>>45215240Pokemon currency basically runs on yen values, so first of all that's roughly $1000 USD. Pricy for sure, but something that easily could have qualified as a "big" gift that Piers could have pinched pennies and saved for.
Second, how do we know Marnie even paid that much for one? How do we know she and her fans didn't popularize the style, making the price shoot up?
Regardless, all evidence points to Marnie's family being less than well off. Spikemuth is poorfag country, deal with it.