Hired Merchant Issue

[MapleCookie]

Describe the problem. Be as specific as possible!:
When I try to set up my hired merchant, it tells me to go see Fredrick. However, Fredrick has no mesos or items for me. When I click "retrieve", nothing happens. Does anyone know how to fix this?

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[Chilly]

This is a return of a previous glitch that was supposedly fixed in the patch previous to this one i.e. my brother encountered the problem following the most recent patch (Halloween).

The original thread reporting the issue dates to the beginning of the month, it was reported to be fixed in the week I mentioned. My brother reencountered the glitch and a new complaint has been logged. You probably shouldn't expect expediency, but who knows, maybe it's the same glitch and they know how to fix it, but if they do, why hasn't it been fixed?