If you spend any time in the forums the past day or so, you probably know that the community was upset regarding some Cartel Market for Phantom and Spymaster gear based on how it looked, only to have the appearance changed later. 6m1b46
They BioWare would chime in with a solution to this problem.
Lead Designer Damion Schubert piped in to this thread about the issue:
Hey, guys —
We care a lot about the fact that you care about the appearances of your characters. In fact, the Mod system is my baby, largely because it allows players to cartel coins as well as in-game credits on the GTN) involved.
We are still discussing potential fixes to the issue — and there will be fixes — but there are ramifications to all fixes. patch very soon.
We are pretty sure we can avoid a solution that forces players to This has been a learning experience for us, and won’t happen again.
In short: we’ll fix this. Give us a little time to do so.
So they are definitely going to fix it and you have not wasted your money if you bought sets that changed. Just hang on for future updates.