If crafted gear were not exactly the same as quest/NPC gear, there would be a reason to use crafting. It only pays off at Level 40+, and even then, most endgame dungeon gear outclasses it.

Amazingly, the only things that I can manage to sell are crafting mats because people need them to level up their DOH classes. When the raw piece of lumber is worth more than the staff you made out of it, you know something is dreadfully wrong.