I used to lurk here on these forums for awhile but after I read everything and noticed that nobody posts here anymore or never really did all that much in the past I thought I give posting a try because just maybe the new patch attracted more AH farmers.
I don't know if it's just my server or what, but often times, the materials to make an item usually cost more then the item itself so that kinda shuts down all operations of buying mats from the AH and selling the crafted at a price higher than what it costed to make it. It may have changed, and there may be some things that sell for more than the cost of the mats I'll look into that later but right now I just want to start off on something that is less risky for me.
Seeing how I am a miner/Jewelcrafter (and have two nice enchanter friends) I'd thought I start with that. Most gems though, in their raw form, don't cost much less than the cut ones, the cata gems that is, wrath gems go for much more than their uncut versions but those don't move off the shelves quick enough to invest that much time into anyway so I'm stuck with cata gems for now. The vicious amulets and rings are slow to move off the shelf so I only post them when I feel lucky...
Plus there is a lot of competition in the Jewel market in general in my server, and every once in a while, we get people that just post all the gems they own at one time for some reason, drives down the prices as well. (This happens with truegold as well but not as often) I have an alchemist as well but I tried selling my flasks only to be met by this guy that keeps posting his volume. When someone undercuts him he just posts more and leaves the others he posted before there etc etc. So I quit on alchemy really fast. (Plus I think there is more competition with flasks) I can make due with selling truegold every day with my daily cooldown, and now that the gem prices have doubled here on my server I actually started to try and sell some of my personal gem stash. (My inferno rubies only so far)
Am I just too much of a pansy or what? I know some other gems go for a lot, just not nearly as much as the inferno rubys, I just don't see it worth while to wait for my other gems to sell when they only go for at most 200g if not less. I guess volume is the key but like I said the raw gems don't cost much less than the cut ones in my server. Any ideas? And what about the competition, so far so good with inferno rubies but I tend to leave when a little of it comes my way...
