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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 1152440" data-attributes="member: 545">In the real world medieval marketplace, expensive items, armor, horses, etc. would be sold through merchants at markups typically of 10%-15% per merchant involved in the transaction (their commision).  The net mark up could be less that 25% or substantially higher because the number of middlemen was variable.The seller would usually be given no idea what the buyer was paying.  The merchant would come to the seller with the informantion "I can get you ____ much gold. Take it or leave it.  Maybe I can do better with more time, or maybe not."  A good merchant will have already negotiated on your behalf to try and edge up the price.Note that the merchants involved never pay cash for anything.  They just take a cut when the sale is finalized.  Also note these kind of negotiations could take weeks or months.If you are an impatient wanderer who needs cash on the barrel head today, shouldn't you expect to be taken advantage of?  That seems obvious to me.</blockquote>