I really like getting the Shell Shields and then trading them at the outpost for more CP. Yeah, the stores buy them but I'm thinking CP will be worth more than gil (in the end).
As for the AH, the price is all over the place. Sometimes they are 10 gil and other times 500.
It says it drops cuffs.. that is entirely untrue! I have killed hundreds of these while farming and I have not seen a single one drop that.. I know it drops "bronze" gear every so often though.
as I was trying to say up there before I goofed..it dropped the bind spell scroll for me. I was pretty excited seeing as how I'm a RedMage and don't have to buy/look for this spell now.