Hey folks. I had to change a few things on your original post for today after reading Syntalatings' post over at Auction House Raids (great post, great site. If you haven't visited there, go check it out!). They are basically doing an experiment on cornering the whole Cata enchant market to "level" out the prices to a more mat friendly base. Keep posted on their site, you can bookmark yourself or keep tabs on my blogroll at the side of the page. It will be extrememly interesting to see how that works out! Capped by Cata just hit on another style of Stockpiling recently, if you haven't read that article, head on over!
I want to hit on one more thing before getting rolling on this topic. I want to take a moment to thank all my followers and my comment'ers. I try to give you information that you can use, and being a blogger, I spend quite a bit of time on my posts, and like to see that if you take the time to read my post, please toss a comment below, as that is my main goal of every post, to make you think. And remember, there are folks out there that probably can use that information, and if you keep it to yourself, you won't be able to help them...make sense? I hope so.
As of late, I have been *Editing my posts with additional information I see in the comments, and I give credit to the author. So please try to not post as Anonymous as I want to give credit where credit is due (we had an issue yesterday with me responding to one anonymous when there were two of them. sorry!). So when you do leave a comment, or even if you just read the article, check back every now and then because the original post changes. Deal? Or No Deal? (bad reference there, I got bored of that show when it came out on a slot machine, and I lost a few hundo to it...instant blacklist...haaha). Ok, enough mumbo jumbo, get to the topic already!
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Now you know that I have been buying up Pyrite Ore for quite some time (under 200 a stack), and currently have three bank tabs. I am on hold right now, as I have an easy 50K easy wrapped up, and I feel that is sufficient. 4.0.6? Nah, these are being saved for later use, if/when Blizz releases epics out of prospecting. Will it happen? Yeah, I believe so. Soon? Who knows. I don't. But my guess is that it will happen, and when we least expect it.....
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. If you are a chanter, are you saving up? 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. If you haven't been paying too much attention, here's the new ones coming:Agile Shadowspirit Diamond (Agility/3% critical damage)
Reverberating Shadowspirit Diamond (Strength/3% critical damage)Burning Shadowspirit Diamond (Intellect/3% critical damage)
Now these new recipes are unbound and can drop from any Cataclysm creature. We do not know the droprate, but I am guessing they will be pretty rare. 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.
You can see that this tab is my overrun of gems, and I have been cutting and selling quite a few "reds" already (thus the small stock of Infernos), and for the "flip" with them, it's hard to pass up 300g on the cuts, as I feel that is near the top of the price for these, even after 4.0.6. As of yesterday, I finially have competition on the two cuts that I owned the market on, so I will let them bleed the market a bit so I can get about 100 in stock (should be a day or two, as I just picked up a Elementium Ore farmer- so my blue gem stock will raise a bit).
Glyphs. Now I am not going to go too far indepth on this one, as I am not focusing on stockpiling them, as I have a revolving stock, and I try to keep quite a bit of herb/ink available, at times, even farming my own. Don't get me wrong, I love the AH, and cost/GPH is normally against this, but it is relaxing to go out and farm for an hour or so every once in a while, especially in Sholozar Basin, as I have zero competition with herbing there.
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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. I am not saying to stay away from them, as I do buy them up when I see them less than 5g each, but I only have a few stacks in the bank of these. I make quite a few of Notched Jawbone, Silver Inlaid Leaf, and Tattooed Eyeball (which are fairly consistent sellers), and once in a great while, Darkmoon Card of Destruction, so my stock is always cruising around, but never enough to consider it a "stockpile".
Is there something that you are stocking up on?
Why are you doing it?
How long are you willing to keep them?
If you are, how much is too much (quantity and/or price)?
How long are you willing to wait before enough is enough, and you just sell off?