Simple way to find more AH items on a tight budget
Just a simple trick for those of us who don't have millions of gold to spend on the auction house.
Most buyers and sellers round stats to the nearest 10, 50 or even 100 at higher levels when estimating the value of items. For example, I searched for bracers with 50 All resist, 50 Strength, and 100 Vitality for my Barbarian, with a buyout limit of 330,000 gold.
Because many people use these 50 and 100 "plateaus" as a quick reference for value, many will overprice items that are just at or over these levels.
But, watch what happens when you search for the same item with the same buyout limit, but set it to 49 All resist, 49 Strength, and 99 Vitality:
If you actually check them one by one, you'll find that most are still above 50/100 for 2 of the 3 stats you wanted, but because they fail to pass these "round number plateaus" for one stat, the seller tends to undervalue them.
I hope this helps some people find more items for their budget.
Posted Jun 24, 2012, 1:43 AM UTC