Wow Economy Weekly Wrap-Up - 108th Edition - 8.3 Auction House Woes & Success Stories

Posted 2020/01/19 at 1:04 PM by perculia

SamadanTSMYouTubeTwitchhere on www.wowhead.com8.3 Auction House & Mailbox Woes

Blizzard

Update on 1/16/2020 at 19:00 PST
Here are some additional issues that we have identified and are actively investigating:

When items are returned in the mail from the Auction House, it can incorrectly contain more stacks than the displayed maximum of 16. This makes it look like some items are not being delivered. You will know if you are experiencing this if a mail appears empty but can’t be deleted.
To retrieve the missing items in this scenario, take out all 16 of the displayed stacks, then close and reopen the mailbox to see the rest (you may need to repeat this several times).
If a character buys commodities in high quantities, they may not be able to access their mail.
The favorites list is not saving properly.
We have resolved some of the issues causing the “Internal Auction Error” to pop up, but it is still occurring and we are continuing to look into it.

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We’re aware of and working on a number of issues with the new Auction House:

~~The Upgrades Only filter can show some wands and shields that are not upgrades.~~ Hotfixed 17th January
While selling certain items, non-related pets will sometimes appear in the list of current auctions.
~~Players are sometimes unable to buy out an auction in which they are the highest bidder.~~ Hotfixed 17th January
Sold auction rows can disappear from the Auctions tab.
Sold auction rows can display the wrong quantity sold.
There is no chat notification when an auction sells.
~~The Uncollected filter can show owned battle pets.~~ Hotfixed 17th January
While selling a caged pet, the price columns are misaligned in the list of current auctions.

Some players have experienced attempting to cancel an auction that has bids enabled, but no bids yet, and receiving an incorrect warning that they will be charged an extra 5% penalty. This penalty message is only meant to be shown if there’s an active bid on your auction. If there is not an active bid, you can safely proceed with canceling, and the penalty won’t be applied.

We’ll continue to investigate all of the above and develop fixes wherever possible. If you’re experiencing any issue with the new Auction House, we suggest you first disable your addons and try again.

Thank you!

Blizzard

Auction House

Bids now display properly in the sell tab for caged pets.
Fixed a bug causing the quantity field to be empty when selling a non-commodity.
The “Uncollected” filter now filters owned battle pets as expected.
The “Upgrades Only” filter now correctly applies to wands and shields.
The "Usable" filter now filters profession-restricted items and owned toys as intended.
Purchasing an entire listing now displays the item count in the seller's auction list.
Players can now buyout an auction for which they are already the high bidder.
Fixed a bug that caused some mail from the Auction House to exclude expected attached gold.

Blizzard

Hello.

We’d like to clarify that nothing has been lost as a result of this issue. This is an issue with mail delivery, and we’re working to fix it. We currently expect that the fix is going to take a few days.

During that time, the mail you can’t see is not subject to 30 days expiry. It will only begin counting down from 30 days once we’ve fixed it so that you can see it and interact with it in your inbox.

WoWEconomy DiscordUndercuttingProceduralDad

With the new AH, I predict a lot of abuse will be thrown around here about undercutters. As a newly minted goblin, I think I may have a different perspective than most of you.

Until I became a goblin a month ago, I hated the Auction House. I might post an item one time before giving up selling it. If it was high value I might relist a few times, but sometimes I would spend a month not logging into my bank alt to even check auctions, much less relist expired ones.

And of course I undercut all the time. By large amounts. Why? Because that's how I got sales with that playstyle.

You can't be sitting at AH cancel-scanning every day and complain about undercutters. Your playstyle is WHY people feel forced to undercut by large amounts! Unless they undercut by a large amount, their auction just gets buried. So that is why they do it.

It's not because they are dumb. They value different things than you value. Don't insult them.

This! That's how I play the AH.... I'm totally cool if someone wants to buy what I'm listing just to repost it at a higher price. In fact, that's pretty much what I want. I want things to sell fast and for more than I would get at a vendor, that's it. It gets me enough gold to do what I want to.

But if they undercut by 1copper, they will be undercut a second later, and they won't make the sale.

If they undercut by 50G, a goblin will buy it to flip it, or a goblin may decide not to undercut it. (As a new goblin, I've done both myself.)

So in fact the depth of the undercut CAN be the difference between sold and not-sold.

Early 8.3 Success StoriesMeileo and LunareeExpulsomMarks of Honor

Goldmaking! Goal to make millions of gold. :D
I am making 730 pieces of uncanny gear on patch day!

