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If I gave away goods, or traded them too cheaply, this would suggest that I was delivering cheap or inferior merchandise, an inference it would not be in our interest for the red savages to draw. - (Savages of Gor, Chapter 14, Sentence #98)

My interest in the Barrens, of course, was not in trading. As far as I was concerned I might have given the woman the mirror. On the other hand, I realized, and Grunt had made it clear to me, too, that one must not insult the red savages nor deal with them unrealistically, particularly in the light of other traders and merchants who might follow me. If I gave away goods, or traded them too cheaply, this would suggest that I was delivering cheap or inferior merchandise, an inference it would not be in our interest for the red savages to draw. Too, if they thought the goods sound, they might think they had been paying too highly for them in the past, or expect that future dealers would deal with them similarly, which, of course, they would not be likely to do, nor be able, realistically, to afford to do. One of the Dust-Leg men was examining, with great care, the hatchet which Grunt had shown him. Grunt excused himself and rose to his feet. - (Savages of Gor)