1. It was late 2004, or early 2005. i don't remember exactly, but it was ~$50/mil at the time, which i bought 1m at a time with 1-3 months between the purchases.
3. When did i say i made 100m+ in a few days? I said i made ~60m over about 2 MONTHS. The other ~70m came from nearly 6 years of playing (including 10 or 20m i had saved during the inflation and kept during an extended break i took until after gil values went way up, and 15~20m i inherited from a friend when he quit). Also not sure why it matters what gilsellers pay, since EGS exists, where you can get full market value for it, or slightly less.