Oh can we please stop with all the QQ about slicing already !!!
It is not the only profession that looses money, my lockboxes from Treasure Hunting most of the time is a loss of credits, or some crappy green item that I just vendor.
I hardly use any of my crew skills, Artifice, TH, and Archeology all at 400, and didn't have a problem with credits leveling, and now at lvl 50, money is so not a problem, I have just over 1mil and don't really need to buy anything.