Black Lion Trader & Salvaging.
Im not being mean here – but what you said does not make sense.
How does the existence of a a market make it worse for you to salvage the materials? It doesnt.
It does give you a more profitable option but you are no worse off salvaging when a market exists than you are salvaging when a market doesnt exist.
STOP BLAMING THE EXISTENCE OF A MARKET FOR SUPPLY/DEMAND RATIOS THAT YOU DONT LIKE.
Outside of Copper this might be true, but getting 2 pieces of copper from an item that vendors for 30c is a nice profit to rip when copper is selling for 27c each.