To myself and many others, groups aren't worth a lot on this forum.
I believe that the reason they are tossed around and valued so little, is because there isn't much of an investment being made when buying a group. Not only that, there are far too many groups for the amount of active users on this forum, but I digress.
As of a week ago, I have made the decision to increase the pricing of my userbar service, and I am hoping that those that are capable of making them do the same. Visiting other forums, I've found that for the same effort, I could be making minimum quadruple the amount that I do here. Proportionally, I have raised my prices by about double.
My reasoning behind this decision is not simply to make more money (though it is a bonus), but to hopefully give quality userbars a little more value, and therefore give the groups that wear them the same treatment. I also feel that my skills in creating such graphics have improved and I am qualified to charge as much as I like, considering I am one of two users on this forum capable of creating a quality userbar.
Persons of interest - @Sector @Philly