Quote Originally Posted by whiskeybravo View Post
But the market is made entirely of personal experiences. Whether buying or selling.
IF I buy 200k gil worth of shards at 500 per and fail to sell them ever for any price higher than 100, THEN my personal experience is a crippling loss of gil and will lead me to believe the market is failing, why else could I not sell them for a profit?

No the cold hard numbers that determine weather or not a market is thriving or failing have little to nothing to do with personal experience or observation. In order to make a true judgement of the WHOLE economy you need the amount of gil flow BETWEEN PLAYERS.