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TL;DR: WTB Cata herbs for 30g/stack, CoD as much as you can.

The glyph market has been very good to me. Having reached my gold-making goal I want to change my approach to one in which I am striving to provide all glyphs at reasonable prices all the time.

So far I've found an abundance of herbs in my price range but am always saving up for a rainy day. Now that my initial stockpile of glyphs has been completed I need only enough to stay on top of demand. As such, my needs have changed to only involve CAtaclysm herbs.

I've personally bought over 200 stacks of Cinderbloom off the AH in the past day or so for 25g or less, so I know people sell cheap Cata Herbs. Well, if you'd like a guaranteed sell for 30g/stack feel free to CoD as much as you'd like to Liquidate or Kendran.

Thanks for your help in providing this service, I look forward to continuing.

You can look forward to the 30g or less glyphs being posted from this toon now (logistical issues were creating a real headache) but I look forward to continuing to provide cheap glyphs! Still looking to buy any BC, Wrath, or Cata millable herbs for 30g/stack! Look up Liquidate or this toon any time. :)

I guess a million + gold wasn't enough?

Oh, hi Faid! XD

I would urge everyone that wants a free market to avoid this individual like the plague. See here for possible intent:

http://foo-wow.blogspot.com/2011/07/critical-goblins-deep-undercut-comment.html

I would urge everyone that wants a free market to avoid this individual like the plague. See here for possible intent:

http://foo-wow.blogspot.com/2011/07/critical-goblins-deep-undercut-comment.html

I urge everyone who wants cheap glyph prices to come to me like I'm made of candy.

See here for my actual intent:
http://nerffaids.blogspot.com/2011/09/let-games-begin.html

Come on, bro, at least link to the right blog. Because I've been wanting to share my thoughts on the experience, as well as to explain my reasoning to those who are skeptical, I've put up a new post. I doubt most people will read it, and I'm sure even fewer will overcome their cynicism to think that some people just want to provide cheap glyphs, but here's the actual reasoning behind what I'm doing:

http://nerffaids.blogspot.com/2011/09/ive-had-substantial-shift-in-thought.html

I've had a substantial shift in thought about the glyph market over the past week or so. As some will remember from my previous post I've been spending a little over a week dedicating my glyph efforts to creating a low price ceiling, assuring that no glyph on Argent Dawn-US Alliance couldn't be found for 30g or less.

What originally started me on the idea was that I wanted to make it known to the other glyph sellers I was back from my break and could still be a major player in the glyph market if I wanted to be. I didn't intend to keep the blockade up for more than a month or so, nor did I have a scheme in place to raise prices. When I eventually grew bored of selling glyphs I'd either sell out of all my glyphs at 30g slowly, or I would raises prices back up to their AD-Alliance norm of 70-125g per glyph. I didn't go in with a grand plan because, quite frankly, I'm terrible at such things.

However, the more I've done this the more I enjoy it. I make less profit per glyph but still come out on top every day. I spent a few days making a glyph stockpile for this and now it takes very little effort to keep myself on top of my sales.

It got me thinking about my reaction to Horde glyph prices a few months ago. They were ridiculous. I actually was kind of offended that people were charging so much.

I've been thinking about something:
Why do people charge so much (50-300g) per glyph?
Because they can.

I'm not saying they shouldn't; I feel that, bottom line, a fair price to pay for any item is whatever both parties, fully knowledgeable in the agreement, are willing to agree upon.

However, there's no reason they need to charge so much. The materials for most glyphs on Argent Dawn Alliance clock in at less than 25g. Many minor glyphs actually cost less than 5g to make, and yet people are charging 20x that amount for the finished product, not because they need to make up crafting costs but because they can.

Likewise, it's not to make up for leveling the profession. Inscription is, hands down, the "cheapest" profession to level in the sense that you actually will profit 100% of the time if you're not being incredibly stupid. It's the only crafting profession in which any item you make at level 10 can be as valuable, if not moreso, than an item you make at 450.

So why can they do this?
The reason scribes are able to charge such a high percentage on their crafted items is because of the perceived difficulty of competing in the market. The amount of bagspace a full round of glyphs takes is outrageous, the crafting time can seem terrible if you don't stockpile ahead of time. The research to learn all the glyphs takes a very long time (Anyone know the exact amount of days researching every glyph would take without the use of books?) when you compare it to powerleveling Leatherworking in one sitting.

When I was selling glyphs I would often have people say "Don't buy from Faid, just bring me herbs and I'll make you whatever glyph you want." Fair enough, but because of the many tiers of herbs, the fact there's no guarantee that you'll get x amount of ink from y herb every time, etc. makes these sorts of transactions difficult and unappealing to a consumer. There are those out there who aren't trying to make mad profits with Inscription, but because of their lack of desire to compete in the market, they don't really succeed in impacting the prices at all.

Zee Plan
My goal is to change that. I have the infrastructure in place already and the knowledge to compete in the market. I don't seek to make an outrageous profit and I don't really have any plan to ever raise prices. I did the whole "let's see how much gold I can make" thing. I got bored with it, that's why I haven't even been playing WoW for a while. I want to try something new.

I want to prove that scribes can make a profit without overcharging customers on the AH. I want Argent Dawn-Alliance to question why they're spending 150g on a glyph that cost that other guy 5g to make. Really I just want to have some fun, and provide cheaper glyphs.

Some days I may not sell a single glyph. I think this will become more common as scribes adjust to the new glyph landscape and offer cheaper prices. But that's still okay with me, because I'm not in this to sell and get rich. Been there, done that, am rich. I'm here to create a change on Argent Dawn, and I look forward to seeing the outcome.

What a saint.

iknorite?

Kendran, please send me a list of what herbs you would like the most, as I typically collect a lot while I'm out on my mage and hunter. I use quite a bit of them on my mage because she's a potion master but I often do have a lot to sell and would happily supply you with what you need/want. :)

Bump for an edited first post and continued demand. :D