Is crafting the new 'buy gold from plat store'?

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Originally Posted by rangepwnsmeel

The materials which you bought with plat are tradable. The actual finished and polished form however is not. Btw, you can make a lot of money off this. How do I know? I sold a material that required plat for 200k.

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did that material require loot? and I was not able to sell the 'recipee', so what did you make with with that you could sell?