I think it could be that, I don't get any of mine snaked either never used the "little shit" response. I don't think having a lot of coins has anything to do with it in 2.4 I used poor mans debug and put 100 coins into my inventory and never lost any by talking to him I haven't purchased anything either like 2 cards they all carried over to 3.0 and I'm still not losing any
cheater cheater cheater! Lol
I'm not sure what the 'little shit' response is....
Honestly, that's been happening to me for a long time, when I visit he takes a coin.
I only have 1 or 2 coins. I haven't modified the game in any way OTHER than using Unren to fix the undo function.
I've gotten used to it and just save b4 visiting the Mysterious Trader.
It may not even be happening w the current update, I didn't pay attention.
Cheers everyone!