KOL had a big problem with this. They made a bunch of silly things that cost a fair amount of gold and siphoned it out of the economy. Stuff like the ability to "send" another player a birthday card or cake or a Valentine's Greeting or a balloon bouquet, things like that. One of the most popular items was the Wall of Graffiti--you purchased your can of spray paint for gold and painted whatever slogan struck your fancy (keeping it semi-clean at least). Stuff stayed on the wall for 3 days, I think, before it faded out. If you wanted it back up, you bought more paint.
And David's idea really isn't that silly--make some vanities purchasable only with gold. It doesn't have to be the same as the plat versions--gold antenna, anyone?
ETA: Hey, there's an idea. Make a wall (or four or five) in Balefort "Memorial Walls". You buy a brick with your char's name on it for gold and it goes into the wall, on display for future generations of gamers to wonder what the heck an Otukura/Apollo/Mysticaldream/Rauen is.
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