Honestly I would go even further, 1 EQ2 pp = 10,000 EQ1 pp.
In terms of purchasing power anyway.
Some ideas for making money - some quests are easily repeatable.
Bsellick, if you are anywhere around level 10 or even a little higher, there is a quest in NQ that will give you about 9s each time you do it, and it is repeatable. The guy's name escapes me, but he's the guy at the top of the ramp to the castle. The quest is civil service, and requires you to kill 10 rats, 10 snakes, and 10 kliknik mites, all easily doable in very little time for anyone level 10 or above. Since you are talking cp quests, I'm guessing you are at or below level 10 so this quest will work well for you.
Also, as you level, money is a little easier. Quests pay more. At level 30+ you can do some repeatable quests in Zek that pay a gold piece or more.
Now, the equipment and spells are also more expensive at that level, but there's ways to handle that too.
Join a guild that accepts low level players. Then, look up your spells and what it takes to make them. Create as many of the ingredients as you can, and make sure you have all the raws that are needed. Then hit up a guildmate that is the proper tradeskill class to do the combine for you. This way you can get most of your spells to app 4 without paying a lot of money for them. Most guildies will do combines for free (or at least for cost plus a small fee). Especially if you gather all the ingredients. And do any combines you can manage on your own.
People really appreciate when you put in some effort on your own and are more willing to help. In return, you should gather extra raws and give them to the person doing the combine, as a thank you. They will be happy to help you again.
These aren't "tricks" to get people to help, they are just courtesies that are usually appreciated.
The same works for armor. If you do the identical stuff and find an armorer in your guild, most often they will combine for you.
You can also try hitting up a stranger that has the LFW (looking for work) flag up. This means they are willing to do combines for a fee. This is still cheaper than buying it from the player vendors if you have all the ingredients.
Guilds are a great way to get information, find friends and people to play with. I highly recommend them. There's guilds for casual players and guilds for hardcore players. Make sure the guild fits your play style and time zone.
If you are reciprocal, many people in the guild will be happy to help you out.