I looked back to last weeks post on Stockpiling for 4.0.6 and compared my pre-patch post to what really has happened. Who will win? PrePatch Alto or PostPatch Alto? I know who I bet on.....
"I only really recommend this if you are willing to pay an exorbitant price for the new formula's, as they will hit the AH, and I feel that 10-15K will be a starting price for these"
As you know, I picked up a meta cut yesterday, and tried to sell for an "exorbitant" amount. Didn't fly. I ended up learning it, and am doing okay, sold 11 to date (decent profits, so far 10K out of the 12 I paid for it, so I am confident that my decision to keep it was worth it) but the thought of a 100K flip just held me back for a few hours. Do you blame me? What if it was you? Would you have done different?
"You have heard me talk about stocking up on Shadowspirit Diamonds. Yup. I got a few, actually about 50K in them as well. These will be a big hitter for me come 4.0.6 drop."
I advised a few times to stock up on Shadowspirit Diamonds, and if you happened to be on my server, that was correct. Even more than I expected, they are floating around 140g over list pre-patch. Hows your server look? Did you follow my advice and profit? Or not?
"Now there are some out there that are Stockpiling Volatile Life. Not that I am against this, but I feel the prices are not going to move signifigantly enough to take up the space in my bank for this."
Now I wasn't a follower of the thoughts that Volatile Life would be a great investment, once again, those that did know their AH, so it was viable for them. I didn't. Bad mistake. Kinda. Yesterday, they hit 14g from a pre patch price of 8g. The thing was, I checked a few times throughout the day (no daughter yesterday, so I actually had time to WoW and blog it up!) and it seemed that the same sellers had the same amounts up, so very little movement (other than the bully I mentioned yesterday). A day after patch back to normal. Now with all the stock that's out there, I believe it will drop further.
How's your Volatile Lifes? Did you stock up? Did you not? Hows your prices looking now?
"Also, the new meta gems have a requirement of 3 red gems equipped, so stock up on the Inferno Ruby gems as well, as I see their sales to be consistent, and raise a bit in price when the patch hits"
This is a double edged sword. I took this screenie tonight, and by tomorrow night after raiding (and new gear is "found") the prices will rise by about 20%. They were last night, and that's a given on tues, thurs, and sat, as those are the raid nights on my server. Now by raising "a bit", I am right and wrong. As you can see, there is quite a few in the gem game, and I am not. Why? I didn't realize till just now actually. I didn't post any.
*Edit- Smudger at Warcraft Corner posted on his Inferno Ruby sales, it's nice to know that someone got some change out of these!
So I guess the good thing is my cuts sold, but now after I am done with this you know where I am heading....sometimes it gets hard trying to run multiple markets while only having a few minutes to log in and get mail, and repost (especially my "normal" routine is twice a day, once in morning, once in the evening). Now I might get lucky and hit a midday, and it usually makes the difference in my "openings".
Overall, my "edu-micated" guesses were a little better than I thought, spot on. Now you all know that this is obviously on my AH. And you know from reading my blog, thats what I talk about. Your server could be 180 degrees from this, and all my information I post for that matter. I try to be as relevant with the scoops I provide you as I can be, by talking more about things that aren't server specific (although my screenshot prices are), but as a "generic" how-to for you to take my advice and apply it to your prices you see daily.
So how is 4.0.6 working out for you? Any positives? Any negatives? How's the gold flowing? Or is it trickling?