does it matter where my retainer is stationed? like which city?

[Magictrix]

the idea is: if you are in limsa you can buy without paying the taxes from retainers in limsa. so it is probably cheaper for you to buy NOT the item with the lowest price on the market board because if you have to pay the taxes it is more expensive than the item for a few gil more (or you just teleport to the other city. the teleport is often ceaper than the taxes).

soo, the theory is you don't have to be the cheapest if your retainer is on the other market or you can have exactly the same price. but the whole system doesn't work. first because nobody understands or ignores it and second as i said you can simply teleport to the cheaper price. most people are in limsa and in ishgard because it's new... so i would say you should send your retainers to that markets...

Apparently this is suddenly false now.
Tax is everywhere now, even the same city-retainerCity apparently.
So no point in shopping around anymore, or teleporting to avoid the tax on big ticket items / high quantity purchases. They just gonna cost a load more no matter what.

-Edit-
In otherwords, fk new players.