Increased Rates

[The Roger]

another messy reply

Imp or Evil Druid cards, for example, have a price still comparable, or almost the same, as 5 years ago i think because of the actual low demand. Prices today should be higher for some stuff, because we had recent times being of a easy zeny farming... but its counterbalanced by that low demand. Much other stuff lowered in price. A lot of stuff.

If zeny are too easy to get -> people have alot of money -> high inflation -> money loses buying power -> products see their price increased, sometimes by alot -> it will end up with products having immense prices and your tons of currency worse than trashpaper.

If zeny are too hard to get -> people have not much money -> low inflation -> money is rarer, which makes it acquire value -> products's prices lower as the money you have values alot.

The balance is in the middle. And its not easy or simple at all. Real nations actually struggle on this about every day.

From wikipedia:
Germany (Weimar Republic)
Main article: Hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic

5 Million Mark coin would have been worth $714.29 in Jan 1923, about 1 thousandth of one cent by Oct 1923.
By November 1922, the value in gold of money in circulation had fallen from £300 million before World War I to £20 million. The Reichsbank responded by the unlimited printing of notes, thereby accelerating the devaluation of the mark. In his report to London, Lord D'Abernon wrote: "In the whole course of history, no dog has ever run after its own tail with the speed of the Reichsbank." Germany went through its worst inflation in 1923. In 1922, the highest denomination was 50,000 Marks. By 1923, the highest denomination was 100,000,000,000,000 (10^14) Marks. In December 1923 the exchange rate was 4,200,000,000,000 (4.2 × 10^12) Marks to 1 US dollar. In 1923, the rate of inflation hit 3.25 × 10^6 percent per month (prices double every two days). Beginning on 20 November 1923, 1,000,000,000,000 old Marks were exchanged for 1 Rentenmark, so that 4.2 Rentenmarks were worth 1 US dollar, exactly the same rate the Mark had in 1914.