The markets, stalls, price listing and undercutting. (A suggestion)

[Peregrine]

While I think the example you give is actually fair in terms of how much you lower the price when you want to rid of items you are no longer using, there is a different issue that really is not in anyone's control. That being the sales person whirlwind people go into when ANYONE undercuts them. Using your example, instead of waiting for your 130k Lance to sell, I've been seeing people pull a, "Oh no you di'eh!" and quickly lower their lances below your price. This will go on till it's not even profitable anymore.

These situations don't have anything to do with supply and demand or items/materials being over priced. It has to do with the proud crafters who take a "If mine won't sell, yours won't either" approach. It's extremely foolish.

You're right, you shouldn't care. At all. Ignorant players with poor market skills shouldn't be on anyone's shoulders. Unless they immediately drop the price by a terribly low 60-70% of what it actually costs. That's really more due to laziness, but if you're reasonable about your pricing when undercutting it should be a non-issue.

Undercutters are the divine wind of the market long overdue for a correction. They're the bursting of the bubble and the end of decadent greed. They're the recession that such a population could have avoided if they'd have lived responsibly and within their means. They're the answer to the problem of price flippers, market speculators, middlemen, and manipulations, monopolies, and markups.

That's why when an undercutter shows up, oh how they rage. They know the gig is up.

I'm not going to lie and say I don't enjoy finding a market that's being manipulated for way too much profit than what it's worth and cutting it down to size. I shoot the cook. It's a service to the server really.

I want lancers to have access to good weapons more than I want gil.