I started off running the event. I spent 500 plat the first day. I was planning to do it for fun, and thus planned to eventually sell the vanity to get reimbursed for some of the cost I put out. But to shell out that kind of cash with absolutely no chance of any return and to get something that doesn't help me in the game? I'll pass.

If STS was going to implement this kind of binding, they should have done it when the event system started, with nightshade and shady and surge. But to start binding when it's vanities? They're useless items, from a practical point of view. And spending $200 or more in real money for something when you can't even get in-game gold for it? No thanks.

Yes, I know you can buy kits for gold, but somebody is paying real dollars for those somewhere, so the point remains the same. You'd be better off buying kits and selling them on the CS than running the event for a bonded costume. That's my opinion though.