Quote Originally Posted by Kaedan94 View Post
Never said they couldn't. Of course it's only temporary as more people get to the level they can make it. Again, I was responding to a specific comment by Giantbane (which described a monopoly situation... albeit temporary). I wasn't at all arguing that crafters would be able to maintain a monopoly.
Look, you accuse these crafters of being greedy.

But they took a great amount of effort (and Gil if they don't gatherer; i.e. They outsource part of the production and make less) to get to the level where the item can be produced before the rest of the crafting population. Their extra effort compared to their competitors is what you are paying the premium for.

The alternative is they don't go 110% throttle and the item won't even be in the board until some time later.