On Celwyn, a level 14 druid and 50 total hours on the character played, he now has 22k in the bank, up from 2k since I bought Lich King about a month and a half ago. With my other character at 7k and 2 epics listed for another 6 or so, I’m sitting at 29k disposable over both. She had 1k to begin with when Lich King came out but that character is horde side. This is without using an add-on like Auctioneer, nor buying out a specific commodity and thus increasing the market value, but by simply finding good deals and reselling them for profit.

I’ve pretty much left every other market except epics. They’re easy and quick to check, and the profit averages about 1.5k each time I sell one, often 2k+. This is usually while still staying under what Allakhazam considers the median value.

If you are the one who sold it to me, I apologize for bluntly stating it here, but since that’s the purpose of the site, today I successfully made use of a tactic I’ll call “the mail deal”. On auction was an item that could get buffed in a future patch, the Tears of Bitter Anguish, something that medians for 6500g on Allakhazam. A very solid ring for dps classes, but as of yet not for casters. He had it up at 7.5k-10k a few days ago, then decided to do a real start-from-the-bottom auction at only 500g. When that didn’t pan out – that usually doesn’t in this game – he canceled and relisted for about 6k. It was then that I mailed him this:

“Hello *name*, I’ll give you 3300g [ed: was going to make it 3k but that seemed a bit low] for the Tears of Bitter Anguish if you CoD it to me. I’ll pay as soon as it comes. Thanks, *my name*.”

I figured I could resell for about 6-7k if he wants to sell it quickly, and then make at least 2k profit. I saw it off the market yesterday and this morning in my inbox was a mail from him, a CoD for the item for 3850g. I almost didn’t take it but I’m going to make at least 2k profit, it’s worth it. His response was that 10% over my offer still should be a good deal for me. Another business man! So I took it with thanks, then proceeded back to the auction house to list my new item, for 6499. It hasn’t sold yet afaik, but the great thing is that I know it’s worth at least 1k more than I paid, and all it took was a simple mail. I’ve used this trick fairly often, and I suggest if there’s something you want, to use it occasionally too!

Now the question is… I have a level 71 priest on the horde side of my main server. Should I transfer to where all this gold is and make use of it? Maybe buy a nice mount? I can’t really afford the time to raid, so ironically, I have a feeling that this lvl 14 druid, my only character on the server, is going to be very rich without a respectable charity to donate to. If you’re thinking what I think you’re thinking, please note the word respectable. =)

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