making about 75g every1/2 an hour

**joemy** · 12-29-2007

Introduction
There is one key element to success in the auction house, and that is to sell something for more then you bought it, I decided to accomplish this not by controlling the market, but rather by taking advantage of a certain mindset.

What I Did
I took an obscure armor piece and placed it on the auction for a ridiculous price, 80 Gold. I then logged on to another character and created a macro saying that I would like to buy that item for 100 Gold. I continued doing what I would normally do when playing, but every few minutes I would click the macro. After two hours someone messaged me saying that they had the item and would like to sell it to me, I told them I already got an offer and I logged off. I logged onto the character that I had placed the auction and I was 80 Gold richer.

Theory and What to Note
This strategy works because people want to make easy money and they like doing it in a cool auction-house way; the player who bought the armor for 80 Gold planned to make a fast 20 Gold by selling me the armor for 100 Gold. When doing this you should be certain to use an obscure item, so that the price isn't well known and also so that no one tries to sell one to you other then the one you put on the auction. Also, be certain to post the auction on a different character then the one who is saying they want to buy it.

Unlike other auction strategies, it makes economic sense to do this because it doesn't take more then a few minutes; you can farm as you normally would while making lots of money on the side.