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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Sessadore" data-source="post: 4313699" data-attributes="member: 57255">I think the common explanation is that magic items are rare enough that you can't just sell them to anyone.  Most people either aren't interested in them, or don't have the capital to afford them.  Those that can are well-connected merchants who basically have to buy that low to make profit off of them, because they have to put so much effort into reselling the item.  Another interpretation I've seen is that the merchants who buy your magic sword for 1/5 market price are actually disenchanting the item for the residuum, then using the enchant magic item ritual to create whatever item it is that their next customer wants.  That way, they're not really making much money off of it percentage-wise (though still a lot in gp value), and it justifies selling for 10-40% above market price.</blockquote>