Bait and Switch

I mentioned last week that I’d taken a new job, well I’ve already left that job. Why? Because, I was sold on one job and given another. It happens, but you don’t expect it when you’re going to work for the city. So, I’m back at my old job. The pay is a little less, and the benefits are non existent. But, at least I know what to expect when I go to work.

The Bloodscalp Report
This week I brought in a little over twenty thousand gold, at my current rate I’m expecting to hit the cap in about four weeks (assuming I don’t go nuts spending). That said, I have actually been buying things lately. Namely, Pristine Black Diamonds and Libram of Focus / Libram of Protection. Now, I’m not going nuts on these. I’ve set a price 200g if I find the item(s) for this price or lower, I buy. The Librams I’m not AS concerned about buying, since they’re a little easier to farm than the Diamonds are. I’ve also been hitting up trade chat, guildmates, etc in the hunt for more Diamonds. As of this writing I need exactly thirty more to complete this part of my Insane in the Membrane achievement.

Ravenholdt rep is almost done, I just need to spend a couple of hours farming boxes with my rogue, Cicatriz. But I’m waiting on Ravenholdt for now, it’s essentially done. What I’m actually working on is the Goblin Cartel rep, I’m now focusing on making 2-4K rep per day with the Goblins. Which should put me at exalted in a couple of weeks.

As for what I’m actually selling?

Right now it’s more of the usual, Glyphs have seen a marked rise in profits as mentioned in a previous post. The reason being that a very tenacious competitor has been expunged. This was a Chinese gold seller, and I don’t say that lightly. The character in question no longer exists and none of his fellow guild members exist anymore either… so I’m thinking Blizzard probably took notice and put the hammer down. But, the point is: Glyphs are actually moving again.

That said however, they won’t continue to sell forever. In my opinion, the glyph market is going to trend down the closer we get to the Cataclysm launch. The sky isn’t falling, but prices definitely are. And it’s not just glyphs, gems are dropping again (think pre 3.3 levels) same for other items commonly sold. Unfortunately, I don’t see this changing. We “might” see a small upsurge in prices with the release of the new Ruby Sanctum encounter. But seriously, it needs to be said… the End is Near!

But this isn’t a bad thing, the end of an expansion is the beginning of new opportunities. For one, there are items that we can stockpile that will still sell when Cata releases and there will be all new craftables in Cata that we’ll be making money with. So, don’t start crying yet. Keep selling what you can now, and start thinking about what stock you want to unload and what things you think will manage a profit when Cataclysm does drop. It might be a little early to really start stockpiling, but it’s not too early to start researching possibilities. Thanks for reading…