I think an answer he may be searching for is more of towards the question “Whys is the price to obtain these items so much?”
I also agree with the OP. I believe its a bit ridiculous that the game is having us first farm days/months of achievements then also have to farm rares to get the ascended gear. I am well aware that the game later will introduce laurels will be achievable from achievements, but currently as is, spending such a high amount of laurels for the trinket that rewards the least stats is a tad outrageous