most highly sought after form of soulcasting.