Market mechanism only partially affects the price. The biggest determinant is still supply and demand. There are little demand for 2-star items because of dungeon drops...then there's horde of crafters like you (who can make it to lv50 easily) who wants to sell 2 star item. How do you think the price is gonna be? Granted, the blind auction system in FF11 will probably net you more profit, but at the expanse of the buyer due to the lack of transparency. So basically what you're saying is that anything that allows you to make more money is good even when the buyer have to pay more than they are suppose to given a certain imbalance in supply and demand?