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^Who in their right mind would reject an offer of unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures?

The bargain had a quid pro quo...you get knowledge and pleasure in exchange for perpetual servitude to a bad guy. I wouldn't make that trade

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No me neither, but that's not the story. The deal was that Mephistopheles would come back at the end of Faust's life to claim his soul. As Faust dies, Mephistopheles tries to claim his soul, but angels intervene. Because of Faust's relentless striving and Gretchen's intercession, he is redeemed and ascends to Heaven.

So Faust enjoyed his life of pleasure and knowledge and got away with making his Mephistophelean deal.

Unless you are a crazy narcissist confident that you will get away with it, their point still stands. It's hard to put a price on your own soul since it's unclear what it actually means but it seems it involves going to a seemingly hostile place called Hell

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