Why are your surprised item prices are rising?

[Asteria]

3 months of guard platinum (especially HK), treants, mesh armour plat, Fs/bronze, giants plat, Ore plat (HK & SolA), WK bandit sashes, Rabid grizzly quests, Lightstones + more....ta da!! Server is flooded with platinum compared to the 1st month or 45 days when we were all low-platinum poor Elves and trolls.

Prices were cheap when we were poor and demand was lower. People just wanted to level and get /list items in the old days.

Things change quickly on a fresh server, this is the new normal.