New legendary crafting recipes and their cost...

The Traders contract is the one recipe that has an overlapping spot in stats where a rare version (buffed) can possibly have a better stat than its legendary counterpart. I can feel your pain on the bad luck getting so many rough versions. I can't tell you how many epics and Rares I had to craft to get great ones, and some legendaries myself. Some good news, there may be a feature coming in the future that could be a blessing for players in this area.
I have seen players crafting legendaries, getting nerfed ones, and still expecting a profit off of the duds, listing them high in the GM, wanting a coin value above the cost of materials for these, unfortunatly, it's an rng game, win some, lose some. I priced some less than desirable stat items in the GM very reasonably just like you did, they sold quick, I didnt make any money, but hopefully the better crafts bring better payout. Having to take a loss on the duds, and sell cheap, can be painful. On the flipside, everyone being scared to craft many of these should leave one heck of an opportunity for folks that do. With a shortage of them on the market, the max buffed speed ones should bring one heck of a nice pay day with that lack of supply in the market. It should be higher than other legendaries that have more availability. The high material cost should have demand for them being far more long lasting, and not just somthing that folks can get done super quickly and move on from right away. Good luck on future crafts, may Zeus bless your future craft luck! May your next one be a max buff prize

 

In short variable stats prolong gameplay.