You can cut out half of the walking by simply exiting the battlefields and re-entering when you want to return to the merchants. Saves a lot of time. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> I'm sure you've probably figured that out, but it couldn't hurt for me to mention it. I would just pick up and distribute stuff between the characters until I got the encumbered message and then return to the merchants to identify and sell stuff, and make whatever repairs were necessary.
