Tales of Gold Goblin Bully

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 10:11 AM

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I've always choosen to use my powers of gold making for good.  Too often do I see or hear people flexing their muscles over how much gold they have (this always entails the idea of flexing over how much dps they do in an instance etc).

But every so often that little sneaky flexing comes out and I have to put someone into their place.   Whether it's to defeat the personal ego boss that someone has become.   Since the introduction of the BMAH this has happened more often than not.

My guild tends to keep us all informed on whats available at the Black Market Auction House.  So if a good idea pops up and someone really wants it we can go and bid.  Sometimes it's a little bit of a scuffle to stop being polite (you bid on it,  no you bid on it.  You really want it etc) but we work it out like a band of brothers and sisters should.

In this case the X 51 Nether-Rocket X-Treme was up for bid.   This is the two person mount that you obtain from the trading card game.   Mounts generally don't spark my interest but in this case I had wanted a two seater flying mount similar to this.   So I decided to send up one of my alternates to the tavern to bid with some gold in their pocket.

With about 30 minutes left I sat there and watched the bid start to climb.   It was already at 33000g and a few were hanging around Madam Goya looking for a cheap buy.   The price started to climb up by increments of 5000g.   A player popped up and bid 55000g and started to try to shoo players from bidding (not sure how that was going to work since my server is PVE server).   I could swear that this player (who was alliance) was throwing the World of Warcraft version of a hissy fit.   The time started to click down and I had a good idea when the auction would end.  I started to jump the bid up by increments of 1000g (Okay, truth be told I was having fun frustrating this player and his tantrum de jour).

About 5 minutes left before the auction was done I dropped the hammer on the auction and bid what I intended to pay for the item.   You could almost hear the sign of disapproval as my opponent left the field of auctioneer battle.  Others came to Goya to get a cheap trinket or mount only to run away in disgust.   The auction ticked completed and I went over to the mailbox to pick up my newly found mount.

As has been tradition with all of my mounts I stripped off all of my gear and did a grand tour of all of the major cities in my loincloth and a smile.   Enjoying my newly won prize and the story I could tell as I toured around the world enjoying the view.

Good luck and Good Hunting


Want to get in contact with me? . Email me at Dragonbearjoe @ 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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Chess Pieces Taking The Field

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 6:00 PM

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I have played chess all my life.    Chess is one of those games that stays with you mentally and changes the way that you view life in general.   Whether it is the small maniacal voice in my head that says everyone is a chess piece.  Or viewing life as who takes the field and what strategies need to be in place to be at an optimum level for life.

Your alternate toons are very similar to how good chess players view the field of battle on the board.  Your main toons end up being your King and Queen.  Your alternate crafters are often your bishops and rooks and even some of your players end up being placed in the space of pawns.

Any good chess player will tell you that you have to be looking 3-5 moves ahead as you are moving your pieces.  Planning and executing your strategy puts you in the mind set to allow you to win the game in the end.  

The Gold Goblin view of winning is that your goals are accomplished.  Even if your goals are simply to have enough gold to be able to repair or buy an item that you want.  Goals become your end game as you prepare another toon to take the field of crafting battle.

In the game of Gold Goblin chess there are also sacrifices to put yourself into a better position.   Sometimes you just do not have the time to place all of your auctions to sell.   That sacrifice of possible sales becomes more precious as you look at what will sell for the most profit and what will have to sit in the bank for another day.  

Time becomes just as important as planning.  When you have reached level 90 and start your daily grinds of reputation and rewards for your mains.  Obtaining valor points and items to get you geared up for raiding with friends or Looking for Raid groups.   Each move on the chess board becoming that much more important to not waste your time or resources for fools errands.

So look at what your next move is going to be.  Who will be the next profession to be at max level.   Do you take the slow route and level with easier to acquire resources or burn all of your more valuable assets to obtain access to more valuable

A Gold Goblin is always placing their pieces on the field to put themselves at the best strategic position they can.   To obtain more gold, to finish up their goals and to enjoy the game of World of Warcraft.

Good Luck and Good Hunting


Want to get in contact with me? . Email me at Dragonbearjoe @ 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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When Numbers Lie

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 12:49 PM

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Mommar here.

Many of my resources when working the auction house in wow is based on add-ons.  I use add-ons to make crafting of items easier,  to tell me what is in my inventory on different toons and even obtaining information from off site pricing listings such as Theunderminejournal.com.

Would I be able to function without these?   Probably,  but then I would have to depend more on hard research than at the fingers information.  Which can be a blessing and a curse.

