General store

The General store is a type of shop placed in many locations in RuneScape. Unlike a specialty shop, it accepts all tradable items with the exception of gold pieces. The general store is identified on the map by a pot icon. The General Store also plays a key role in the prices of items being purchased and sold in the Grand Exchange (Old icon as of 8 May 2007 - )

Staples
Each general store carries a few commonly used, inexpensive items. The following is the most conventional inventory for a general store: Most general stores available in the free-to-play map area also carry the following: Other common items for the general store include:
 * empty pot
 * jug
 * shears
 * bucket
 * bowl
 * cake tin
 * tinderbox
 * chisel
 * hammer
 * newcomer map
 * security book
 * rope
 * knife
 * vial of water
 * pestle and mortar
 * candle
 * unlit torch
 * cooked meat
 * bronze pickaxe
 * bronze axe
 * iron axe

Anything goes
In addition to regular stock, players may sell any tradable item to a store, so the general store in each town will often have a stock of the local specialty, though any item can be sold to any location. A player can buy any item in the general store that he/she wants if they have enough money. Before the December 2007 update bargains could sometimes be found from players unaware of typically higher street prices, or in too much of a hurry to find a buyer - the sale price is now linked to the Grand Exchange price.

When selling to a general store, the price when it has no stock of that item is two-thirds of the specialty shop price at normal stock. The price or coins a player receives is reduced as the inventory of stock increases until a lower limit is reached.

Locations

 * Al-Kharid - also Newcomer map and Security book
 * Ali Morisanne's Bazaar
 * Ape Atoll
 * Ardougne
 * Bandit Camp (desert)
 * Bandit Camp (wilderness)
 * Burthorpe
 * Canifis
 * Catherby
 * Dwarven Mine
 * East Ardougne
 * Falador
 * Karamja (Musa Point)
 * Keldagrim
 * Lighthouse
 * Lletya - also spade, but no cake tin
 * Lumbridge
 * Miscellania
 * Mort'ton
 * Nardah
 * Pollnivneach
 * Port Khazard
 * Port Phasmatys
 * Rimmington
 * Shantay Pass
 * Shilo Village
 * Tai Bwo Wannai
 * Tree Gnome Village
 * Varrock
 * Void Knights' Outpost
 * West Ardougne
 * Zanaris

Owners
In the General store there are Shop keepers and Shop assistants. When you right click on one of them you can choose either talk to (for a longer way to get in), or trade (to go straight to the market).

If you sell to Arnold in the Piscatoris fishing colony, he will pay about 1/3 more than a normal shop.

Update
The Shop Improvement update was introduced on 2 October 2007. Shop stock was split up in two parts, the main stock which contains infinite amounts of basic items, and the player stock which contains all those items players have sold to it.