The answer to this conundrum is simple. The issue with the markets in this game is by design. Item+skill+exp is a worthy reward, but with all players have full and complete access to all the same nodes it drives the cost of rare items down. Also, if you haven’t noticed, GW2 is free2play. Meaning that ArenaNet needs to keep the ability for people to make profit at a minimum, so they will spend Real Life Gold to purchase all of the little extras.