Haley

Haley is a local merchant at Point Lookout

Background
Haley was born at Point Lookout and took over Haley's Hardware a "couple of years ago". He states that he doesn't "remember much" before he took shop, recalling that he woke up with a headache with the shop fully set up. He took the name of the store for himself and people started to trade with him, becoming a job that he "didn't complain" about.

His usual customers are the Swampfolk, who mostly trade meat and fruit, and never cash or goods. They never give him any trouble, as he was born at Point Lookout. He gets ammunition and weapons from mercenaries. He finds his own store stock, with some of it being there when he got there and mentions Tobar the Ferryman visiting to trade "a few good things" every once and a while. He is also a skilled repairman and says he hasn't "met the gun" he couldn't fix.

He is not accustomed to seeing people "all the way out here", but says it's "always good to see a stranger". He states that he can smell his usual customers before he sees them.

Interactions overview

 * Only when using the glitch eventually his repair hits 100%.

Appearances
Haley appears only in the Fallout 3 add-on Point Lookout.

Bugs

 * With every successive "visit" to Haley's Hardware, Haley's Repair skill increases by 5 points (3%) up to the maximum 100 points, allowing vendor-repair-only items to be fully repaired. The increases in skill are permanent and are an inevitable consequence of frequent visits to his shop throughout the game. It requires that the shop be re-loaded by the player's system. This is achieved by walking far enough away to load a new cell, and then walking back and re-entering the shop; the end of the dock to the south is far enough away. An alternative, faster way of increasing his skill is to walk outside, open the Nuka-Cola machine, then walk back in. Opening the trashcan near the door will not work. Another quick way to make his repair skill rise is to enter his shop, go outside, Quicksave and Quickload, and then enter his shop again. Repeat until his repair skill is 100%.
 * His skill increases may not be permanent on some playthroughs, once he repairs an item or another unknown criteria is met, his skill will revert to 16 until the process of raising it is repeated. Furthermore, waiting outside on the porch (if you are encumbered) for a total of three in-game days will increase his skill without the need to leave the cell his shop is located in. For this reason, you should repair in bulk to avoid a long build-up process to repair another item.
 * Haley's shop inventory updates only every four in-game days and only in the morning around 8am (waiting a week or more without entering around 8am will not cause the shop to update). It will also not update unless you wait outside for those four in-game days without entering his shop.
 * Haley's inventory may or may not restock within a few in-game months (not counting the trip there on the boat).