Quote Originally Posted by Nyghtmarerobu View Post
I think people need to be a bit more savy with their gil. If something is expensive, don't buy it.
Another method of being more savy is put up a PF or shout for a crafter to help you. You will get better price by 1/3 - 1/2 from a crafter your directly speaking with.
The crafter makes a quick profit (albeit smaller) than the MB but Gil flows in faster this way. I know I and may other crafters do this a on regular basis.

My most recent personal experience with this:
A random shouted in Limsa requesting the Zodiac crafts, he put a PF, and I obliged first (3 others also responded before I finished the first craft).
I spent about 30 minutes crafting for that player, he supplied the mats, I received a small tip for each craft (5K).
Each completed item, averaged 40-70K on MB
He got each one for approximately 20K (including tip)