I believe the increase in prices is only reflecting an increase in demand as new players and new alts are created. Haste is required for all melee so a general increase in player population would lead to roughly half of them needing haste. I saw drake hide leggings go for 500pp when it used to be 75-150. That is newbie gear and reflects on an increase in the player base. Now new players will be creating new platinum in the economy but their demand for gear to fill empty slots and to replace with better as they can afford to is a great deal more demand than established players able to fill slots only via no drop, quests, or very large amounts of platinum.
In specific instances I think it also denotes high level players leaving classes (monk) and entering new ones (shaman).
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