Those low prices on the market board...

[Losara]

If you need to tank it for it to sell after someone undercutted you for 1 gil, then you were already taking players with little gil for all they're worth in the first place anyway (aka you were selling the item for far beyond its worth).

It's logic to assume you were being a bit too greedy there. Then you tank it not to help move it or to allow players to afford it, but to "make it unprofitible"


Or another buyer who just happened to get one of those from his retainer and is trying to scrounge up some Gil for something else. Not to mention the unfortunate implication that if no one had undercut by one gil, price would've stayed the same.

The issue here is a lot of people don't understand that if you relist an item at the same price as the previous top of the list your item will be the new top of the list hence they undercut by a gil or more.

Another thing many buyers/sellers don't understand is market board tax rates and how much the taxes can add up over multiple purchases. I will buy from whoever has their retainers in Limsa before anywhere else because it has the easiest to access market boards. I have also set my retainers to be located from Limsa since most of my customers are there improving the chances that they'll purchase from my retainers over the retainer in Gridania or Kugane.