I say keep it as greed in all groups. If you want it to be NBG, then ask it to be NBG. If 2 out of the 5 in the group disagree, then you still have 4 possible winning rolls by players that will give you the "need" item. I've done that before, and have had it happen to me before.
It sucks, but in pick-up groups I agree with the sentiment that everyone in the group be treated equal. The only time I've been in a group where NBG seemed appropriate but wasn't, was in a Pawbuster group in KC. We had 2 monks in the group (one with the WF robe, other with epic) that technically could have called need (WF monk to get his epic and a second WF robe, epic monk to get a WF robe) but didn't. They lost out on the 2 pipe drops as well.
I know I'd be upset if I needed an epic drop and someone took it for a MQ, but I'd get over it and try to get the drop again. Same with big-money droppable items. Falkun brought up a point about a rogue "needing" an RBG. Big money items like that should always be assumed rolled on for the reason he states. The money on those items can be enough to fully equip a character with nearly BiS gear.
If it's something small, like say Cobalt armor that the warrior can use in a group, then I say let the guy have it. But 7k+ items should probably go to the person with the luckiest roll. Unless stated beforehand, of course.
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