things went for insane prices on the first week, check that screenshot link
on a side note, i personally know someone who recently got Hc-DV with direct payment of €200 & Both party was happy about the deal,Him to get the item he wanted and the guild who sold it! it wasn’t a gdkp, so even if gdkp doesn’t exist payers will still find ways to pay for items.
P.S 200Euro is 10x token and that’s 75k gold on EU so for him it was pretty cheap price for the trinket but probably to them a direct cash payment can’t be compared to receiving gold then dealing with selling the gold.