Thanks - I wasn't out the cash since I went to a prior save when the skill didn't appear. I also was only a few deathknight fights away from the cheaper trainer so it was no big deal - I just was curious what the problem was. (I was spending more than I needed so I could save on potion usage - my first game I had to suck down a potion or two per fight to beat the DK patrols but with sharpen that shouldn't be required - the skill is quite useful).
It may or may not be coincidence but I reinstalled the patch and went back to the merchant - all worked as it should. Also the inventory works better - as the patch notes say - so I think my problem was the patch not taking the first time. I had installed the patch directly from on-line. This time I saved it to disk and installed from there. Maybe it made a difference <shrugs> maybe not but I'm convinced the problem was related to a bad patch install.
