The Visayan Emporium (WIP, Soft Opening)

[New Visayan Islands]

The Visayan Emporium is essentially a megathread for Visayan stores and sales, some of which I may end up spinning off as soon as I get the traction. Until then, please make sure to post orders in a manner akin to the Open Letter below.

Sincerely,
NVI

To: Open Letter
From: The Visayan Department of Agriculture, Industry, and Commerce
Re: The Visayan Emporium

The Visayan Emporium is an agency under the Department of Agriculture, Industry, and Commerce. It coordinates sales from local merchants to foreign buyers while those merchants have yet to establish the infrastructure that allows them to stand on their own globally. In addition, the Emporium is also a place where Visayan government agencies may offer certain items for sale, subject to restrictions.

On behalf of the Department of Agriculture, Industry, and Commerce, I wish you well in finding what you seek.

I remain,


Ranier Rex del Rosario, MBA
Secretary of Agriculture, Industry, and Commerce
Confederation of the New Visayan Islands

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Welcome to The Visayan Emporium, your one-stop shop for everything Visayan! Be it textiles, foodstuffs, or even tourist packages, the Emporium is bound to have what you want that will not run afoul of any international law, treaty, or custom. It's also where government agencies can sell off surplus stock of items, so if you're looking for say, weapons to arm your forces or vehicles to beef up your motor pool, check the Emporium!

Terms and Conditions

By offering to purchase at The Visayan Emporium, you acknowledge the following:

1. You are responsible for ensuring that your purchase offer will not run afoul of laws governing the sale of certain items.
2. If you are a government official, you are not in the employ of a slavocracy. As the Emporium is an agency of a government known to be an Amistad signatory, we will not sell to slaver regimes and those who support them.
3. We will not sell to foreign individuals or institutions subject to sanctions.

• Created a changelog to keep track of significant edits. Also added a draft T&C. - 08/19/2020, 0214 PHT
• Added T&C verbiage. - 08/21/2020, 2314 PHT
• We're on soft opening, ladies and germs! - 08/21/2020, 2343 PHT
• Testing if signature host supports HTTPS rendering, correcting as soon as it works. (Thanks to the one who pointed it out. You know who you are.) Also added info in the OOC guide. - 09/22/2020, 2121 PHT

[New Visayan Islands]

This missive made public in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act of 1994.

Total number of units to be disposed of by sale as Excess Defense Articles: 20000 firearms with associated ammunition
Ammunition calibers in question: 5.56x45mm NATO, 7.62x51mm NATO, .45 ACP

To: The Visayan Emporium
From: Department of Defense, Confederation of the New Visayan Islands
Re: Small Arms

Greetings and Salutations!

As the result of the Confederation's numerous modernization programs, several items have been deemed in excess of the needs of the Military Departments under the Department of Defense. While most of these articles have since been transferred to reserve forces, local and federal law enforcement agencies, and the provincial militias of local government units, there are still excess articles the Confederation is, quite frankly, loath to destroy while they can still be maintained. To that end, we are selling off the following as a complete package:

• M16 variants x 13000
• 1000-round Ammunition Box, 5.56 NATO x 3000
• M3 Grease Gun x 4000
• 600-round Ammunition Box, .45 ACP x 400
• M14 battle rifle x 3000
• 1500-round Ammunition Box, 7.62 NATO x 150

We await your swift response.

Sincerely,

ADM Nathaniel Charles de los Reyes, VCN (Ret)
Secretary of Defense
Confederation of the New Visayan Islands

[The united American-Isreali empire]

M14 battle rifle x500

if these work we will be willing to buy more.

[New Visayan Islands]

M14 battle rifle x500

if these work we will be willing to buy more.

OOC: You do realize the M14s are part of a package deal, right? You could bid a certain amount for the guns itself, but you have to total it up: for example, X per M16, Y per M14, and Z per Grease Gun.

[The united American-Isreali empire]

ah so we would buy it all then if its ok. what would the price be?

