Guild Wars 2

For the last few months I have noticed an oddity, perhaps someone can tell me if this is an error or deliberate on Anet’s part. The merchant(s) in the 1-15 maps (general merchant not tradeskill merchant) no longer sells tier 1-3 harvesting tools, instead they seem to carry only darksteel+.
I find this odd because the characters harvesting on those maps will be most likely shopping for copper tools.

There are two types of merchants in the game. One type only sells items of a specific level. The other sells items appropriate for the level of your character.

Error I’d say. Very much doubt it would be deliberate as there would be no reason for it. Did you report this?

edit: or Khisanth’s answer