Obviously you have not examined the initial offer proposed by the great CCP marketing department. When it held the special sale of 13 X Plex for the shirt promotion, it made it sound as if the purchase of the 13 x PLEX was the only viable venue for anyone to obtain the shirt. Similar to the Interbus Shuttle handed out along with the actual copy of the EVE Online client, I figured it would make a terrific investment and a sound collectible.

If more people purchased 13 X PLEXs and the price of the shirt decreased due to the increase in the supply, I have no grudge against it. But the problem here is that CCP "artificially" increased the supply of the Ishukone Special Edition Shirt, thereby, making the initial investment worthless. There are also those who purchase the shirt for 1.1B-1.4B with logical expectation that under no circumstances, would CCP make a direct interference on the market.

CCP nerfs and do funny stuff in the market often times. They might change the venue of rare ores and have the prices increase by 10%~50% and vice versa. But as for the ISHUKONE SPECIAL SHIRT, CCP, without any warning, lowered the market price from 1.1B-1.4B to 0.001B in a matter of 3 seconds.

You claim that I failed Economics 101? Having collected rare items for the past several years, I assure you that i have increased my net worth MANY TIMES over whatever meager amount you have. This is not the failure or the lack of my economics knowledge. It is the failure of the CCP to provide a clear explanation prior to making market disruptions.

Trust me, if CCP said these shirts will be available for meager $0.50 cents, I wouldn't have bothered with purchasing 13 X PLEXs.