Repairs are nota bad idea, and no people don't ignore it. I may leave my weapon damaged during lvling session if I can't repair it myself, but as soon as I get home (Ul'dah) I seek repair and go to sleep, next morning I find it repaired for fair amount of Gil.

Problem is, what if you can't afford leaving yourFFXIV on all night. And many other concerns. Which bring the point that the system need improvements as mentioned above. Improvements that I welcome:

1- Increase Bazaar slots, or have repairs in separate tab if possible.
2- Make NPC fix items up to 100%