I understand your point, but the discussion arose because of the following sentence in the skill decription craft:
http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/skills/craft.html#_craft wrote:
In some cases, the fabricate spell can be used to achieve the results of a Craft check with no actual check involved. You must still make an appropriate Craft check when using the spell to make articles requiring a high degree of craftsmanship.
Some players in our group read this, that one craft check is replaced instead of all craft checks for expensive items