UNDERCUTTING....

[Soulfire]

That's a standard practice of mine. It saves the buyer a gil and reduces tax by one too. Strangely some people appear to not be content with that and would prefer for someone to come along later and place the item up for one gil more so they can purchase that instead and claim the other as undercutting by a gil.

Now there's a spin on the perspective.

Hah... What a moron. I just realized by stating that you do not support one-gil undercuts and will therefore buy the one priced a gil above will more likely save you money in the end, whether you lie or truly do. It's a trick for buyers to drag down prices.

Something could be selling consistently for 1,000 over a period of time and seller A may decide to put the item up for 900. Seller B and C come along and set it for 850, so seller A changes the price to 849. A sharp buyer chooses to purchase 850s at varying intervals. Seller A sees this then sets his price to 800 instead, believing one gil under isn't supported by the community (even though it's just one guy), and then that smart shopper purchases those. Or some of those--depends on his aim.

And from this point seller A now has a mentality to drop the price a decent amount, so future prices will be cheaper. Score one for the buyers.

I find that trick cool in a way, but I'd despise the spreading of lies to pull it off. One, I hate lies, and two, I'd rather see it skillfully done.