@Sufferus - Oh look… a completely different person agreeing with me. I’m still making up data though?
There can be low demand for something but the item still has a value, it will continue to decrease in value until people start buying it or the ones selling just don’t find the value in gathering/crafting it.
In this case though I can only assume that the demand for scarabs will continue to rise and as more money floods into the economy the price will too
I don’t have a master’s degree in economics and I don’t have scientific data, but I do have an interest in gems and their value at market (fss).
As the game started flawed gems were cheap. The reason is likely to be a high supply of gems and a low demand for them because all players were leveling and no one had use for them. Another reason is that the players hadn’t accumulated lots of money, thus making 10g a piece a lot for that time.
As the game progress, flawed gems got more expensive. This could be because players have gotten more money though quests etc. So a 10g gem at the start is the same value as the 20g 2-week post-launch. Another reason could be that more players want the gem, creating a higher demand for said gem.
As people got max level and did runs the brilliant gems became A LOT cheaper. This is a reason for high supply and low demand, and NOT inflation. I had more value selling cut onyx/cut flawed onyx than I had selling cut brilliant onyx. There was only a 70g difference from cut brilliant and cut normal. On the other hand, the cut onyx is a lot more expensive now than it was 1 week ago, the reason of which is probably due to people having more money.
This is an issue all mmorpgs have with economies, which is why they all try to find money-dumping ways to counterbalance the inflation. But even though inflation is a factor, supply and demand doesnt stop to exist.
PS: I don’t know why people bought more cut onyx instead of cut brilliant onyx as they were roughly the same price.
Edit: adding PS
OP, lets see a price comparison on tier 1 and 2 trophy mats. Show me how much lucky rabits foot, ancient mandible, corrupted crest, whatever the purple ones are. Since it’s a gold inflation issue and not demand, we should expect to see super low prices on fss, right?
I would say this has to do with the games design, it takes allot of lower level resources to make a higher level item. Veteran players will generally gather higher end items and just buy the lower tier stuff (can’t be bothered to hunt level 10 boars for leather as an example).
Also the lower tier gems are desired because people can use them to skill up.
At the high end people have their gear sets and gems the way they want them and unless they’re running different M’s won’t change them as much so the price will go down (demand is lower)
I agree supply/demand does have an effect, just not near as much as the gold available.
are you considering, that a scarab doesn’t need to be crafted? Different from real world…A cookie has a price to make it. A scarab does not. A cookie as a minimum price. The price of the scarab depends only on the demand because it costs nothing to make it. If more people starts to use them, it will cost more, because the final BIS item will take many to make one.
Rough economy on Myrddin… glad I’m not gettin gouged like that.
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I think we have to agree to disagree. I think both have a great influence on the market and sometimes one reason is larger than another. If supply-demand wasn’t as important or influential we wouldn’t see massive price differences regarding different gems, motes, and recourses. Cut moonstone was sold at 1.2g a piece while cut onyx was at 200 yesterday. If inflation is a constant influence on everything and even greater than any other variable the moonstone would have cost A LOT more but instead it’s even cheaper than it was 2 weeks ago, which is contradicting if supply-demand is less of a factor.
Water is another example. If inflation is the major factor in the whole economy, water would have a rise in price. However, since it’s so accessible the money remains low. If 10g 2 weeks ago is 100g now, the water price should have risen as well?
My point: Lots of factors. Can’t just say that one is stronger than all others when there are clear examples of the opposite. The factors work as one unit and they all influence the economy in different ways.
edit: spelling
I think the evidence speaks for itself, OP has been exposed for cherry picking high tier goods that aren’t in demand to show off their low prices, while ignoring that anything below end game is through the roof due to demand. That’s fine though, agree to disagree, whatever.
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Global is weird today
just another anecdotal experience sharing. Proves nothing.
Glad you put it in “…”, since you didnt prove anything at all. 
Not making it up, just shamelessly cherry picking the only data that fits your (false) narrative.
Lying too… I didn’t check “all” the items you’re trolling about but I checked the Armorer’s Journal and the Corrupted Crest and gave up since your prices are so far off they’re obviously coming from a site that has no idea on actual prices:
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Of course, but the scarab is used in the production of other goods
What people are asking and what they’re getting is 2 different things.
I could price my dog shit for $1 million per terd, doesn’t mean that’s what people are paying LOL
Ultimately the gold people have will determine the price
Not by these scrubs they aren’t… they don’t even have pristine cut gems on the market 
I was wondering how you’d cope with being so wrong… I predicted silence, but instead we get denial.
You prove time and time again that you have a very poor understanding of New World markets. Nice graphs, though.
Again asking price vs what people can and will pay are 2 different things, how can you not understand that?