Interestingly you are the living proof that CCP was right.

Most vets raged because WiS and vanity items were contrary to the spirit of EvE because they are not combat related, but accepted them for exactly that reason: not combat related, so not interesting (except with the problem of WiS making instation performance worse and dock/undock times longer, which *has* an influence on the combat playstyle).
According to vets, no EvE player would ever want to buy vanity items or walk in a station.

You prove that vets were wrong and CCP was right.

Also the best price is *never* a price that all interested people can afford. You *do* want a price that is high enough that some people will give up. Therefore your reaction somewhat also proves that monocles are priced correctly.