Do people really pay $10,000L for a house or skybox?

While I was searching for homes and skyboxes in the last few weeks, I quickly discovered that there was a huge range in listed prices...and that higher prices did not necessarily indicate higher quality. Yet, there are many vendors listing houses and skyboxes on XStreetSL/Second Life Marketplace for $1000L, $5000L, $10,000L and more! I'm not sure why that's the case, since even a newbie could easily find low-pried homes on the site.

As with any other category, there is a lot of junk in the residental structures section, There are some real finds as well. Here's a listing of some of my favorites, from $22L to $500L. Since I was looking for a house with about 100 prims or less, and a skybox in the 15-20 prim range, I have primarily focused on those specs. If a designer has a shop in-world, I've tried to add the SLURL so you can hopefully see rezzed samples of the homes. If a designer has a lot of different houses on the XStreetSL site, I've provided a link to the search results for those houses.

• DIGS: (SLURL) (XSTREETSL)
• Skybox 25 prims, 15x20 w/ loft, $75L
• Skybox 12 prims, 20x20 w/loft, $50L
• Skybox 28 prims, 17x10 w/loft, $50L
• lei Freiman
• Simple Skybox with Changable Window Views 23prims, 20x20 w/loft, $125L
• {NP}
• Simple Studio Loft Skybox 12 prims, 20x20, $99L
• Sebastian Standish
• Upscale Skybox 20x15, 25 prims, $22L
• BELINA Corvale
• All glass skybox with loft 17prims, $75L
• capriccio (SLURL)
• Simple Skybox 10x10, 7 prims, $70L
• Finch Endrizzi
• Urban Skybox w/Changing Window loft, 24 x 24. 30 prims, $75L
• Single Story Urban Skybox w/Changing Window , 24 x24, 13 prims, $50L
• Pamela Galli - 3 prim one-room skyboxes, $299L
• Red Brick Arch Windows
• Drick and White Windows
• OD
• Serenity White Skybox 2 story, 75 prims, 32x32, $250L (I'd use this for a primary home)
• ce (XSTREETSL)
• Summer House 47 prims, 1 room, $80L
  Not all of the ce skyboxes are low prim, but these two are:
• Diona Skybox 22 prims, $80L
• Simplicity Brown/Green Skybox 24 prims, $70L
• Molto Bene! (SLURL) (XSTREETSL)
  Many more than I can mention in one post, but here are some highlights:
• Simple Skybox 10x10, 16 prims, $50L
• Mini Harwich Colonial House 105-128 prims, 17x20, $750L
• The Boathouse 92-108 prims, 30x15, $500L
• Sweet and Simple Skybox 10x10, 6 prims, $100L
  There are two or three other low prim skyboxes in the vendor search.
• Starwind (SLURL) (XSTREETSL)
  Price ranges from $50L (for some retiring items) to $400L
• The Cheri Skybox is only 26 prims w/loft (cylinder shape), $200L
  Other houses are mostly too high in prims for a secondary skybox, but very pretty for a primary home
• The Dusty Skybox 96 prims, 2 stories, 20x20, is only $50L
• Summer House, 118 prims, 2 stories, 30x15, $400L
• Daydream House/Skybox, 52 prims, 1 room, 20x15, $99L promo
• Thayen Eberdene (XSTEETSL)
• Variety of very low prim skyboxes(3 prims single story, 7 prims with loft) with bright colored walls or dramatic grey/black styling, $75-$100L
• Bang Bang Liars (SLURL)
• Modern Beach House 20x20, 57prims, 2 story, $399L - tried this one already and it's nice
• Bird's Next Skybox 26 prims, 10x15, $299L
• Modest House (SLURL) (XSTREETSL)
  $400L to $500L homes, most are two stories or w/ loft, most are moderate prim size for primary homes
• White Chalk Farmhouse 77 prims, $500L
• The Scilenzio House 94 prims, $500L - tried this one already and it's very nice and roomy!
• The Sleepyhead House 74 prims, $500L
• Mad Echo
• Ember Skybox 20x20, 24 prims, $100L