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It's not dead, it's just slow.

CB has no resale value so the buyer is almost an NPC buying it cheap, unless he would really invest in +ing it to 15 and use an unbind stone which is rare.
When you see Yellow gear, it's an investment. Whatever you do on it, will give you an breakeven outcome or a bit of profit in the end (not Extreme Upgrades speaking, or at least lv 1 ext.)