Undercutting

[PirateCat]

If any selling method can be said to be morally dubious, it would not be large undercuts. Rather, it would be the SMALL undercuts, of only a few gil. Essentially, when you're undercutting by a few gil, you're not trying to price competatively. You're trying to sell at the SAME price (relatively), but sell faster. You're gaining the benefits without any sacrifice.

Fully in agreement with this. If I undercut, I'll take it down by at least 1K-10K depending on the current price so it's actually cheaper. A 1 gil undercut says "I want my price to be literally as high as possible while still guaranteeing that it's first in the list." I personally feel like this insults my intelligence somewhat when I'm on the buying side of things. Often I'll buy the 10000 gil item over the 9999 gil item to reward the person who's being honest about their pricing. But that's just me.

[Kakure]

Fully in agreement with this. If I undercut, I'll take it down by at least 1K-10K depending on the current price so it's actually cheaper. A 1 gil undercut says "I want my price to be literally as high as possible while still guaranteeing that it's first in the list." I personally feel like this insults my intelligence somewhat when I'm on the buying side of things. Often I'll buy the 10000 gil item over the 9999 gil item to reward the person who's being honest about their pricing. But that's just me.

I feel exactly the same way! I'll even teleport to another city to buy something for say, 250,000 gil rather than the one being sold for 249,999 gil in my home city. There are times when it's impractical (maybe I'm rushed or distracted or the other one is being sold by a retainer with an obnoxious name or something) but in general I do what I can to avoid buying from people who undercut expensive items by one gil.