Prices too high for mats?

[TheVedis]

There are more smart people than idiots, so those 2-5k+ purchases show up on the price history as anomalies as the majority of sales will be below the NPC price range. People will know what the fair market value for apples will be due to the easy to understand info of the price history.

you would think that

but if sellers see that it can sell for 2-5k, theyll try
and then more will see it, and follow suite

why sell it at all for 500-1000 around vendor price when you know people will buy it for 5k

the majority of people buying dont have to be smart
it only takes a few idiots to set the trend(and there are more then enough)