My point is just easy:
Better laser sights/scopes with more skillmod % are eighter high in decay or high in upmark. So if you want more skillgain you have to pay more.
Not that paying more gives you more gain, but more gain cost more.
Is that so hard to understand? maybe I need to draw a picture so even aliens could understand it
problem is that your point can be read two-fold.
first:
1a high skillmod implies high decay
1b high skillmod implies high markup
second:
2a high decay implies high skillmod
2b and high markup implies high skillmod
1a is most likely true, as MA definitely wont give a higher skillmod for lower costs. Because of this obvious nature, it doesnt add anything to the discussion
1b is most likely true as well, because ppl tend to pay more for better stuff - and the better stuff usually is rare, expensive and hard to make. But again, it doesnt add anything to the discussion, as markup doesnt say a word about the quality of an item, it only learns us something about the market.
Because of the obvious or irrelavant nature of 1a/b, i interpret(ed) your statement as 2a/b. But ...
2a I doubt there is an equivalence relation between decay on scopes/sights and skillmod. There surely might be (and likely is) a correlation, but that does not warrant 2a
2b is only partially true. Take for example the Seizzt Ranger Scope 1900RS
It has a skillmod of only 4%, but a markup over 90 ped. a scope with twice the skillmod sells for only +20. Reason for this is that the 1900RS has a unique look. Still my remark on 1a (about markup not being related to the qualities of an item) stands.
maybe now you understand why aliens dont get the point at first sight eh?