A new level 70 mage kinda lost it on the main forum complaining about folks demanding tables and what-not - I don't feel he was QQing though - he had a legit gripe. As such, I gave a suggestion that I hope all mages will take up to turn the proverbial tables on everyone who's ******** that mages are being cheap refusing to summon tables in BGs.
Tell folks that you will happily summon a table if they supply you with the material component.
They don't want to? Why - it's only 18s - why are they being so cheap? It's not like you're asking for a 10g tip or anything, just a miserable little 18s component you can buy from any reagent vendor. After all, they're a level 70 toon - they can easily earn 18s from killing a single Outland mob.
If every mage started making that demand in BGs, then folks would either stop pestering for tables or start slapping the component into your trade window right at the start.
Yeah, a table is only 18s, but we all know that most of the time one or two greedy bastards click the sucker dry before anyone else gets any, so why should you waste that money AND feel like a chump in the process?