I have used the Marketplace to get things for my character throughout my journey to level 80. And I hit level 400 in leatherworking fairly soon in my journey. I don't mind making things to help the family.
I uploaded the recipes for the Carrion Exotic set of armor. Now, I grinded away myself to get my globs and fine crafting materials, so that I could make that armor. And I found it time consuming, and it took away from my gaming experience. So, now that I have the armor, im back to having fun and what not.
My dilemma here is that. I want to make the medium exotic armor for those people who have requested it. But I don't have the funds/materials to just pop up and make it. I can make everything but the insignias needed fairly easy, and with the insignia I can pop out gear left and right. Back to my dilemma. I feel like I should just make a post saying "Hey get me the materials, and I'll get you the exotic gear", but I feel like that takes away from the purpose of the marketplace. I like the marketplace to get the artisian points, but I don't want to grind to get materials to help the family. I dunno, maybe I am just over thinking things.
End result, I just want to make armor for the family.