I love how Gaia makes some people RAGE so hard.
Sure, the site's overall quality is piss-poor. How can it be otherwise, with such a huge userbase? Law of averages. Realistically though, it serves a purpose. If I had found it back when I was younger (before *chanland raised/lowered my expecations), it would've been the most awesome site I'd ever seen.
Oh yeah, former Gaiafag here. I really ought to go back and see what all my super-duper "holy shit you paid ACTUAL MONEY for that?!" items are worth nowadays.