Need help with numbers

[DiBastet]

Except that if you don't want the dust (say, you don't have the time or the feats or the spells to create the item you want), selling the item makes more sense than selling the dust.

I don't make my statements based on exceptions. The dust is basically the "half market price in components", and if you really must dust the item but don't have the feat, sell the dust. Hmph.