Procrastination

Sometimes there just isn’t time to do what you want, that’s why I do this blog update traditionally during realm maintenance. I slept in today, and I have to go to work in about two hours so… I’m short on typing time. So here comes a quick and dirty update, enjoy.

Opportunities
I’ve talked a lot about taking advantage of opportunities, that means you have to be diligent. You HAVE to watch for those opportunities constantly. Doing this is paramount for understanding trends and patterns. For example, flasks… these tend to start selling late Monday night and as soon as servers come up Tuesday. They will continue to sell (on Bloodscalp at least) for a couple of days. There is a simple explanation for this, Tuesday = realm maintenance and raid ID resets. More importantly though, sometimes the supply taps out…

Last night I noted that Frost Lotus had risen to a new high as seen in the pic above. And Flasks, were all but non existent. A handful of Endless Rage and Frost Wyrm were all that were on the AH.

Moments later I had a load of Flasks posted. Now, as I’ve found a couple of great farmers I’ve had a steady flow of materials. I’ve been on the lookout for flask materials in particular, getting them cheap at one part of the week, making flasks, then storing them for “raid nights” I fully expect these to sell out by the time I hit Icecrown tonight. Why are these things selling like this? Well for one, I bought out all the Frost Lotus on the horde side (and quite a few on the Alliance side) and because now all of ICC is open, the Lich King is available. And now Blizz has announced a removal of limited attempts in normal modes (source: link).

The Moral of the Story
Sometimes you have to make your own opportunity, by buying out all of the cheap materials to a point where the finished product “appears to be a deal” you ensure your product will move AND you help ensure that your competition has less raw materials to work with. This applies to all professions, and it works… fixing the AH is possible. I talked about this a while back when I mentioned my scorched earth campaign and the Zamboni method. I also mentioned I’ve been dipping into the Jewelcrafting market, and I have to say it’s been paying off rather well. Even considering me spending gold to get new cuts, it’s still making really good gold from it…

Inscriptions and the End
I’m by no means giving up on Inscriptions, it has to be said however that the market has gotten a lot slower. Where once I was making 3000 per day easily from glyphs I’m now making 1000 average, and I have to hustle a bit more. I can still make 3K or more, but only if I’m making cards/decks and that is a lot more reliable when the faire’s in town. But friends, this is why I’ve always preached the virtues of diversity and why I’ve dipped into multiple markets from the beginning. In the end, 1K per day from Glyphs isn’t bad at all. It’s just not as good as it once was, it’s not “carrying” my other professions as I skill up anymore. Which is fine, because I’m making enough from my various endeavors to easilly level a new profession each week and still hit my weekly goal(s).

Anyhow, that’s it for this week. Need breakfast before work.