Undercut Hell

[Aunalise]

One thing for me is if there are several items up for say 10k and someone puts one up for 9999 I will buy the one below it for 10k.

I do that too. 9999 is just an untidy way of saying 10000, so I buy the one that was listed first to be fair to the seller (and because I like round numbers). Undercutting by 1 gil is the market equivalent of a kill steal. If I've made a seller happy then I feel good about it.

But I undercut by 1g someone who posted at 10001g, or 8001g several times this week alone. Now you just bought from me!

It's all arbitrary. Buy whichever one you want, but don't assume you have exercised some moral principle by buying a particular price level, whether the previous price was 1g higher, 98g higher, or 786g higher. Why not buy the most expensive one on the market? You will engender the greatest happiness and realize the most un-earned self-righteousness and false sense of moral superiority. Win-win!!