"Have a seat right there."
They most likely grouped each server into a bracket, calculated all gil on each character without regard to active player or RMT, and set a baseline per bracket.
lets not say SE were in cahoots with the rmts, they are making the game model anti-rmt. ( but i am mad with the prices of the houses, and yet just more motivated to create more gil )
After reading the Cycle of Acceptance thread, I wonder if this is the bargaining stage?