Showing posts with label Big Ticket items. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Big Ticket items. Show all posts

Pitty Pat Sales

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 12:35 PM
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I grew up in the heyday of professional boxing.   Where I was the epitome of a casual fan, recognizing many of the big time fights that occurred during this time.

One of the biggest when it happened, still sitting at one of the greatest of all times was the 06/04/1987 fight between 'Marvelous' Marvin Hagler and 'Sugar' Ray Leonard.   I was able to watch this fight on Wide World of Sports long after it had happened.  This was well before the Internet could tip you 10 minutes after a fight occurred.

While watching the fight one thing came into prospective.  Hagler was a power puncher known for packing a wallop with each hit.  Leonard was your classic boxer.  All during the fight Hagler would give one or two shots while Leonard was peppering him with punches that appeared to not have as much power still was scoring points on the scorecard.  At the end of the fight the multiple hits of Leonard defeated the power punching of Hagler.

This can easily apply to how you work your gold making system.  Many players look for that big ticket item to sell.  There is nothing wrong with hitting the big time with 1000g or even 10,000g sales.   I Avg a 5000g sale every week with the bulk of my sales are the 'Pitty pat' sales.  Some examples:

Netherweave Bags (my favorite) 20g per sale
Arcane Dust 5g per
Elementium Ore/bars
Lich King basic gems (Sun Crystal, Bloodstone, etc.)

Each small sale can equal to a big sale.  Building on a base of sales, allowing more flexibility to create your profit pyramid.  Keep plugging away at selling not just the big ticket items, but also the crafting items that can net you my suggested 20% profit line.  These small sales become the adhesive to keeping your normal income stream coming through more trying times to come.

Look for those small sales opportunities along with your big ticket items and you will find your own judge to give you the split decision.

Good Luck and Good Hunting

Want to get in contact with me? . Email me at Dragonbear @ gmail. Dot com or find me on twitter at "@JMTCMommar" You can find me hanging out on the Shandris Server, chat me up, and I will buy you a glass of juice. 

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Don't Drink the Orc-aid

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 3:14 PM
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Just as bitter and nasty tasting as freshly squeezed orc would be.  So is the idea of a deal gone horribly wrong.   The more active trading that a gold goblin will do,  the more apt they are to run into a deal that is too good to be true.

There are two things that you have to consider when approached with one of these huge deals.  First is it for personal reasons.  Someone offers to sell you the [Reigns of the Ultimate Dragon].  It's the one that you drooled for years to have the item advertised in trade chat selling for a cool 350k.  You must have it,  your life will not be complete without it in your inventory.  

But take a deep breath.   350k is a lot of gold for something,  that's almost 6 months of your crafting,  listing,  selling,  running around getting every little bit of gold you can.   Very rarely is 350k the amount that someone would take for that.  And worse,  it might be something that was duped recently on another server.   Not really your problem,  til blizzard finds out and yanks all your new toys away.

This is an extreme scenario,  but it does happen from time to time.   Big ticket items demand to be looked at time and time again.   A level 1 having a big large ticket item should bring up the alarms in your gold goblin system.

The second things to look at is the resale value.  If it isn't for personal bragging rights,  then you should be looking at the potential profit or loss on a sale even closer.   100 inferno rubies for 100g a piece might look like an awesome buy.  But the inferno ruby market has been losing steam quickly.   Less gear being gained and less need for big gems.   How much can you resell the item for legitimately?  Will it be something to sit on til more people have excess gold to spend?   How much space will it take up in your bank,  will it lose value or even gain value.   Five minutes of time can save you a lot of aggravation just by considering whether the purchase is worth it.

So before going to squeeze an orc,  think about whether that orc will really appreciate it or will he come back to bite you.

Good Luck and Good Hunting




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