Usually, they put their prices at Akkad tower allowing others to know who to ask for crafting...
True, but I personally figure that tower board has ancient posts. Majority of the time that I check those work logs at enchanter and tinker guilds I find that I was inactive long enough that some tinker came along, mastered some forging and some runes did some business and then went inactive, all happening during my inactivity.
Then I come back and need to build up again. So I ask around who to go to.
Thats my general approach to getting tinked goods. Always ask around.
Additional idea for the auction house idea. The NPC auctioneers would disclose to you in full detail the magical properties of the equipment. I can then take it on their authority and not have to be ripped off by a clever chanter who tells me they put *6 TA when in truth its only *3.
The added assurance of "certified" equipment would certainly bring us non-magic-detecting folks some nice peice of mind.
