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+using System;
+using System.Reflection;
+
+using Server.Accounting;
+using Server.Items;
+using Server.Mobiles;
+
+namespace Server.Custom
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Spawns a reachable, houseless player vendor next to the `tester` character (wttest) and
+    ///     gives tester gold, so the PlayerVendorSale core patch can be exercised by a real in-game
+    ///     purchase. The buyer must be a non-GM — IsOwner() treats any GameMaster+ as the owner of
+    ///     every player vendor, so an Owner-level character can never buy.
+    ///
+    ///     Owner is a seed_000 character, so buyer (wttest) and owner (seed_000) are different
+    ///     accounts — a clean cheat-detection example.
+    ///
+    ///     Test scaffolding. Never deployed. Spawns a mobile and hands out gold; run only on the
+    ///     throwaway seeded world.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class BridgeVendorTestProbe
+    {
+        private static readonly MethodInfo SetVendorItem = typeof(PlayerVendor).GetMethod(
+            "SetVendorItem",
+            BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic,
+            null,
+            new[] { typeof(Item), typeof(int), typeof(string) },
+            null);
+
+        public static void Initialize()
+        {
+            if (Config.Get("Bridge.VendorTestOnStart", false))
+                EventSink.ServerStarted += () => Timer.DelayCall(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3.0), Run);
+        }
+
+        private static void Run()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                var ownerAcct = Accounting.Accounts.GetAccount("seed_000") as Account;
+                var owner = ownerAcct == null ? null : ownerAcct[0];
+
+                var buyerAcct = Accounting.Accounts.GetAccount("wttest") as Account;
+                var buyer = buyerAcct == null ? null : buyerAcct[0] as PlayerMobile;
+
+                if (owner == null || buyer == null)
+                {
+                    Console.WriteLine("[VendorTest] need seed_000 owner and wttest/tester; not found");
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                // Remove any prior test vendor (e.g. one orphaned on the Internal map).
+                if (PlayerVendor.PlayerVendors != null)
+                {
+                    var doomed = new System.Collections.Generic.List<PlayerVendor>();
+                    foreach (var v in PlayerVendor.PlayerVendors)
+                        if (v != null && !v.Deleted && v.ShopName == "Bridge Test Shop")
+                            doomed.Add(v);
+                    foreach (var v in doomed)
+                        v.Delete();
+                }
+
+                // A confirmed-walkable spot where tester was already standing this session, so the
+                // vendor is on solid ground and reachable. Then force tester's logout location right
+                // next to it, so tester logs in beside the vendor regardless of where it was.
+                var map = Map.Trammel;
+                var loc = new Point3D(3533, 2546, 20);           // vendor
+                buyer.LogoutMap = map;
+                buyer.LogoutLocation = new Point3D(3532, 2546, 20); // tester appears here
+
+                var vendor = new PlayerVendor(owner, null)
+                {
+                    Name = "test vendor",
+                    ShopName = "Bridge Test Shop"
+                };
+                vendor.MoveToWorld(loc, map);
+
+                var blade = new Longsword();
+                vendor.Backpack.DropItem(blade);
+                if (SetVendorItem != null)
+                    SetVendorItem.Invoke(vendor, new object[] { blade, 100, "a test blade" });
+
+                // Make sure tester can afford it.
+                if (buyer.Backpack != null)
+                    buyer.Backpack.DropItem(new Gold(1000));
+
+                Console.WriteLine(
+                    "[VendorTest] spawned '{0}' (owner {1}/seed_000) next to {2}/wttest at {3} on {4}; test blade = 100 gold; gave tester 1000 gold",
+                    vendor.ShopName, owner.Name, buyer.Name, loc, map);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine("[VendorTest] FAILED: " + ex);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}