[The Chuck]

To: The Visayan Emporium / Department of Defense, Confederation of the New Visayan Islands
From: Margaret Blanchette
Subject: Sales proposal of small arms

Good day ladies & gentlemen,

I am coming before you today to offer a bid on the assets forwarded by the N.V.I. DoD. My associates and I are willing to purchase the full allotment of armaments and munitions for a sum of 4,803,700 NSD. We wish that we could offer a higher amount for this substantial quantity of munitions. Unfortunately we do not know the quality of neither the firearms nor ammunition. As such, this is a set price that is not open to negotiation. In addition to purchasing these armaments for 4,803,700 NSD, my associates and I will handle the picking up and shipping of these armaments with no additional cost to you or your associates.

M16 variants x 13000 - 3,250,000 NSD
1000-round Ammunition Box, 5.56 NATO x 3000 - 330,000 NSD
M3 Grease Gun x 4000 - 180,000 NSD
600-round Ammunition Box, .45 ACP x 400 - 19,200 NSD
M14 battle rifle x 3000 - 975,000 NSD
1500-round Ammunition Box, 7.62 NATO x 150 - 49,500 NSD

I hope you seriously consider this offer,

Margaret Blanchette

[New Visayan Islands]

To: The Visayan Emporium / Department of Defense, Confederation of the New Visayan Islands
From: Margaret Blanchette
Subject: Sales proposal of small arms

Good day ladies & gentlemen,

I am coming before you today to offer a bid on the assets forwarded by the N.V.I. DoD. My associates and I are willing to purchase the full allotment of armaments and munitions for a sum of 4,803,700 NSD. We wish that we could offer a higher amount for this substantial quantity of munitions. Unfortunately we do not know the quality of neither the firearms nor ammunition. As such, this is a set price that is not open to negotiation. In addition to purchasing these armaments for 4,803,700 NSD, my associates and I will handle the picking up and shipping of these armaments with no additional cost to you or your associates.

M16 variants x 13000 - 3,250,000 NSD
1000-round Ammunition Box, 5.56 NATO x 3000 - 330,000 NSD
M3 Grease Gun x 4000 - 180,000 NSD
600-round Ammunition Box, .45 ACP x 400 - 19,200 NSD
M14 battle rifle x 3000 - 975,000 NSD
1500-round Ammunition Box, 7.62 NATO x 150 - 49,500 NSD

I hope you seriously consider this offer,

Margaret Blanchette

This missive made public in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act of 1994.

Total profit from sales: 4,803,700 Universal Standard Dollars
Exchange rate of Peseta to Dollar as of print: NVP 1.0000 = USD 51.9672
Total profit in Pesetas: NVP 92437.15

To: Margaret Blanchette
From: The Visayan Emporium
Re: Sale of Excess Defense Articles

After reviewing your bid, the Emporium has agreed with VCDD on the sale. Your bid has been accepted at the set price; a team from the Emporium will fly to Port Ember to formalize the deal, as well as determine which method of transport will best suit your needs. Expect the shipment to be sent within the next business day, which in the Confederation will be September 7th.

We hope to see you again should we decide to dispose of more excess defense articles.

Sincerely,
(Sgd.)
Alexander Guzman, CPA, MBA
Director of the Visayan Emporium

[Radio Free Croatia]

To: Esteemed Chairman of the Visayan Emporium
From: Chairman Of Trade: Premijr Novak Stjepan

Re: Shipment Of Arms

Esteemed Chairman of The Visayan Emporium, we wish to purchase a sizable number of your arms for use in the RFCMCF. We are willing to purchase sizable shipments. Coming to a total of 4,789,222 Kunas (4,500,000 NSD)

M16 variants x 13000
1000-round Ammunition Box, 5.56 NATO x 3000
M3 Grease Gun x 4000
600-round Ammunition Box, .45 ACP x 400
M14 battle rifle x 3000
1500-round Ammunition Box, 7.62 NATO x 150

We hope you consider our offer, as our local militias need these arms to protect the populous.
Sincerely - Premijr Novak Stjepan

[New Visayan Islands]

To: Esteemed Chairman of the Visayan Emporium
From: Chairman Of Trade: Premijr Novak Stjepan

Re: Shipment Of Arms

Esteemed Chairman of The Visayan Emporium, we wish to purchase a sizable number of your arms for use in the RFCMCF. We are willing to purchase sizable shipments. Coming to a total of 4,789,222 Kunas (4,500,000 NSD)

M16 variants x 13000
1000-round Ammunition Box, 5.56 NATO x 3000
M3 Grease Gun x 4000
600-round Ammunition Box, .45 ACP x 400
M14 battle rifle x 3000
1500-round Ammunition Box, 7.62 NATO x 150

We hope you consider our offer, as our local militias need these arms to protect the populous.
Sincerely - Premijr Novak Stjepan

OOC: Someone already got to me first. That said, watch this space: I'm adding new offers to the Emporium within the week.

