Coincidence?

[JustAGuy]

Since the weekend, the price of Arcane Crystals has shot up dramatically on Terenas as supply has dwindled.  Dark Iron Ore too, but to a lesser extent...

Is this an isolated thing to Terenas?
Is it coincidence that this happened on the weekend of Chinese New Year?

Discuss.
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A friend of mine who patronizes gold farmer services in WoW (despicable, I know) got an e-mail from the service he frequents. They were offering a special on gold because of the Chinese New Year. The reason behind the "sale" was that most of the farmers were going on holiday ("act now for big savings, holiday blowout!"). With most of the farmers on vacation, there's less supply. Every farmer in Un'Goro that I've seen has always been a miner, always snatching those Rich Thorium Veins from me.

Any number of market factors can affect the day-to-day price of arcane crystals on your server, but I would put forth the Chinese New Year as being a major contributor to this current trend, simply because less farmers are gathering the crystals.

Then again, all of the crystals could have been bought out, and been reposted at a higher price, and other sellers simply followed suit. Market control baby, I used to do that with essence of fire.