I have 12,000 alexandrite turned in and a bunch more in storage. When posts like this are made, with indefinite timelines, it puts me in a very uncomfortable place.

Do I stop working on my quest entirely and just wait, so I don't lose millions of gil in alex? (you can't get them back once you turn them in) or do I just push and keep going.

I think the best solution you guys could do for people like me is tell us if we overpay our alexandrite (like, we have 25k/30k handed in and you lower the requirement to 15k) can we "withdraw" the remainder from the NPC?