Quote Originally Posted by OtAtOtomustam View Post
You cannot use a vanity item as a base to determine value since they are:

A) Non perishable
B) Do not effect actual gameplay

The demand for vanities and the demand for elixirs is vastly different.
Yes you can because its return on investment. You spend x plat you want to get y gold. If you get less gold back from vanities and more gold from elixirs people will buy and sell these. Eventually causing the price on elixirs to drop as sellers undercut each other. Then people switch back to vanities if they are getting more gold until they are both trading around the same conversion ratio. There is enough people with plat to keep flooding CS with vanities and elixirs driving the price down regardless of demand.