Originally Posted by Belteshazzar
These are some very interesting observations. To me, this brings up an ethical question: do I really hype up the anvil opening on Ursin to make a lot of people expect huge price gouging after the anvil is open, then start listing things on an alt at gouged prices to take advantage of the hysteria? Basically, is it ethical to try to help the market inflate to take advantage of the inflation?
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Absolutely if you think that doing so would actually have any effect on the market. When it comes to playing the Auction House, you have to keep business and friendship separate. The bottom line is to make gold at the expense of anyone and everyone possible, if you don't do everything in your power to be successful in this regard, I guarantee someone like me will come along and take advantage of the opportunities you overlook.
On another note, on Malfurion after the Armory was opened the economy followed the same trend that has been mentioned in a majority of the above posts, although things were relatively calm leading up to the opening. Considering the armory opened on a Friday night, I would say the rush lasted until about late afternoon that Saturday. If you are planning on unloading a stockpile on the Auction House when the armory opens up, I would definitely recommend following your servers progress closely because if you aren't in at the beginning of the onslaught, you stand to miss out on some nice inflations in the markets that have already been mentioned in this thread.