[New Visayan Islands]

To: The Visayan Emporium
From: Nabong, Ramirez, and Tan
Re: PPE

Greetings and Salutations!

As the result of measures taken to ensure that COVID-19 has been kicked out of the Confederation, we have retooled some of our clothing factories to creating personal protective equipment. While we have provided sufficient PPE for the purposes of COMPACT, we have reached a point where our supply exceeds the demands made. To that end, we wish to offer the following:

• Hazmat suit, Level B x 2000
• Hazmat suit, Level C x 2500
• Hazmat suit, Level D x 2500
• Cloth masks x 10000
• Surgical masks x 10000

We are open for bids on each individual item on the list, however each item will be purchased as an entire lot.

We await your swift response.

Sincerely,
(Sgd.)
Atty. Albert Ramirez, MBA, JD
Chief Marketing Officer
Nabong, Ramirez, and Tan

[Balgariia]

We are ready to purchase all of these products right now,but we hardly can think of a reasonable price.So we need you to give us a starting price.

[New Visayan Islands]

OOC: I would prefer that you write this like a letter, as demonstrated in the above posts. Until then, this will also serve as a placeholder for The Emporium's response.

Enjoy!

To: Nabong, Ramirez, and Tan
From: The Visayan Emporium
Re: PPE

Greetings and Salutations!

While we have received your offer to sell off PPE through the Emporium, we wish to know the minimum bid amount for each lot.

Please respond as soon as you receive this message.

Sincerely,
(Sgd.)
Alexander Guzman, CPA, MBA
Director of the Visayan Emporium

To: The Visayan Emporium
From: Nabong, Ramirez, and Tan
Re: PPE

We have decided to settle on the following minimum bid amounts after deliberation:

• Hazmat suit, Level B x 2000 - USD 50 per unit for a total of USD 100000
• Hazmat suit, Level C x 2500 - USD 30 per unit for a total of USD 75000
• Hazmat suit, Level D x 2500 - USD 15 per unit for a total of USD 37500
• Cloth masks x 10000 - USD 12000 total
• Surgical masks x 10000 - USD 10000 total

Sincerely,
(Sgd.)
Atty. Albert Ramirez, MBA, JD
Chief Marketing Officer
Nabong, Ramirez, and Tan

[Balgariia]

To: The Visayan Emporium
From:Ministry of Peoople's Economy and Trade of People's republic of Balgariia
Re:PPE

Greetings!

As we are currently in shortage of Personal Protective Equipment,we had reviewed your proposal of selling such products,and decided to purchase these products.Also we will provide the transport ourselves.

But one question is still not reviewed:the price.We would like to know what will be the final price of these products,so we can know what price we have to pay.

Sincerely,
(sgd.)
Malin Penev,
Minister of Ecomomy and Trade

[New Visayan Islands]

To: The Visayan Emporium
From:Ministry of Peoople's Economy and Trade of People's republic of Balgariia
Re:PPE

Greetings!

As we are currently in shortage of Personal Protective Equipment,we had reviewed your proposal of selling such products,and decided to purchase these products.Also we will provide the transport ourselves.

But one question is still not reviewed:the price.We would like to know what will be the final price of these products,so we can know what price we have to pay.

Sincerely,
(sgd.)
Malin Penev,
Minister of Ecomomy and Trade

To: Malin Penev
From: The Visayan Emporium
Re: Sale of PPE

Per correspondence with the company offering the PPE through the Emporium, the minimum bid amount for each lot is as follows:

• Hazmat suit, Level B x 2000 - USD 50 per unit for a total of USD 100000
• Hazmat suit, Level C x 2500 - USD 30 per unit for a total of USD 75000
• Hazmat suit, Level D x 2500 - USD 15 per unit for a total of USD 37500
• Cloth masks x 10000 - USD 12000 total
• Surgical masks x 10000 - USD 10000 total

If you wish to place a higher amount for each lot, you are free to do so.

Sincerely,
(Sgd.)
Alexander Guzman, CPA, MBA
Director of the Visayan Emporium