The Gobbiebag Part I  

You want to find Bluffnix in Lower Jeuno in the junk shop at location H-9. If you have enough fame, he will give you the quests. The fame requirements go up for each quest, so you may find that you have to stop and raise your fame before doing the next gobbiebag. I am from Windurst so I already had fame there and I used the quest Only the best to raise my fame in San d'Oria and Bastok. It was very simple and you get all or most of your investment back (depending on AH prices).

Here are the links to the quests:

Gobbiebag 1

Gobbiebag 2

Gobbiebag 3

Gobbiebag 4

And their requirements:

Gobbiebag 1:
A Steel Ingot (Materials > Smithing) ~5k
A Linen (Materials > Clothcraft) ~2.5k
A Peridot (Materials > Goldsmithing) ~7-10k
Dhalmel Leather (Materials > Leathercraft) ~1.5k

Gobbiebag 2:
Mythril Ingot (Materials > Smithing) ~5-7k
Ram Leather (Materials > Leathercraft) ~1.5k
Turquoise (Materials > Goldsmithing) ~15k
Wool Cloth (Materials > Clothcraft) ~5k

Gobbiebag 3:
Painite (Materials > Goldsmithing) ~15k
Gold Ingot (Materials > Goldsmithing) ~30k
Velvet Cloth (Materials > Clothcraft) ~3k
Tiger Leather (Materials > Leathercraft) ~1.8k

Gobbiebag 4:
Cerment Chunk (Materials > Alchemy) ~4k
Dark Steel Ingot (Materials > Smithing) ~9k
Silk Cloth (Materials > Clothcraft) ~3k
Goshenite (Materials > Goldsmithing) ~5k

Total: 20 slots for ~115.3k, depending on server prices.

This is about what it cost me on Ifrit, but I consider it a worthwhile investment for farming purposes and for those really long trips with a RNG or mage carrying juices.

I hope this helps. Good luck!

AH PRICES
A Steel Ingot (purchase in Mhaura) 4-5k

A Linen (trade skill - weaving) 2500

A Peridot (trade skill - goldsmith) 10k

Dhalmel Leather (trade skill - tanning) 1500

I got this quest at level 23 with 20-25 quests done in bastok none in san d'oria and 50+ done in windy with the chocobo and 2 others finished in jeuno...once i got level 1 fame in jeuno i was able to get this quest

I have only one or two quests before doing this one, and it was the chocobo quest, so i don't really think fame is much of a requirement.

Got this quest when:

Bastok:
Fame was at level 5
"A lot of people know about what you've done for Bastok."
Windurst:
Fame was at level 3
"I've heard pretty good things about you."
Selbina:
the subjob quest
one step of the selbina clay[/i] quest
the [link=http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/db/quests.html?realm=Other&fquest=166]recycling quest in selbina

San D'Oria:
Never visited

Mhaura:
Never spoke to anyone except the ferry operators.

Jeuno:
Fame was at level 3
"Yes, I heard some travelers in a tavern talk about you. It seems you've a reputation."

Note that I had 0 quests done in Jeuno at this point (had just arrived for the first time)

Fame Guide <- used to determine numerical fame levels from fame NPC conversations.

I have moderate fame in windy and almoste none in bastok or sandy. Will I get the quest?

haha j/k

all that is true however I did trade 8 full stacks of boyhada moss to the guy in selbina, at 8k a stack it was pricy (64k) but he gives you 600 a pop witch ends up costing you 800 a stack or 6400 total. So I ended up with 57600 of my original 64000. This netted me enough fame to do both the gobbie bag I quest and the goblin tailor quest.

Just a thought.

Another watermark for fame:

At Jeuno fame 1 (none), Windurst fame 4, Bastok fame 1 (none), Sandy fame 1 (none), I did not get this quest. At Jeuno fame 2, Windurst fame 4, unknown Bastok and Sandy fame, I did get this quest. For reference, the Jeuno and Windy fame level was determined according to:

http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/forum.html?forum=10&mid=107835343872548975&num=4

To pump up Jeuno fame to 2, I traded in a stack and a half of Boyahda Moss for the Selbina quest (talk to the guy near the sheep). I also did a couple of monument runs for the mayor, though I don't think that changes your fame until you actually hear the quest music, which I have not.