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*** Also, the shopkeeper O'aka actually would give you a discount, but in his case only if you had donated a large sum of money to him when he was struggling to get his business off the ground. Otherwise, he charges almost double what any other shop would.
*** While less related to the economy, in ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' random people would give you items if you talked to them, considering you're a summoner and her guardians. It made the stinginess of the shopkeepers more noticeable.
** ''[[Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings]]'' Handwaved. The only vendor in the game actually works for you, purchasing equipment while you're off adventuring. One NPC in the ship points out he must be losing quite the amount of money, as Tomah sells said equipment at only a fraction of the original price.
** ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'' Averted, where all transactions are done via the internet, so vendors are not aware of your status as heroes, but even then as you're characterised as villains for the entirety of the plot, even if they knew your identity, they'd probably not want to sell to you, let alone give a discount. {{spoiler|Another aversion is that the Fal'Cie control all technology, and are revealed late game to be secretly manipulating you in your quest to destroy them (which they desire) but are prevented in their programming from aiding you directly (by lowering prices presumably) One late game vendor though has a message from the Fal'Cie wishing you luck!}}
** ''[[Final Fantasy Adventure]]'' Watts distills this trope to its essence. He accompanies you through a dungeon to get some silver he needs. Despite the fact that you're accompanying him on ''his'' quest so that he can get what he needs without dying, he ''still'' charges you full price for more items in the middle of said dungeon.
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* Averted in ''[[Lunar]] The Silver Star'' and its remakes, in which your old childhood buddy Ramus actually ''does'' recognize that you're about to go save the world and give you unlimited free items from his store just before the final battle.
* Both ''[[Makai Kingdom]]'' and ''[[Phantom Brave]]'', you can have a merchant job class in your party; the higher level the merchant, the better stuff they sell (and possibly at lower prices).
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* ''[[Mass Effect]]'' Lampshaded where you can yell at the requisitions officer of the ''Normandy'' (and pretty much anyone else who sells equipment during moments of emergency) for charging you for equipment.
** Averted in the sequel. You can get a discount at every shop, either by Charm/Intimidate dialogue or by completing a [[Sidequest]].
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