Playing the AH?

I'm currently saving up for my epic flyer and was asking my guild for money making tips. Most common was obvious things i.e. mining, skinning, grinding.

One said, however, play the AH, I got my epic mount in a week doing this... And wow, this is guy hardly ever comes online. So yea, what does playing the AH mean? What I'm doing at the moment is buying things that're underpriced with Auctioneer. But still have a feeling I'm doing something wrong...

What came in my mind, dunno if it's playing the AH, but was to buy (almost) ALL of one item (say mithril ore) for 8-9g a stack and sell em for 11-12g a stack. But wouldn't this be false inflation, and wouldn't that be against the rules?|||I think buying things that are priced cheap and selling them higher is part of Playing the AH. I didn't realize buying up an item and then posting for more $$$ was against the rules.|||It is not against the rules.|||it is and isnt against the rules...its not frowned upon to inflate to a reasonable amount... IE your example...

what is frowned upon by blizz and may get you a temp ban is

buying all the mithril ore at 8g a stack, and relisting at 100g a stack, and never allowing any to flow onto the market at a reasonable price.

blizz would deem this as overinflation and doing this repeatedly will cause them to scold you, and possibly even give a 2 day ban, which will bring the market down naturally.|||Quote:








it is and isnt against the rules...its not frowned upon to inflate to a reasonable amount... IE your example...

what is frowned upon by blizz and may get you a temp ban is

buying all the mithril ore at 8g a stack, and relisting at 100g a stack, and never allowing any to flow onto the market at a reasonable price.

blizz would deem this as overinflation and doing this repeatedly will cause them to scold you, and possibly even give a 2 day ban, which will bring the market down naturally.




This is what I was looking for, what if I sold the mithril at 15-16g a stack?

I'd inflate them by (on my server) by 2-3g. And thus, if sold, making a profit of 2-3g a stack, but would this be seen as OVER-inflation?|||Quote:








This is what I was looking for, what if I sold the mithril at 15-16g a stack?

I'd inflate them by (on my server) by 2-3g. And thus, if sold, making a profit of 2-3g a stack, but would this be seen as OVER-inflation?




No, didn't you read what you quoted? Your 100% (or even less on your server) inflation in this context can hardly be considered significant, but the over 1000% artificial inflation rottentomato took as an example would probably be punishable.|||I decided to try putting gold into buying low and selling high. I have 1100G right now so I can afford to "invest" in the AH. My first item was a Tome that normally sells for 145G, someone had a buyout price of 70G. I bought it and immediately listed it for 143G and it sold in 3 hrs. I was very happy.|||Quote:








I decided to try putting gold into buying low and selling high. I have 1100G right now so I can afford to "invest" in the AH. My first item was a Tome that normally sells for 145G, someone had a buyout price of 70G. I bought it and immediately listed it for 143G and it sold in 3 hrs. I was very happy.




Those are nice profits, but I keep forgetting about prices. I always think about Widowmaker, a dagger that is sometimes put on 30 BO, while rogues pay 75 for it.

But that only works once in a while. My everyday profit is from buying items, dissing them and selling the dust/essences. You have to spend some time noticing where the money is. A lot of people don't realize what the current price is on enchanting mats when they sell their green loot.|||Quote:








Those are nice profits, but I keep forgetting about prices. I always think about Widowmaker, a dagger that is sometimes put on 30 BO, while rogues pay 75 for it.

But that only works once in a while. My everyday profit is from buying items, dissing them and selling the dust/essences. You have to spend some time noticing where the money is. A lot of people don't realize what the current price is on enchanting mats when they sell their green loot.




I started this on my mage, tough sometimes a green goes for 25-30g on my server. Say a 1H weapon "of agility", hunters pay a fortune for em. While enchanting mats are only 5-6g|||Quote:








I started this on my mage, tough sometimes a green goes for 25-30g on my server. Say a 1H weapon "of agility", hunters pay a fortune for em. While enchanting mats are only 5-6g




Yeah, you have to pick and choose. if I have a bunch of items to DE - pretty much everything with spirit gets DE (yes I know priests use it but they rarely sell) but if I had a +8stam and +8 agil weapon it's gonna get a shot at being AH'd and if it doesn't sell then I'll DE it. Certain "Of the Eagle" and "Of The Monkey" etc you always want to AH first IMO.