There's also the so-called "grey-market," which has been alluded to several times in this thread. In short a lot of the 'special offer' ships that are limited, either in number or time offered, are acquired with the intent of selling at a later date to other players, since you can 'gift' ships to other accounts. From what can be gleaned pretty easily, the going rate on the grey market is often a several hundred percent mark-up rate. Those $1250 ships are very limited (for gameplay reasons; you want to see some from the start, but not every other person), and from the rumors we've been hearing, their going rate is on the order of 3-5k. Which is nutters. There's also rampant speculation in there, which has certainly been taken advantage of by some individuals.
Currently, our stance is that we don't endorse it, but it is more or less ignored; with the general view being that people are doing so at their own risk. Both the buyers who can easily fall prey to scammers and the sellers, whose ships can suddenly be reduced in value both by additional sales or by information about how game mechanics undermine the value of their wares.
In related news, LTI IS DEAD, MAY ITS ZOMBIE CORPSE NEVER RISE AGAIN. Seriously, that was the silliest, most overhyped thing which in the end means nothing, since you basically wouldn't ever go outside without paying a paltry sum of in-game credits for insurance anyway. CMs and support staff were so happy to see that go, as it caused a ton of support tickets and p2w threads.