Sen no Sukiru o Motsu Otoko - Vol. 2 Ch. 13

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Just wait till they introduce the sex toys, that world is gonna get turned upside down!

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You could basically buy industrial goods and sell them to a construction contractor in the other world for the same price as that tea set.
And they'd be put to better use, thus an even better price.
I ain't saying they should try and buy a bulldozer to fit into that tiny preparation room, who knows if it expands to accommodate the size of a bulldozer, but practical material could fit into that room.
Like steel, for example.
Even though in the other world, it would mostly be used as weaponry and armor than in construction.
 
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I remember there was one pen and paper RPG that came with a ton of 'trap' skills/spells in the manual... like the equivalent of 'Freezing Aura' was pretty much guaranteed to kill the caster by freezing your own brain unless you had magical (and not just physical, since it penetrated materials and worked directly) resistance to cold. And anything that allowed objects to go through each other. If you left it an open-ended spell, the target would fall right into the center of the planet.

And what the hell is with the economy in this world (spoilered for space, not spoilers):
Divine exchange rate of 1¥ = 1#. ¥ to $ = ~110, with generous rounding here.
600#/day is pay for a skilled soldier.
1$ chocolates are considered a premium luxury item that, given her behavior, are considered extravagant for a low level noble.
25$/50k# knife, for a 16x profit via direct conversion or 80 days of a skilled soldier's pay.
6#/day for the services of a village hunter, with 8# minimum paid up front.
8# was evidently all magical healing was worth in said village...
10k# for blocking a dungeon... probably just their share. Also, are somebody in charge of a territory, she shouldn't be surprised at the going rate of military service like that...?
Assorted goods for a lowball 225k#. (Cost: 900$.. or about 2x.) Featured a minimum of: 4 cooking knives, 1 indeterminate short-blade knife, 9 wine glasses, 2 bars of soap, 4 bars of chocolate, 1 whetstone, remaining half bottle of wine.
200k# monthly tax revenue from a small town.

Assuming a 30/day month, that's a daily revenue of 6,666. They're literally paying a tenth of their gross revenue to keep him on retainer. Which is totally worth it knowing what he can do, but until then? Geez.
How the hell did they come up with 225k? Retail markup is traditionally 2-4x, but they already established a quality hunting knife is worth 50k#, the low end value of quality soap and whetstone can be easily established (you have a low noble drooling over it and a girl obsessed with knives in your party...)and that leaves the wine glasses... of which as a premium item you could gouge the hell out of. The better answer would probably be to let the buyer offer and either walk away if it's obscenely lowballed (say, 250k...) or dangle the possibility of repeat business or priority for new products as a sweetener if they'll raise the price. And it gets worse-- "Lets deal in antique styled stuff! You know, the stuff you could have made with technology several hundred years old."
...And medical services are probably the easiest form of making money since it's 'free' and rich people are liable to pay a lot for quality proven medical services. Especially if it works on ED. Just... don't do it in villages, since you'll literally get nothing for it.

See also, at least in regards to this:
Risou no Himo Seikatsu: "I have extra luggage space... marbles might be good for pocket change. They're worth HOW much?"
Takarakuji de 40-oku Atattandakedo Isekai ni Ijuu Suru: "I got some random semi-precious stones at the gift shop." "Here's enough to live for the rest of your life."
 
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does japan not have an IRS equivalent? how is he not worried about getting in trouble with the government for this money he's gaining seemingly from nowhere?
 
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@Tokanova there's always simple loopholes, like if sell something to a friend, but more or less even in America it's easy to hide cash and stuff, as long as you don't suddenly show up a billionaire and quit your job out of nowhere lloll but I think they're just using the excess money in this world or something?
 
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thought for sure thiey'd bring expensive shit that wouldn't be worth shit
 
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I really wish we'd see some interaction with the wife at all, given they're going back and forth to do business. If he's being loyal and it's a major plot point (he likes the summoner but is refraining because of his wife), we should get some idea of who she is and not just some unfounded speculation that she's cheating.
 
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If you consider that no time passes while summoned, that's a crazy amount of profit.
 
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Tea sets? They need to think of the market they are selling to. A tea set in Japan that costs 200,000 yen might cost that much because the people appreciate fine craftsmanship and the culture/history behind tea sets. But if you try to sell that same tea set in the USA, you may find someone who will buy it at that price, but they will be hard to find. Sell things in the other world that the other world needs.
 

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