Exactly
@Emberguard -- glarg and Cosmic Raven set out their methods and others have been able to try those methods and were able to duplicate their efforts. Thus they were found to be worthy methods.
@Plain Red Justice has not really set out his method. He hints and leaves clues, etc. Then he posts pictures to "prove" his method works. Not enough information given for someone to actually try to duplicate his "method" yet he gets "testy" when Emberguard tries to find out more information about his method.
Personally, I've traded down high level goods in one server and had good success at it. In another server, it has been a bust. Can I say that trading down is a bad method? No - because I haven't had experience in all servers to see if it is a good method. I bet
@Plain Red Justice hasn't tried his "method" in all of the servers, either. So how does he know that his method is good? He cannot - without testing by others. Or years of testing on his own.