I was posting up items on my bank toon and had a couple of Prospector's Woolies in my inventory.  Much to my interest my add-on (http://tradeskillmaster.com/) was listing these at a value between 3500 and 4500g a piece.   That's a nice chunk of change for a low level item.   So looking at a little research I found that it was part of a semi popular transmog set Gypsy Garb (Recolored).

This definitely peaked my interest because transmog sets do sell from time to time.   So I listed the item at a 'discounted' price of 3500g.   12 hours later I relisted it for 3500g again.   Relisted the item for 3500g after 12 hours ad nauseum(you get the point).

Does this mean that it will fail to  sell for 3500g at some point    I'm a very patient person and 3500g is worth a lot of relisting.  But it did spark something in my brain about the price listing that some addons will show.   At the beginning of Mists of Pandaria there were many level 87-88 items that were being priced at 50,000g or even more.  One of my guild mates was lucky enough to obtain one of these and was asking how much to price it at.    Offering my supposed wisdom on the item I suggested he ignore what the add-on price offered and put it at a reasonable amount of gold.   The item later sold for 10,000g and he pocketed the amount.   Could he have received the 50,000g that the item was supposedly worth?  Maybe,  but it was a long shot that players would want to spend that much gold for an item that would be replaced relatively quickly as they reached level 90.

Accurate information is the plank that a gold goblin will create their view of the auctioning world.  Accurate information can come from many sources.   That information should be processed by a gold goblins wisdom and past experience.   So when something doesn't quite seem to fit,  the odds are that it doesn't.   So when that big bonus item drops into your lap,  look at the numbers and see if they are really telling the truth.

Good Luck and Good Hunting


Want to get in contact with me? . Email me at Dragonbearjoe @ 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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Putting Your Listings On A Diet

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 7:00 AM

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Hey gang.

As we continue on our experiences with Mists of Pandaria sales can become bogged down due to needing to relist over and over again.   The monotonous challenges of listing the same item 5-10 times to be able to sell one.

Inscription and jewelcrafting can become locked into this repeating bubble.  Especially with items that are no longer in high demand such as mid level Cataclysm gems and armors.   Many gold goblins will list between 500-1000 items at a stretch using either manual clicks or addons to speed up the process.

Regardless of the addons or methods,  each auction listed takes up a little bit more of your time.  If there is one thing that Mists if teaching players,  every minute of their gaming becomes important for the long term goals of the player.

So as your listing your items,  this is a good time to figure out which of your items can be set back for another day of listing.  Which items should you go ahead and sell at an extreme discount or even vendor for your time.

Here is my challenge.  For the next 5 days time yourself on just how long it takes you to list all of your repeat items.   Keep track of it on a piece of paper and see how long you are spending listing items.  Then take the amount you sell each day and figure out just how much you are making in sales per hour.   This can give you good idea on whether you are spending your time wisely,  or waiting for that 5g profit to come in after having spent half an hour listing non salable items.

The key to being a gold goblin isn't just a mater of knowing what to sell,  and when to sell.  But how much time you should be spending draped over the keyboard selling items.   And this knowledge will give you the leg up on other players who mindlessly list items that have a small chance of selling.

Putting your listings on a diet can make your gold making streamlined and timely in the long run.  And put you on top of the pile ready for another jump at the gold ring.

Good Luck and Good Hunting


Want to get in contact with me? . Email me at Dragonbearjoe @ 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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The Vikings Are Upon Us....

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 9:32 AM

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Mommar here.

It's the weekend for all of us,   except those that have to work through the weekend and get their days off on Tuesday (my sympathies).    It's a little under two weeks since the release of Mists of Pandaria.   The first full weekend where raiding guilds will start to sharpen their skills for the race to more loot.

As gold goblins it will be very important to have all of our shiny goodies out to sell.   High level enchants,  Leg armors and shoulder inscriptions.  Perfect cut and blue level gems ready to be sold at high profits.

The weekend tends to become up and down when it comes to raw materials.   Buying early in the morning and then reselling later during the day when players are enhancing gear they have earned in dungeons and raiding during the day.

As always,   be smart and be prepared to take advantage of not just the regular auction house but also the black market auction house.   Players will be looking for gear that they can raise their gear ilvl to get into dungeons and raiding faster.  So investing in a crafting pattern from the Auction House and being one of the first to have that item on the auction can rack up big profits this weekend.

Just keep your eye on the prize and be ready for the race.

Good Luck and Good Hunting



Want to get in contact with me? . Email me at Dragonbearjoe @ 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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