- Expulsom 2550 - Check!
- Marks of Honor - Check!
- Mats - Super Close to Finishing
- Rank 3 - Waiting till 8.3
- Craft 10 of each Uncanny Gear - Waiting till 8.3

Goldmaking - Going to round this up to 1.9 million gold made in 36 hours. :D

And I list auctions on 3 other character too. :D

DrizzlingRoseHexweave Bags

im Constantly refreshing AH and reposting when someone posts new posts of the turn ins, this is the most fast pasted gold making i have ever done, my heart is racing like raiding and it feel DAMN GOOD!

made almost enough gold for 3tokens tonight, best goldmaking numbers ive ever had in 1 day, i think ill try this warfront turnin stuff more in the future :3

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Comment by DawnriderMeileo and Lunaree is a great example of how good preparation beforehand and then well executed on launch day can ensure the gold has the best chance of flooding inComment by deathlavitzMeileo and Lunaree is a great example of how good preparation beforehand and then well executed on launch day can ensure the gold has the best chance of flooding inComment by FixiThose graphics are completely unreadable... was the big haul on uncanny gear I guess? What was the sell point. I've made a couple hundred thousand, but nowhere near the millions.Comment by Fixi The NPC who sells rank 2 and 3 of uncanny is currently not selling those recipes.Comment by GwiezBeing undercut might be frustrating, but other people aren't obligated to let you set the price higher than they want to sell at. The price of an item on the AH is the price it hasn't sold (or sold out) at. Of course I'm going to undercut, and I'm going to aim for a price that I think a person would change their mind from no to yes at. I don't think that price is 1c less. In fact, I've noticed it's the cancel-relisters who undercut by 1c.Comment by Evolyn1877the graphics are totally unreadable by size :(

also, gold made isn't gold profit. there's a difference between having 1.9MM from spending 10 hours over a month crafting, flipping, and reselling and having 1.9MM from selling a TCG mount (100% gold profit, variable real-life money and time cost). the quality of reporting on the AH is often better than this at analysis.Comment by DanJack^ Is Meileo - Thank you for featuring me! I've been having an excellent week still with gold making. 2.8 Million gold now and still have a ton posted.
Basically I worked hard in December planning and set myself up to only have to craft about once a week till Shadowlands. :D

Was reading comments and this is my twitter account for those who can't see the sales: (this is just 1 image)
https://twitter.com/MarshMeileo/status/1218731402113376257?s=20Comment by FixiWas reading comments and this is my twitter account for those who can't see the sales: (this is just 1 image)
https://twitter.com/MarshMeileo/status/1218731402113376257?s=20Comment by PablockoI have made more than 200k on a medium low server, trying to post 2 times per day in case of competition (theres barely any) and also, selling the uncanny gear between 2999 and 6999 with 2 handers going 14999, ill rather sell lots than trying to overprice the gear and noone buying it (some people are trying to sell the gear for like 20k on my server) and also i have like 30 enchants of each of the newest 2eapons and rings and 2000+ flasks and pots for the opening of the new raid :DComment by sinangelusAnd I still didn't get gold for commodities sold from thursday to saturday... Single items send gold, stackable ones sell, no gold is delivered. Stopped posting until Blizzard fixes the bugs, I cba letting them hold more of my gold hostage.Comment by kweebiaSorry man, but you are wrong on the rank 2 and 3 recipes. The guy in Boralis harbor is currently selling the rank 2 and 3 recipes.Comment by apedosmilI'm glad someone is making money now, because I haven't sold a single pet or transmog since patch, and those are my money makers. I think since there's been problems with the "uncollected" filter, I'm just dead in the water until AH 2.0 is done beta testing.Comment by blissfireI'm glad someone is making money now, because I haven't sold a single pet or transmog since patch, and those are my money makers. I think since there's been problems with the "uncollected" filter, I'm just dead in the water until AH 2.0 is done beta testing.Comment by DaillemandLegend say it's the only player on Azeroth to receive its gold after sales. HahaComment by SamadanPlaysWoWMany apologies for the blurry images, I have fixed them in the post now.Comment by AesiriaWhy would anyone buy an uncanny staff for 40k? That's insane.Comment by MystofdarknessI have put my gold farming on hold.
Due to the current auction house issues i got tired of not receiving my gold from things selling so i just halted it till its fixedComment by Dakkenz1488Im still waiting for blizz to refund all the gold that was not given to me in sells at a grand total of 13.2M. Im not posting anything else til then.Comment by jtcullifer1Has there been any updates relative to the Mail / AH payment or return issues? I know there is the obligatory note at the login screen saying to be patient. It's been a week, and I am missing a lot of stuff and I am a bit worried as I didn't list everything in a spreadsheet. I know that's on me, but never really had to track every single thing before. I listed about 200 auctions on Tuesday after the patch hit. There are things that didn't sell, gold from items that did sell. It seems very random what things actually get sent back and what goes missing. I sold like 10 stacks of dredged leather for about 50k, and I personally watched the timer drop down for payment to the inbox, and nothing ever came through to my inbox. That was last Wednesday afternoon.... still nothing. I know I am either missing about 25 stacks for Gloom Dust that either sold, or didn't sell; either way I have no clue where it/they are. I am going to be in a holding pattern on any more sales until this gets resolved.

Farming, Transmogs, Pets, and other things related to the AH are kind of my fun thing to do playing WOW. Hasn't been a great week for sure for me :-(Comment by DanJackIf anyone reads this I hit gold cap with just selling that Uncanny Gear 132 days later :P - Meileo