Originally Posted by Taru Ichigari

I'm actually a fresh recruit from Gaia as a matter of fact. Your right, I was a marketeer and i've watched the values of items go insane over the last year and the gold value drop drasticaly.
No one really posts in the gaia forums for Gold however and I'd imagine that yes that is why there is such a quality difference as this site actually encourages long explainations and literate posts.
Point of fact the thing that has ruined Gaia the most is the Cash System. While sites like this have the same system Gaia had built itself a comfortable pecking order with its Monthly Collectibles. Now with the Addition of the Cash shop and such expensive items people are selling them at high prices and the Gaian gold granting system simply can't keep up with it all making the currency rate Drop.
2 years ago an item you could buy for 50k is now between 150-200k.