Free tip: Your droid is more or less useless even with gear. IF you want to gear up your companions, pick the ones that you can actually benefit from
Also, its fun to see you say that the AH doesnt work...yet YOU buy overly priced items like its nothing
And the AH does work. I have 75K on my level 11 BH, and I have just sold hilts and boe gear I didnt need on my main