I disagree with gold loot bonus being a bad thing. I don't even have high gold loot stats but it would seem that if prices skyrocket it's because there is demand for the item, meaning lots of players have tons of gold to spend. If it was too expensive and no one had gold the price would come down.

Seems to me prices are high because it is so easy to get gold in EVERY way. Converting plat to gold has never been easier. And everyone can get a high GL bonus if they spend tons of plat or gold on aquiring it.