I think you're right (about the goggles). I edited my previous post.

And, again, I don't think the loot prices necessarily need to be raised (except for some of the rare loot), i just think there needs to be more NPCs scattered throughout the map that pay the full price for loot. As you know, most of the loot can only be sold to Elster (the hoarder) for half-price. But if you can't sell that loot anywhere else, then it's not really half-price. It's just what the loot is worth. And the numbers are too low when compared to other methods of making gralats. But Dusty already said that the loot numbers may be a little off given how they originally evaluated the system, so we'll see what happens.