Preserved_Fruits

After stumbling across the trade routes with the "Improved Trading" system upgrades, I've made 50 million credits (up from a measly 100-200k) in just a few hours. This is probably somewhat more than was intended by design... I feel that this function is currently too overpowered and defeats the spirit of mining and salvaging. Why mine/salvage when I can simply flip 10 million with one trade and then purchase all the blocks I need? I think there are two issues that make trading routes too overpowered. 1. The overall profit margin is too big with too little risk involved 2. The current refunding system of blocks, while very convenient, can lead to abuse. I can create a gigantic block of cargo storage, fill it with items, flip it for an extravagant profit, then refund all my blocks without any punishment. (On second thoughts, I have not tried this game on any modes harder than 'normal', so I'm possibly unaware about more punishing block-refund mechanisms.) What have your experiences been with trade routes? Do you feel it is in a good place right now?