Still save yourself a couple gold getting the mats yourself. Like, the bow sells for around 38-40g, but only uses around 30 gold in materials. It isn't a huge rip off since after the 15% AH fee the crafter is only making around 2-3 gold in profit, all told. That's 10g you can use elsewhere.
When you decon a rare, you can earn 0 ecto. You can also earn 1, 2, or 3 ecto. You usually break even with one ecto, and rake in profit on 2 and tons on 3, plus you can sell the sigil and there's the chance of a 400 level metal/wood/cloth which is even more money. I would actually suggest throwing Greens into the forge to try and make a rare, then decon that as well.
If I was really savvy I'd be playing the AH game. However, A. I'm not, and B. I dislike how flipping screws the little guy in the quest for profit so I want nothing to do with
that.
Edited by Elan, 19 October 2012 - 12:33 PM.