Quote Originally Posted by OldGeezer View Post
They could ask themselves is this a "reasonable price" for the item I made. Usually, it's "no". There is no reason to sell level 50+ gear pieces on a brand new server for over 1 nillilon within the first month. It's a case of "Let the seller beware". Were most cratfers complicit or just blinded by greed to realize things weren't on the up-and-up? Whose fault is that? Everyone's. The gill sellers/buyers, the crafters, and SE. Unfortunately, SE cuts out the problem like you do a cancer; cut out the cancer and the healthy tissue around it i.e. the crafters who made 50 at the start of the game. It's unfair but it removes the articial inflation caused by the gill buyers and allows the economy to grow under more normal circumstances.
In a free market, a "reasonable price" is whatever price people are willing to pay. If a crafter prices an item too high, then no one will buy it, and the crafter is forced to lower the price. If people buy it up immediately and there seems to be a lot of demand, they might price it higher next time. With that said, there is every reason to price a 50+ piece of gear at over one million gil. Would you blame Ferrari if some envious middle class man robs a bank in order to buy one of their cars? "Well, Ferrari should have priced their cars the same as a Corolla so that everyone could afford one, they're just as much at fault as the bank robber." Please.