Someone else who can also force him to sell far below the market price can deal with it after all.
If these guys pretended to be nice, it would cause deflation. It’s not always best to make stuff cheap.
If you try to sell something overpriced, it’s no good unless there’s something to attract customers.
It’s normal to mark-up prices because the sight-seeing area is so far from the mainland. Furthermore, looking around it seems nobody else is trying to sell genuine accessories.
I don’t know if this guy is chasing competition out, or possibly crushing them though.
That’s why even though prices are so high, people have to buy.
And as a result, the merchant guild’s reputation drops.
Naofumi: "Just make it so as long as they earn money, your customers will happily pay you large amounts of money.