Well, seeing that this item is a dual craftskill item I don't blame him for cashing in. How else can you obtain it if not crafted. It can't be bought or quested from what I see here so using your dual skills that took many hours and many gils to level to (Oh my gosh) make some gils is not evil... In fact, it is how our RL world works.
I am not trying to start something here but I too can make this item as well as the Saber that also requires dual skill. If I am in the 10 to 20% of crafters that can make these items, I'm really sorry but I am going to charge for my services and if I make some gils, good for me or any other crafter that can do the same. Someone told me, "Get into Crafting, make some gils" Well, up until you are able to make items like these, gil flow is mostly in the wrong direction.
Just my 2 gils worth... sorry if I offended anyone.
I can't agree more with you. Besides, the materials aren't that cheap anymore. 120k for a stack of Leather, 80-100k for a stack of chunks, and 6k per sheet. Also, the gear harly ever sells on the ah. And it sucks that higher level alchemy is such a loss. If you can actually make any money, go for it! It takes so long to get to this point anyways.
=~6713. someone try to rip off on Diabolos server on the item requested day. cermetx2(10k)+leather(5.5k)+Sheet(3k)=18.5k; this dude is selling for 40k XD. I made this item @68+1 myself, didn't fail luckily. saved few Gils.