Comments on: How to spot price poisoning (and what to do about it)

By: gnomeaggedon

gnomeaggedon — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:14:15 +0000

Yeah sticking to what you know is a good way, but I tend to hit & run, so I am more reliant on AA than I would probably prefer to be.

By: Gevlon

Gevlon — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:21:08 +0000

My defense against price poisoning is specializing in one field of the market, for example enchanting stuff, or high-end herbs or such. I know them. I know their usual prices, how their price changes with the weekend/holydays, how will they change with a new patch. I set the buy/sell prices manually, considering these factors.

I use Auctioneer only on random items (stuff I gained and want to sell), seeking for re-vendored items and for items to resell for profit. But I use Auctioneer only to spot resell opportunities, I check the validity of every price manually.

By: Aurdon

Aurdon — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:59:25 +0000

Thanks for all the AA and AH post. I’ve ALWAYS used Auctioneer to some degree but your post keep inspiring me to actually USE Auctioneer.

The AH is a great meta game for when you want to play WoW but don’t feel like doing Dailies, PvP, PvE, Level, Raiding, or mailbox dancing. I look forward to more

By: Big Bear Butt

Big Bear Butt — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:29:47 +0000

Hehehe… I get that urge so often, but so far I have never acted on it.

I joke about it, because I am one of those twisted bastards that likes to play practical jokes… and as I said, I’d do it to something that 99% of the folks would KNOW was a joke.

Doing it to try and screw someone intentionally to make money? Totally not my style.

I use Auctioneer, but I never trust it’s results. I use it’s very powerful comparisons and selling tools, but the historical costs I for the most part take with a grain of sand.

I’ve found it more valuable to observe certain select commodities, such as Flasks of Relentless Assault, and watch auctions that get put up, and which ones sell and which ones linger on unsold, and on what days or what times the ones that get put up vanish at higer prices.

I’m sure no one needs me to tell them that in the past, Flasks of Relentless Assault or Flask of Fortification sell for the highest prices on Tuesday evenings between 5 and 7, and again on Tuesday evenings between 8 and 11.

Prices fluctuate with demand and competition. For greens and blues, I will be at a total loss to know for sure what something shoud go for, but for the Profession stuff I sell, I track the appropriate prices and only post at the correct times.

The worst tactic I have heard that unscrupulous bastards use, is to put up highly overpriced mats on the AH with a bank alt, when they are the only supplier of that mat… and then advertise in Trade that they are crafting some rare recipe for free, mats not included. Thereby driving potential customers excited at getting that Belt of Blasting or whatever to go to the AH and buy the overpriced mats right then.

By: Darraxus

Darraxus — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:05:05 +0000

Auctioneer just takes a bit of common sense to use. I used to run it all the time but havent done so in a long time. When I need money I just farm on my Pally (mining and herbs with an epic flier). I can make a few hundred gold in less than an hour that way.

By: Avonar

Avonar — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:08:01 +0000

Interesting idea – I don’t actually use Auctioneer (still don’t understand it) but interesting how the economy can be so easily skewed. I wonder if Blizzard has lots of scientists, analysing the virtual world and how it all works?

Thanks for posting this, though, you’re making me even more curious about Auctioneer!