Probably Stolen appraisal does two jobs at once. It stops you overpaying, because suppliers overstate value and a misjudged item or a misjudged seller is a cost you absorb, and it pays you, because inspecting an item's details, condition, seals and markings earns you a commission. The Mentor's kit is the magnifying glass and the handbook, and one confirmed discrepancy is enough to confront a seller.
Probably Stolen Appraisal Guide: What The Skill Is Worth
- Appraisal certificates grade the goods a customer brings and decide what you can safely buy from them.
- A successful appraisal is one where you match the item's real grade. An over-confident wrong call is exactly what makes you overpay.
- On the harder difficulties appraisal is often the most reliable free income in a run, because it costs nothing but time at the counter.
- Two achievements track it: An Eye for Value for 10 perfect appraisals, and Clean Hands for winning the game without ever selling a stolen or contraband item.
Appraisal is a separate transaction from buying. You can inspect a lot, take the commission, and still walk away from the deal.
Probably Stolen How To Spot Fakes On A Pack
Work the four checks in the Hemingway Cigarette Authenticity Handbook and its colour card:
- Spelling and font on the pack. A genuine "Hemingway" against a "HEMINGWAY", or a pack with the wrong logo.
- Logo geometry. Compare the shape of the mark itself, not just the word.
- Colour card. Compare the pack against the reference card.
- Security seal. A pack sold without an intact seal is a counterfeit.
Then confront the seller. One confirmed discrepancy is enough, and if you are right the price drops. If you accuse on a guess you lose reputation.
Catching a fake is the other half of the same labels. The counterfeit page covers what the blue and red labelers do to a genuine item, and why making a fake is a worse trade than reading one.
The demo's equip mode lets you run one tool across a stack. Dr. Jackson's Toolbox, bought after day 14, stores the blue and red labelers so keys 1 to 9 can equip them.
Matching Your Tools To The Goods
| Goods | What settles it |
|---|---|
| Cigarettes | Magnifying glass plus the cigarette handbook and colour card |
| Water | Testing kit and filtration, not the cigarette handbook |
| Weapons | A permit problem rather than a seal problem |
| Rare goods | The right handbook page |
If you cannot name what would make the piece fake, you should not pay the sticker price. For water, the testing kit and strips are the tools that matter, and the water quality page has the grades you are testing for.
Contraband is not the same thing as a counterfeit. A stolen lot can be genuine and still hot, and a counterfeit lot can be worthless but cold, so read the stolen flag before you judge the seal.