Common courtesy: apparently not so common.

[Pandastirfry]

This comes up a lot but I'm going to have to say it...

I can understand paying you for your time in actually making the item requested , I can understand compensating you for the crystals, I get even giving you a "Finder's Fee" if you have to get some of the mats... These are all things I do.

But seriously it is not my responsibility to compensate you for your leveling process, stop whining about how much it cost you to level up, yes it cost you a lot of money to level up and gear to be a 3 star crafter, but No one forced you to do it so stop wording it like everyone should pay you back because you so graciously decided to become a crafter.

Seriously it's not like my employer factors in how much it cost me to go to Culinary School when they decided how much they're willing to pay me.

[Chibionieko]

This comes up a lot but I'm going to have to say it...

I can understand paying you for your time in actually making the item requested , I can understand compensating you for the crystals, I get even giving you a "Finder's Fee" if you have to get some of the mats... These are all things I do.

But seriously it is not my responsibility to compensate you for your leveling process, stop whining about how much it cost you to level up, yes it cost you a lot of money to level up and gear to be a 3 star crafter, but No one forced you to do it so stop wording it like everyone should pay you back because you so graciously decided to become a crafter.

No ones saying "Look I'm 3 star give me Gil", were only asking for what you say your offering, covering all the costs of crafting including the crystals, and a tip for making it for you. Market board is a different beast and ill happily gouge with the best of them, but if someone comes to me asking for a carbuncle clock and has all the mats ill happily make it for them for a few k to cover my time and gear wear.

[Klandestineone]

Seriously it's not like my employer factors in how much it cost me to go to Culinary School when they decided how much they're willing to pay me.

No, but he's paying for the skill that you learned by going to that culinary school.