In reply to the two posts above: Sorry, I suppose I need to be more specific. I did read the description, and all the tasks I get offered only have gifts as a reward. None of them have the materials as rewards. I took Underworld Trading because I believed I would get mats for crafting and some gifts, not just all gifts. I kept leveling UT because I assumed that would change and I would get tasks that yield mats. Again, lvl 120 in UT and I have never had a task that rewarded me crating materials.
So, is Underworld Trading really a good skill to have in conjunction with Synthweaving? Would it be better to have, say Treasure Hunting? Is the description of the skill itself misleading? (Underworld Trading missions can yield luxury fabrics and underworld metals used to construct prototype and artifact armor, earpieces, grenades, space upgrades and weapons and armor modifications.)