People seem to forget there is way too much gil in the game, repair is the only real money sink atm. Crafters are easy to find to repair your mats if you're not a cheap skate. Also be willing to carry dark matter for your gear - increase chance you'll find someone to repair it if you have it available. Lastly - please pay attention to how much dark matter costs and offer at least 1k above that - or any crafter will just laugh and not repair your gear.

I for one like this much better then sp loss, if you had to spend a day sping your lvl 50 because you lost most of that xp to Darkhold? Bah - leave those days back in FFXI.