Well, one thing to remember is many players don't even USE teleport services until they are lvl 36 and the WHM in their PT can perform the teleport. When I was first lvling in the dunes I remember kind of enjoying the ferry (sick fisher that I was, er am). Not only that, it can be sometimes hard to find a tele in the 3 nations and it just saves time to just go on foot or choc rather than yell for 30 min or so hoping a tele service will show. I would venture a guess that many people get their Kazham Airship Pass before they get all three basic teleports (Mea, Dem, Holla). It just didn't become clear to me how useful it is to tele until much later in my game....maybe I am just slower than most! (btw--I do by now have all the tele crystals, although I still havent ever NEEDED that damn Yhoat crystal I died getting....but thats another story).
You know what's really annoying tho, is laziness and teles. I was in Port Windurst last week and heard someone offer 1500G for a Tele-Mea. I mean COME ON! He was yelling for 15 minutes, he could have WALKED there in that amount of time. It's one thing to go clear across the map, but from Windy to Kolshushu? And for 1500G? Sheesh lol.
Edited, Fri Dec 24 03:25:08 2004 by widenorg