Quote Originally Posted by DoH View Post
You can have up to 10 retainers (which I do), so the summoning bell can technically let you access up to 1,750 items (not counting the various equipment that you can put on each retainer, which is the equivalent of another 10 glamour plates, and the 20 additional items each retainer can put up for sale).
someone with more knowledge than me can probably explain it better but my guess (and judging by what I've read around the forums before) is that the Dresser accesses those 400 items every time you interact with it. With you having the 10 retainers, going to a Summoning Bell isn't actively pulling up the theoretical 1750+ items, the items your retainer has doesn't load until you select that specific retainer so it's not even pulling up 200 items at that point. It's why when you select a retainer, that's that little waiting bit before they appear, that's the game actually loading them in

edit: just pointing out that I'm not defending it, I want the Dresser in my house, but just giving what I've heard/guess is the reason for it