FIX the AUCTION HOUSE!!!!

[tocsin]

Personally, I am often guilty of undercutting by a lot more than 1 gil. usually I will round down to the nearest thousand, and sell at that. Non even numbers annoy me, so I shun them.

Often im not selling it on margin, im selling things that I don't want, in hopes that whoever is controlling that particular market will buy it up quickly and give me back my retainer slot.

[Aunalise]

Personally, I am often guilty of... round[ing] down to the nearest thousand, and sell at that. Non even numbers annoy me, so I shun them.

'Guilty' is one way to put it. NOT going to sell any quicker by going down a thousand for a >10K item. Next buyer comes along & buys the cheapest one, period, whether that is 1 or 999 gil less. All you did was lose up to 999g. There is no logic to that, though it's common.

Rounding down a thou doesn't mean the 'controller' of the market, can resell at a profit, since you have at least a 5% selling tax, possibly a tax when they bought as well. The flipper has the same slot problem and will not snap up your item to try to flip it for a measly 100g. If many sellers keep rounding down to even thousands, then it can make sense to buy up the low end of the market and flip it. So the only way to sell it really quickly is to undercut by ~20% at the minimum.