Is it just me?
 

Ever since the reality economy dumped...Fiesta's economy has dumped.

Banks foreclosing..People walking away from unbuilt homes...

Now materials are shooting through the roof..it's near impossible to make a good amount of scrolls/potions unless ur filthy rich.

Hmm we need to get Bush on this and ask him to pass it through congress

Hrm. Well, I doubt there is a correlation.

The fear of people have now is a recession, which usually means that prices go down...

If I had a guess, I would guess that material prices are going up because:
1) People have more money (from quests, from other means, etc.) and thus, are willing to pay more for mats.
2) More people are doing production so the demand for materials is going up while supply isn't going up as fast.
3) Some people are controlling the price.
4) ....

I had one more but I forgot.

*must get back to paper*

get your own mats?
O.o

I doubt u have to be filthy rich, u just need to set ur priorities. personally Im really bad about that, buying stuff I dont need then struggling to stock up on mats.