Bound =/= Binding So why the heck can't we sell the item?

[Velthice]

SE... in my protest against the AH, I will never again buy any armor nor weapons from the AH. From this point on I will only acquire gear and weapons from dungeons and mobs. As far as Auction House gear and weapons, they're dead to me.

I'm just gonna say it, since you don't seem to get it. Your idea is garbage, literal anathema to any meaningful economy in the game. Vendor your items to npcs, convert it into materia and sell that, but there is no universe in which reselling or donating your used gear would be anything close to a good idea.

[Hyrist]

Bind your items fully, sell the meteria. There's your reuse in the economy. If you can't be bothered with that, the economy can't be bothered with you.

Sticking to just dungeon gear? Good luck with that leveling up. Sometimes it takes quite a few runs to get a full set of aetherial alone, and by the time you're done doing that, you'll have leveled past the functional level of the gear anyways.

As far as sticking to it endgame. Go right ahead, that's what it's built for. HQ/Melded gear is supposed to supplement, to be a gap-filler for non-dungeon slots anyways.

Meanwhile, I'll be here, sawing logs, getting my crafts ready for housing.