I agree with the OP that the prices lately have taken a steady rise, and are not what we would have previous considered reasonable. I see this a lot in MMOs...unless there is constantly an item for comparison up for auction, the price seems to fluctuate (and usually end up going higher). In most cases, people will realize that the item worth 10k being sold at 15k isn't worth it, and just wait it out. If they did that, the seller would come around and lower his asking price. However, on p99 you have the combination of people with too much time, money, and impatience. So instead of letting the market adjust itself, as soon as there isn't a single FBSS up for sale the first person to say "WTS FBSS 17k" has a good chance of finding that lazy but flush 50 sitting in the tunnel thinking he'd rather just buy it today instead of risk not having it tomorrow.
One item I noticed as getting a little ridiculous was the Braided Cinch Cord. Thing is common as shit and used to be 100-150p. Yesterday, saw multiple sellers trying to get 1-1.5k out of this. Really? When his rare drop is only selling for 800-900?
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