Its not that theyre not respected... just respected less Well that's what I'm basically saying.. Why is it that people look down on buyable skills and think, "Oh, it's just 99 herblore, that's so easy to buy." Yes, you can buy it, yes money does speed up the process, but getting the money can take months on its own. Then after you have all the supplies, you still have to spend another few weeks getting to level 99. With a buyable skill, you essentially have to do two skills. You have to do the mundane skill to get the money (i.e. mining, runecrafting , woodcutting, or even merchanting), then after that you still have to train the skill that you want 99 in. I wuz actually thinkin the same thing hehe Plus some ppl would rather jus buy a rare than invest in a skill