Plus you have idiots who sell things on wards for less than NPC price just to undercut people and fuck up the value of items, you can't expect people to actually do something beneficial in any way.

While true it will barely do anything, not enough people are smart enough to do something like this. I understand sentimental values and whatnot, but sorry, you no longer need that buffalo strap as its no longer required for..anything that's used in a current recipe.