Probably Stolen: Appraisal Guide and Condition Identification Cheat Sheet
Appraising items and inspecting counterfeit goods in Probably Stolen generates risk-free credits without tying up cash in inventory, providing vital revenue to survive weekly rent and buy the shop. Learning the exact modifiers, minimum price floors, and counterfeit traps for cybernetic hands, ribwiches, and medical injectors guarantees a 20-credit base fee plus a 15% bonus on every appraisal slip.
Unlocking the Appraisal Board and Attracting Clients
On day 5 of every run, an appraisal board representative visits your window and offers membership for 85 credits on standard difficulty or 170 credits on hard mode. Accepting membership grants the appraisal board junior certificate, a magnifying glass, the appraisal service note, and the cybernetic hand appraisal guide, followed on day 12 by the plasma cartridge appraisal guide and a few days later by the ribwich guide.
File all appraisal manuals inside your dossier so they do not clutter main inventory slots—our inventory rotation and shortcuts guide covers managing tight grid bays—and bind the magnifying glass to toolbar slot 1 so pressing 1 toggles appraisal mode. Never sell your appraisal guides despite their 50-credit base value, or you will have to buy replacements from Jackson. Placing the junior certificate inside your display case gives a 33% chance to attract appraisal customers, but because the daily customer roller checks display items from top to bottom and stops once slots fill, remove competing high-probability signs if you have few customer slots. Each completed appraisal pays a 20-credit base fee plus up to 15% of the item's true value on a perfect estimate without requiring you to buy or keep the item, avoiding the customer friction and rejection risks of haggling at the negotiation counter.
Appraising Cybernetic Hands: Materials, Interfaces, and Floors
Every appraisal item has a starting base value and a hard minimum floor; for cybernetic hands, the estimate can never drop below the 50-credit scrap floor even if penalties total -45. Check material first: aluminum alloy adds 0 credits, carbon composite adds 50 credits, and gold-plated adds 200 credits. Inspect physical condition second: visible wear deducts 35 credits, while heavy damage with protruding parts deducts 85 credits.
Check the control interface icon third: an empty unspecified slot deducts 60 credits, EMG plus adds 45 credits, and a neuron icon indicating a neural interface adds 120 credits. Finally, check for add-ons and set bonuses: armor plating adds 50 credits, a side blade adds value, and matching undamaged components can trigger tactical or deluxe package bonuses (+200 credits), though deluxe strictly requires an undamaged hand with a neural interface rather than EMG plus. For example, a gold-plated (+200) cybernetic hand with a neural interface (+120) and minor wear (-35) finishes at 385 credits, earning a 20-credit base fee plus 57 credits (15%) for a 77-credit payout.
Ribwich Editions, Facility Numbers, and Immunivax Inspection
Collectible ribwich sandwiches start at a 150-credit base value with a minimum floor of 40 credits. Before checking numbers, inspect the plastic wrapper around the edges with your magnifying glass: if the packaging is torn open, drop the estimate straight to the 40-credit minimum floor and submit. If sealed, check the production edition and date: a missing green sticker under the magnifier marks the first production run for +80 credits, and special stamp dates 1/425 or 12/438 add another +50 credits.
Next, inspect the packaging facility number: only 35 legitimate facilities exist, so any number above 35 (such as 42) exposes a counterfeit and drops the value to 40. Valid facility numbers 1, 2, 5, 8, 21, and 34 belong to the six high-quality facilities (+50 credits), while 7, 15, 18, 26, and 31 belong to the five low-quality facilities. When scavengers try to sell you medical needles like Immunivax, use your magnifying glass and color checker to check that Carmichael Pharmaceutical and Immunivax are spelled with proper capitalization, the serial number (such as 3276332 or 3223408) is not expired, the body is genuine green without cracks, and the indicator light is not expired; click any faulty indicator to confront the seller for a lower price, then use a labeler to mark genuine injectors for full-price upper-level sales.