Asyria Wrote:It all goes down to two situations... And I'm not sure which you're all talking about but I think you all misunderstood what I said.
Situation A: Crafter's mats. The buyer pays gil. The crafter makes the item. If the item IS better then itis WORTH more. Simple, reasonable, logical. Calling it a scam is BS. As I said above however, an honorable crafter will offer the HQ item for a higher price AND offer to make another non-HQ item at the agreed price.
Advice: If you want to avoid surprises, ask the crafter to not make it HQ (spamming rapid will avoid it).
Situation B: Buyer's mats. The buyer pays by providing the mats (usually +tip). The crafter makes the item.
- If the item is HQ, too bad for the crafter. He can make gil off his own stuff, but this item doesn't belong to him since the materials didn't.
- If the crafter fails, too bad for the buyer. The crafter gains nothing by failing voluntarily since the mats are spent, so calling it a scam is BS.
Advice: give the Tip once the item is completed.
It seems to me like you're disagreeing with what I said about Situation A when you have Situation B in mind.
We were not talking about Situation A though, you were the one that brought that up, and that situation is completely besides the point since generally you're just going to shop around rather than ask a crafter to make it for you on the spot with their mats, the matter at hand was situation B, which your first post basically ignored.
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