Paul

I think you already listed why this would be a bad idea This item would heavily reduce the need for regular dye while also hurting the market for cosmetic items such as Capes, Wings, etc. I've probably spent over 4k Reward Points on Capes alone because I like them in different colours, that's quite a bit of money the devs would be losing out on & other players would be losing out on if they sell RP Vouchers. Overall it's a good idea but it hurts more than it helps and it shouldn't be TOO much of a hassle to buy multiple of the same item.

Your in-game pokedex shows you all the information you need, including wild locations/movesets/etc.

If they can spend 1/3 of the money to play easier opponents why would they ever try to get better or make better Pokemon? This would cause the community to be more divided than it already is, and there's nothing stopping competitive players from joining these events, so how would this be different than regular tournaments? There was a similar suggestion like this and it was criticized for these same reasons, I just don't see how this benefits anyone if casual players will never want to get better & comp players can join the events and ruin any fun the casual players were having. Competitive players don't care about being greedy or anything of the sort. If there's a chance to earn easy money, they'll do it. If there are no prizes for these events, it's pointless for casual players. It's a lose/lose

Your best option is to contact an admin and hope they can help you, but in the past I believe they weren't able to help with something like this. I believe the max you can mail is 15-20m so if they can't recover it for you, it shouldn't take too long to make it back

you can only choose the gender if you're breeding, so no