Quote Originally Posted by Celebcarca View Post
The reason your dyes may be sitting unbought also has something to do with price. If I need a piece of gear, I'm buying the cheapest...at least until I get to higher level gear. If that means it is uncolored or pink, I'm wearing it. If adding color makes it cost more or if the overabundance of a certain dye requires you drop the price..*SPOILER ALERT*....that IS economics, plain and simple. I am not going to pay more for gear because you farmed dyes....you can bank on it. If you level your char, most gear is outdated quickly enough that having a color coordinated set of Canvas gear is not something upon which I will waste my gil.

Pink items often sell for less than other colors---is it because of demand or market over-saturation of pink dye? I don't care, that's the economy. I just buy it because it can sometimes mean a difference of better than 50k in price. That's economics...plain and simple.
All very true, when all someone is doing is levelling a class, most will take practicality over cosmetics. The reason you see people running around in coloured gear is either because -

1: They're one of the few that like to look fashionably funky or
2: They got someone else to make it for them for free/cheap

Quickest way to make Gil is to create easy Archery gear, 'cos a lot of new people discover quickly that archery is the most powerfull DD and level that first to give them ease-of-play, and will need to buy gear to keep themselves going.