Prologue: Prices are raising because of Stealing?

Lockpick any chest and steal the content
or disable an NPC and steal his items (no message that people will remember)
–> Prices from merchants will raise, image still 100
When i killed the shop guard at the training area and took all his possession, Image still at 100. prices were raised by more than 50%

Thats intended.

The merchants will be pissed if you rob them and raise their prices for a while to make up for the losses, also guards will be more likely to stop you.

Anyways, when you weren’t caught while stealing it doesnt hurt your reputation. You just suffer because the merchant needs to make up for all his items and groschen beeing stolen, so its just normal that they need to raise prices.

If you want lower pirces, just wairt for a while. The merchants will calm down when they made up for the losses.

the shop guard does not sell anything …
I have tried the same in Rattay. Prices don’t raise …

Well, then rattay is the bugged part.