Come on, just look at the marketplace forums. The offers of items for sale are almost nil, and responses are few. A year ago, I could sell stuff at will. There was a huge market for my 4x naginatas, and any 7x weapon I put up for auction went pretty fast. In the last 7-8 months, I have sold nothing. I suspect it is because of the fall in new player population. Probably most younger characters nowadays are second or third characters, and get their weapons/armor handed down from older "relatives".
I think most folks are using the players corner for auctions, selling, buying, etc.
