Usage fee

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If you use an item with limited uses in a shop before paying for it and in the presence of a shopkeeper, you will be charged a usage fee. This includes items with charges, spellbooks and non-permanent light sources.

Messages associated with usage fees

• "This is no free library, cad!" - spellbooks
• "That will cost you (n) zorkmids (Yendorian Fuel Tax)." - potions of oil
• "Usage fee, (n) zorkmids."; - anything else

Each of these messages has a one-in-three chance of being prefaced with "Hey!" or "Ahem."

Strategy

In general, it is preferrable to buy the item first (credit_cloning), or even buy&use&sell it. One exception are low-level spellbooks: By the time the spell expires, your character is most likely either dead or stinking rich.