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Okay,
I've looked through the archives and haven't found an answer; so let me toss this out to the masses.
I have a player that purchased an item with prestige; then upgraded it with gold. He would now like to sell the item to get something better. He knows that the prestige value is zero, and isn't worried about that.
The question is, since he spent gold on it, can he sell the item for half the gold value he spent on it?
Having checked the current Guild Guide, page 22 says that items bought with prestige have a value of 0 and cannot be sold. But they say nothing of items upgraded. So does his item still have a value of 0 even though he spent 2000 gold or more on it for a +1 armor bonus? And is the item still unsellable per page 22 of the Guild Guide?
I am inclined to say that by RAW, the item is still unsellable. This stinks for the player, but it is what it is. However, I don't think that was the original intent of the rule. Now, we all know that RAW rules in Society, so at the moment I'm sticking with no as the answer to his question, but I thought this one was important enough to bring to the experts.
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That is actually the understanding I have?
Rather than spend money to upgrade a thing that will have a value of zero when sold, one should save their monies to buy a thing that will have a value in addition to any upgrades?
Alternatively, if the item is an armor and is light enough/they have enough bag space, perhaps they should just hang onto it? Never know when they might be running in an adventure and the 'party tank' has an AC in the high teens because they pumped all their money into a shield and weapon?
Or if a key npc needs the better armor for better survival?
Or if a minion they create needs it, etc, etc?