Thank you for your reply. I agree, NPC prices are usually ridiculous. I'd just felt the price on the Synergy Engineer could easily drop by more than 50% and still retain 'ridiculous' status to keep SE happy and have less running to the AH.

I have been buying all of the lower priced rocks and making my own fewell but if the Synergy Engineer's were less of a gouge I'd just buy that rather than bouncing across crafting mules to make it.

While I understand SE will likely say no to the request and it is an obvious shot in the dark - it was worth a try to ask them and see.

Again, thanks for your reply.