Back on Topic AH FEVER:
I am lovin Auctioneer and the AH (REDGUIDES tip). Since Sunday my AH Mule Ebekeneezer (as in Scrooge) has turned 53g (my kids robbed me of at least 30g Friday while I was at work) into 94g as of this morning and probably 50g of inventory! Thats at least 45g a day playing the AH Sunday morning, afternoon and again at night. On Monday before work and again once at night. And Tuesday morning before shut down. Thats six AH sessions for about 90g net profit (15g/session). That doesn't count a set of blue Beastslayer's Armsplints (60g buyout, 45g minimum bid) that I picked up for 25g42s on SHORT time before the shutdown this morning (another REDGUIDES tip), should be in mailbox when I get home!
Here is my stratagy so far:
Log on mule in AM, collect mail from night before, scan AH,
/auctioneer broker for deals (picked up 9 Azerothian Diamonds for 2g77s/each on buyout sold 4 sunday night for 4g25s, sold 4 Monday night for 3g40s0 = 5.6g profit with one still in bank),
run /auctioneer bidbroker to look for short and medium buys (great for picking up trade mats and the occaisional Blue) been dealing in wool, metal bars and enchant mats but now and then you hit a home run: Lord Alexander's Battle Axe got for 22g48s Sunday and sold for 44g on Monday.
The program also helps alot in pricing my AH stuff from main (300skin/248mining) and Alts (225alch/144herb) , (165eng). It seems I get a better return for my items and fewer Auction Expired returns. When placing mats I undersell competition by 5% (the default setting).
When placing Green Items I look up other items in same classification(ie:Armor/leather/head/lvl38-40) and price mine as if I were the consumer comparing cost and stats of what is available.
I watch the chat channels no matter where I am for deals, (mostly impatient 60's looking to unload without waiting for the AH), picked up two Travelers Backpacks for 25g (probably from Faire) and resold for 15g45s/each.
The program also helps when out questing/grinding with my main: Was in Arathi, just finished Stormguard Keep, our group disbanded and I was unloading at Refuge Point when I got a whisper from the 35 Warrior in our group, he wanted my help in killing some undead guys who wander the road (5 35 level somethings). We grouped, we killed em and one dropped a blue Sword of Vengence (I think) Auctioneer said 30g min and 35 buyout, I got the sword, he begged for it (he did not have a 1h and sheild) and after watching my prodigious display of Tanking Abilities (THANKS BIGGI FOR THE TIPS) decided that Defensive Stance was not worthless after all. I traded the sword for 10g and three green and all the mageweave he picked up while grouped, now he still came out ahead but I am a nice guy after all..., but without Auctioneer I never would have known the value of what I had in my bag.
On that note I am no longer selling things to vendors just cause I dont know what they are for or their value to others (ie: raptor eggs and hides, stacks get a few silver at vendor but 45s at AH)
Lastly but not least: Gadgetstan AH
I am grinding/questing in Tanaris now (another REDGUIDES tip) which allows me to have an Inn, Mailbox, Bank and AH handy, (those pirates south of Steamwheedle are good exp (500 rested), money (1-4s each) and some green drops, and plenty of Rum to boot and spaced well enough that at most I end up with 2-3 MOBS in a fight gone bad), plenty critters to skin, no real mining though...sry off thread...
Back on Gadgetstan AH: I search the whole thing (only 3-4 pages on our server) and have picked up a few schematics, pets, materials and lots of Fish that sell for more in IF. I mail all these to my AH mule in IF. I am going to have an Alt pick up some cats in Godshire and see if these sell in Gadgetstan (another REDGUIDES tip)
All in all, REDGUIDES has been very, very good to me worth every penny of $25/year...
Dunhard 45 Warrior <Family Honor> on Hellscream
"A Family That Kills Together Stays Together"