For the most part I haven't bothered to "waste" gold or badges to get healing gear because I haven't had to do much healing at all. The Sha'tar one, I don't even remember why I bought that, lol. I think I had some really crappy green one that was just looking ugly in the bank, and not enough Lower City rep at the time.
The Vial: I've heard mixed views on it, so that's why I wanted to come here and get opinions from the board. I don't know in practice how the "gathering" part of the Vial actually is for a Paladin, though the Mp5 is nice, particularly since mine is so low.
Yea, thanks Dil, but not at all helpful ... I realize it's not the best thing out there, but it's the best thing I've been able to acquire. I've said in other threads, I'll pick up healing upgrades that are just going to be sharded or vendored, not actively seek them out, because after all this is not my main spec. I'm not going to go spend money on something I will very very rarely use, thus I have the Ribbon because it dropped, no one needed for their main set, so I got it. Was a lot better then the spell damage green POS I had before it >.<