A level 1 player can pick up a weathered blacksmith tool and make that level 8 goldsmith one. All they need is the three materials and shards, which are cheap and/or easy to acquire.

If people are so concerned about the prices of lowbie gear in the wards, they should do something about it. Go make those items and then sell them for reasonable prices to force the idiots trying to gouge to fall in line.

Personally, I blame SE on this one. Maybe if we weren't capable of going from level 1 to 50 on a battle class in the span of 2-3 days, gear under level 30 might be worth making and selling.