Hrm....
Who would sell an Autumnstone instead of using it...
1) RMT
2) People Meriting/Leveling that have no vested interest in sky.
3) Disgruntled players in LS's that have strict rules about Autumnstone aquisition, that would benefit more from raw gil than any Items.
4) People that no longer do Sky/can't do sky, but come accross an Autumnstone by one way or another; I.E. inheariting an account.
More specifically:
If you are in a Linkshell that has done sky to death, to the point at which you have every piece of gear you would ever want, and you see that the only people you would be helping in your LS by giving up the Autumnstone are a bunch of scrubs, you know if you use it, you would have to do it with your LS, which you are none too happy with, but are too lazy to move on, and the LS peopel in general know your mules' names, you would just as easily hit the keyboard with head and hit enter, pay the $1.00 extra for that month and sell the stone.
The bonus is this:
If you sell the stone, and your LS happens to buy it, you just made off double...
To Celvantes:
I think what you are trying to say is:
"Make sky items Auction House sellable, so we can have both our anonymity and out ignorance about such missdoings back!"
Seriously though, the argument fails on that notion alone. Jamal is right. You can't curse one person for doing what you yourself are doing because you can hide behind the screen the AH provides. You're just as guilty as anyone when you buy pretty much any money item in the game.
Check the following:
You are a member of a Linkshell, who goes off, plays the game, kills big monsters and collects loot. Some of that loot is used to make more monsters appear, and get even more loot. While you are out there in this world, you notice other linkshells are using Hacks, Cheats, Enhancements, and other "Players" in your environments are known RMT. On top of that, you got these tools that have nothing to do but just make your life a living hell just because they are not too socially acceptable in real life, and the internet makes em feel important, powerful. So aside from RMT selling items, we have horribly morally slanted linkshells selling money items too. You think you are an angel not buying from RMT? Try not buying from some of the long established linkshells on our server that are notorious for fucking people over, who's linkshell history is founded on the exploitation of North American's when they were new to the game; linkshells that use Hacks, and Cheats constantly and consistantly, or linkshells that are just flat out annoyances. (lolJDA... lolHNMPT... lolCFHfafnir...) When compared to some of these Jackwads, RMT are fucking angels.
You guys are only harping on Kaizen because you hold us to a higher moral standard than most. Let's not beat around the bush here, this thread is only this long because it gave all the jackals a chance to sink thier teeth into us. We may have bought a stone off an RMT, small victory for you, congratulations. Go ahead and dig in. cause if you notice these chances don't pop up often (3x since QCDN's inception).