Hello! I have 0.0.73 alpha. Got a reoccurring issue in shop mode where the cost of the ingots used in making a weapon is not factored into the price that the AI pays for them, i.e. this screenshot where I got 5 dollars for a one hand sword. Its happened multiple times in both 0.0.72 and 0.0.73 and a couple times has reversed a fair amount of game time.
Hey bobble, I've had a similar issue. One thing I suggest you do, is save every time you can afford a new ingot. (for example, if you are buying 9 iron at a time, and you can finally move up to adelite, save on every adelite ingot you can afford. That way, the worst case scenario, is you restart and lose maybe half a day in game time.