I've done four (and a half) epic 1.0's, three 1.5's and one 2.0 (barring orb) for my characters, and the majority of quest items have been NO TRADE - Paladin 1.0 being the exception with many droppable parts. I think it's common knowledge that many epic parts are NO TRADE. Thus the complaint about an epic item turning out to be (*gasp!*) NO TRADE is... silly.