If you've traveled to Stonehaven recently you may have come across a new vendor system set up to sell my products. This vendor simply called the AVS (Anthemion Vendor System) is my attempt to consolidate functionality in a low lag frame.
For the most part it works like any other vendor, there's a few small details such as how the products swap places rather then overwrite each other in order to display five products using only four prims for side display panels.
Some products have the option of multiple views, if that is possible there will be an index of thumbnail images next to the main image that you can click to enlarge different images. Due to the nature of the vendor, designed to use modular textures, this won't cause everything to have to reload - instead you get a quick rezzing alternate view while every other aspect of the vendor remains unchanged.
The text field gives a short blurb about the active product and a limited list of it's features, clicking the text field will give you a notecard for the active product for full details. There are, however, a few exceptions - explained below.
Below main display there is a few buttons that hide or show themselves when the active product is compatible with them. For instance some products have a Demo available and this is shown by the Demo button being visible on the control panel. Most products have the Gift option enabled meaning you can buy that product for someone else.
In order to purchase something as a gift you need to click on the Gift button when the product you wish to buy is active (displayed on the central panel) and follow the vendors prompts by providing the name of the desired recipient. Once the vendor is ready, having retrieved the key to the name provided (the one instance where the vendor uses web access) it will prompt you to pay the vendor and, upon receiving payment, will then send the product to the person specified.
If the product displayed changes the name of recipient is cleared from the vendor.
Above the main display there is the View Categories button. Clicking on it will bring you to a menu of the available categories that you can navigate too. It allows for some basic filtering of the type of product you're looking for and gives access to the Gift Card and Freebie section.
Freebies are fairly self explanatory, by clicking on a category the vendor will load that page of
products. Freebies do not come with information notecards, they are given out "as is" due to the fact that they're free and you don't really need to worry about making sure you like what it is before spending money on it. Freebies do not have demos and cannot be gifted to anyone, to receive the displayed freebie you simply click on the text field that would have otherwise given you the product notecard.The Gift Card section is a bit more complex - you may want to pay attention.
Receiving a new (blank) gift card is as simple as clicking the text field when the gift card page is active. Once you have one you should probably load it, giving someone an empty gift card really isn't that much of a gift.
To Load - In order to load your card you must first be wearing it, it is by default assigned to a HUD slot but it will function anywhere you desire. When worn, and with the vendor still on the gift card page, click your gift card to begin communication with the vendor. If it connects it will prompt you to pay the vendor any amount you desire to load onto the card.
Cards can hold up to 9,999 L$ and can be refilled at any time - there is no need to go get a new card if one runs out of money.
The current value of the card is displayed on the surface of the card, and is spoken privately to you any time the value changes.
If for any reason the card failed to update after paying the vendor please contact me, Lylani Bellic.
To Buy - In order to purchase something with a gift card, that you loaded or were given with money on it, you must navigate to a product with a price (it will not work on freebies for obvious reasons). To begin the transaction wear the card and click on it when viewing the product you wish to buy. The card will prompt you with a dialog stating what you're attempting to buy, it's cost, and what your remaining funds will be after the transaction, should it occur. To complete the transaction simply acknowledge the card's prompt (click Yes).
Notes:
a) As redundant as it may seem you can use a Gift Card to buy as Gift, just use the Gift button on the vendor and then pay with a Gift card.
b) It is possible to make 'half and half' purchases. In the case that a card has insufficient funds to purchase the displayed product it will have a special notice of this to you. Should you wish to go forward it will 'lock' the vendor to you for two minutes. This means that nobody else can pay the vendor or alter the displayed product. You, however, can though doing such will unlock the vendor and cancel the in progress transaction refunding the partial payment to your card.
In order to complete a partial purchase you must pay the vendor the remaining price (the pay price will adjust to be the remainder of what you owe, hence why we need to lock the vendor). Upon doing so the vendor will unlock and it will all be back to normal.
If you fail to make final payment in two minutes it will unlock the vendor and refund your card the same as if you changed products.
And that is a rundown on the new Anthemion Vendor System. It's still new so if there's any issues please contact me, Lylani Bellic, so that I can see about fixing it.
