The differences in the difficulty of that step is a bouns for those who have their craft/gather to 60. It takes a heck of a lot more work to get those classes to that level, than the benefit you get as well. The real bouns is being able to sell the product anyway.

I didn't craft or gather for those and that part of the quest was by far the easiest. There isn't much easier than being prepared and buying them off the MB or from someone selling them in PF. There is no difficulty at all in buying them of the MB, so really, the savings crafters get from making their own is the bonus.

But in the end you are really just pointing out that someone who comes prepared will find the step easier, which is the same for everything.