This post is mostly random anecdote, but I do believe it is illustrative of a part of gold making that can have a significant impact: Luck.
So I'm at the AH, going through my regular routine, when I see in trade chat that someone has just posted 66 stacks of Obsidium Ore for 50g a stack. Now I don't know about anyone else's server, but mine is experiencing a dearth of cheap Obsidium. For whatever reason - bots being banned, Ore Crusher alerting JCs to the awesomeness of prospecting, lazy farmers, etc. - it has been quite rare for the past few weeks for Obsidium Ore to be posted below 70g, and often there's a huge shortage, with some stacks even up to around 100g. Try as I might, I've yet to snag a dependable farmer (the one I had seems to have stopped farming...), and unlike some people I didn't buy up G-Bank tabs full of Ore (a lack of foresight on my part, I guess), so 66 stacks at 50g seemed like a godsend. Sure enough, there they were, and I managed to buy up every single one. I sent the seller a tell too, and it turns out that someone had hacked his account and used it for botting, and when it was recovered he was left with an extraordinary amount of ore and wanted to syphon some of it off. He's currently keeping some to level his engineering back up, but he has agreed to send me any leftovers he has.
So what's the point of all this? Simply that being lucky can pay off big time. To elaborate, this is why we have things like snatch lists. (Or at least, we probably should. That's an area I really need to work on) Being able to spot good deals is a key skill all goblins should have, but it's something that really only comes through experience. 50g per stack of ore may seem to be an obvious deal, but that's only because we know of the 54g "floor price." Other examples from my past include things like a 2k Parrot Cage (Hyacinth Macaw), or Hurricane Decks for 10k. So be sure to keep up with gold blogs and patch notes, and keep an eye on your server's prices, because you never know when someone will be selling something for cheap, and you won't know that it's cheap unless you know what it's really worth!
And to make this post a bit more interactive, please share what the best deal you've snagged or are currently snatching!
I snagged a Hurricane deck for 11k earlier this week & also managed to snag the individual cards for a Tsunami deck for 11k (I already had 1 card myself, I'd listed at 3k so total really is 13k I suppose).
ReplyDeleteThey haven't sold yet :( so they are now sitting glaring at me from my current auctions list along with all those darned maelstrom crystals that also refuse to sell! I'm not sure I'm cut out for the high end stuffs! lol
I would strongly suggest holding on to the decks until Sunday at the earliest, when the next DMF rolls in to town. You could either turn them in yourself and sell the completed cards on the AH, or sell the unfinished decks on the AH (or in trade, given that plenty of people will be looking to buy, and the lack of AH fees might counteract the inevitable competition). It has been speculated that this will be the most popular DMF yet, as players have had plenty of time to save up, and more and more people are ready to raid and just want an excellent trinket to round out their gear.
ReplyDeleteAnd of course, if you're feeling a bit risky, you could turn the decks in, and wait for a week or two after the fair ends. Though I didn't keep too close of an eye on the market, I would imagine that a few people would be willing to pay a premium to get the trinket once the fair is over.
I snagged a Vial of the Sands for 36k a bit ago, which was a nice deal. ^^ Ended up only selling it for 40k since a friend of mine wanted to give it to another friend for her birthday, but 4k profit and two good friends happy is good enough for me. =)
ReplyDeleteI also found a ton of Obsidium Ore at 35g/stack two weeks ago on my alt's realm! O_O Bought it all up out of habit only to then notice I wasn't on my main realm. So I didn't have access to a JC, or anything, and was only level 32. Managed to hire some JCs though and turned the 2k I spent on it into 10k. =D
I've yet to find a good deal on decks, though I've kept an eye out. =(