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[Sendrien]

I wish I could provide a screenshot here, but for whatever reason, Print Screen screenshots of Starsector do not capture pop-up menu contents. I hope the following description will suffice:

I am currently on Asher. When I go to buy supplies in the Open Market or Black Market, the price is 82/unit. Never leaving the dock, I press F1 to view more details about the best places to buy, and Asher is listed as 3rd cheapest place to buy at **84/unit**, behind Chicomoztoc at 83/unit and Kazeron at 84/unit.

When in reality, of course, Asher should be ranked first at 82/unit.

[Alex]

If you take a look at the (admittedly a bit hard to read) text at the bottom of the tooltip, it'll explain what's going on. Also, the column heading says "Price/750". Basically, it's showing you the price if you buy X amount of a commodity, not just one unit. So while Asher is the cheapest place to buy one unit, it falls behind in per-unit price if you buy a lot of it.

[Sendrien]

Aha, thanks for the clarification, Alex! That'll teach me not to read the fine print 

[Karma Chimera]

TLDR: Asher is a small economy so its prices change quickly in response to changes in supply, while Chicomoztoc is a huge economy and you can buy and sell heaps of stuff while the price only changes a little in response to your trade activity.