Yes to almost everything mentioned in this thread.
Also, have access to all your characters inventories when at a merchant. Your face and your pack-mule are likely different characters, at least until the Paladin class becomes playable, and having to move things between characters is frustrating and takes a long time, especially as there is no "move all" button (at leas that I can find), to move all your ware marked goods between characters at the same time.
Or simply assume the character with the best relationship with the vendor is the one doing the selling, regardless of which inventory you're on.
