Did someone discover a Get Rich Quick scheme in Eorzea, or...

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... have people simply lost their minds when pricing gear they're selling on the MW.

Was perusing through the MW tonight (haven't really given it a look since I started over again) and the prices of the gear I'm seeing are, to put it extremely mildly, beyond ridiculous.

1,000,000 for a level 6 body piece?
10,000,000 for a level 18?
999,999,999 each for 3 of the same low level item; each one listed by different people.

The most "reasonable" price I saw was 80,000 for a rank 12 or 13. I didn't look much beyond that 'cause the prices were about to make me sick (not really, but you get the idea).

So, have people found a way to 'get rick quick' in FFXIV, are people really just that greedy, or are they trying to scare away new players with an out-of-control economy? Is it a way to try and "encourage" new players to pick up crafting early so they can make all their own stuff?

What exactly happened to the prices during my time away from XIV? Why have they gotten so insane?

P.S. For those who might take my subject line as a literal question, don't. I'm being facetious.