Motes are fine as BoP.
If a crafter hasn't kept a stockpile of motes they're plain not looking to make gold....who isn't looking to make gold as a crafter?
Also, your complaint is with tailoring cloth being BoP not motes. I don't know why cata and MoP made tailor cloth BoP yet both types of special metal were not BoP.
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Ummm 1 SoH=3 GL for one thing. SoH should never be "rotting" in your bags.