I've heard a lot of outcry about pay-to-win or whatever, but I gotta ask:

Are people doing this advertising actually successfully selling anything?

Not that I plan on getting married, but ponying up $20 or even $40 is a whole lot easier for me than scraping together six million gil, or whatever ridiculous prices these guys are charging...

If it's a matter of players ASSUMING mouthbreathers in-game are going to buy any shiny they dangle in front of them, forking over the real-life money to stock up on bracelets, and then failing to actually sell any, I'd find it pretty hilarious. XD