I am pretty sure that most vendors sell a certain number of unlimited goods, maybe 1 variable good (like backpacks) and then a certain number of player goods that are simply what other players have sold them. I don't think the inventory numbers of what players sell them change except by other players selling them more stuff. I cycle through inventories all the time to try and find treasures.
Here's how you do it:
Step 1. Go to a vendor and make sure it's ordered by quantity
Step 2. Buy items that sell back to the vendor for almost the same amount, making sure you buy all of them before closing the merchant box. Make sure you are charismatic for this by rolling a bard or enchanter or halfling.
Step 3. Sell back those items. You don't need to close the merchant if you buy out the whole inventory. The item goes to the bottom of the sell list.
Step 4. Repeat a whole bunch of times.
Step 5. Go to a noob zone and sell whatever item you want. Come back a week later if the server hasn't reset and cycle through all the items until you get to what you sold the vendor and see if others sold it as well.
Sometimes the end results is that I lose a couple hundred plat, which sucks, but I usually come out way on top. I've had a day where I found 15 armor gems and the invis to animal ring that I have to assume was sold on accident weeks before I found it... It just depends. Right after server resets you can find all kinds of crap.
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