it would be nice to be able to sell more items, however some people do want gold. in addition, gold is fairly rare and therefor would be worth a lot, but if you know how, you can make a gold farm, which can provide you with a lot of gold with little effort, which i am actually planing to do. one last pint, if you have excess gold ingots, craft them into gold blocks and make enchanted apples, which give 30 seconds of regeneration, and 5 minutes of both fire resistance and normal resistance, making them extremely useful when in a dangerous situation.