Runeword Strength Not Working

[Xorak]

Bought a grey 2 socket polearm from vendor in Act 1 and places Amn first then Tir hoping to get the runeword strength. Instead it turned into the Mechanics Halbred which is complete garbage. If anyone knows why this may have happeded so i do not waste runes in the future that would be great.

[Nimbostratus]

Are you sure it wasn't a Mechanic's Halberd to begin with? Any of the mechanic's, jeweler's, etc. modifiers still count as the item being magic, even if it has no other mods on it. So if you want to make a runeword, make sure that the item name is in grey, and is just the base item name.

[Xorak]

ya i found another one and it started off as mechanic :( thanks for the fast reply.

[Porkchopsamwich]

I've never seen regular items for sale from vendors. just magicals and such

[Nimbostratus]

After a certain level (20, I think), vendors stop selling plain items.