Forum:What is the Point of Hologram vendors in dead money?

So, you know those holograms that you sometimes find in a old store or a ruined cafe in dead money? what is the point of them? You cant trade with them cause neither of you have caps so you cant buy his goods. And you cant go back to the madre with caps when you beat dead money. So whats the point of them or how do you trade with them? Xxfallout turkeyxx 22:04, February 4, 2011 (UTC)
 * Use that flat tire you have between your ears before posting. Maybe they are there to further reinforce the feeling of desolation in Sierra Madre, by juxtaposing advanced pre-War tech with the decayed, ruined buildings? Or foreshadow hologram tech as something more than mere decoration? http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/0/08/Personal_Sig_Image.gif Tagaziel (call!) 23:44, February 4, 2011 (UTC)
 * Plus, though you can't give or get caps, you can still trade in their value (i.e., give a bunch of throwing knives, buy a stimpack or something). They aren't entirely useless, and they do give a good sense of desolation, as Tagaziel just said. Sombar1

I used the vendors to cash in my heavy gold bars for weightless pre- war money. Figured it would be hard to find vendors with more than 9k in caps, making pre-war money more flexible commodity. grifter2025


 * Damn, that is smart. I wish I'd thought of that.  Oh well, one Gold Bar makes nice decoration for my motel room. HughesJohn 13:48, July 7, 2011 (UTC)

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ok mr use that flat tire between your ears. thats a very logical question and to have them there with no trading capabilities makes no sense. So before you try and make somone look dumb, like you know something important move out of your moms house and get a life it was just a question and did not deserve you wanna be smart comment.
 * He didn't try and make someone look dumb, they did that all by themselves. Tag merely reinforced it. User avatar tag.gif Avatar talk.png 01:07, July 7, 2011 (UTC)


 * He was also implying that you don't use bottle caps to trade. its a barter system, not a monetary one in this case. They also have pre-war money for a reason.


 * Also, you DO NOT argue with Tagaziel. Shit will go down. 5t3v0 02:38, July 7, 2011 (UTC)