[Alshandra]

lol..

well i was really lucky and completely avoided this route, as instead of the six items, he also accepts certain coffer keys. i had randomly come into possession of the quicksands coffer key and had hoarded it away in my mog house with the rest of my crap.

so i just traded that and got on the boat.

if you're having serious trouble with this, that may be something you can look at. i think if you speak to the guy that gives you the quest he gives you different options (ie the key) so you can always check to see which ones he will accept, and grab a few friends and go farm one.

goodluck~