What is an item worth?

[Kazamoto]

Not a personal attack, an attack on your ideas, which are ultimately unfair and unworkable. Services and manufacturers exist for the customer, not vice versa.

Ideals are often impractical and unworkable in the real or digital world, this is true.

I ask though, unfair to who?
Sellers, who make a moderate income or limited loss, prompting them to continue to produce goods?

The buyers? With most buyers the most fair price would be free. But paying near the actual cost of the item, he ensures that the suppliers have little reason to leave the market for that good. (This mostly applies to crafted materials)

As I mentioned in an earlier post, when the price of the refined good drops to the cost of a single ingredient, I withdraw from that market, and just sell the ingredients. I'm not the only one to do this.

Goods and services do not exist solely for the customer, they also exist for the producer. They would not make the goods unless they felt they could get a fair price for them.

I'm not talking about the market for 3 ended marital aids that play 'What the Fox Say' on endless loop (which I imagine would be a rather niche market)

I'm talking about trade goods that have their value crashed constantly.

But there is still automatic money, regardless of whether the item is of any use or not.
So you feel it's better for the crafter to not get paid at all than to get at least something?

First you say my idea means automatic money, then you say not paid at all, which is it?

A can of Arizona Ice Tea is $0.99
If i buy it, or don't, it costs $.99, if it goes unsold and passes its expiration date, it gets tossed out, but it was still worth $.99 until that point.

No, because you are not the only customer in the market. My employer finds me valuable and pays me a good salary. That's what someone is willing to pay for my services.

But through the joys of undercutting, I will gladly pay you $0 now, and more often than your employer pays you. And faster sales are better than slower yes? And I can produce a constant demand for $0 manual labor.