"Ah, that's true..." If they had someone like Celine with them... she always knew just the right buttons to press when it came to bargaining prices down, or up, even for things that they had absolutely no clue about the use of. What would she do in this situation?

(....no, not that, there's no way they're doing that. That would just be embarrassing.)

"Well, there's probably other people looking for the same kinds of supplies, right? We could look out for them, and maybe talk to them instead."