The Auction House is perhaps my favorite non-combat related feature in the game. The convenience of throwing an item you want to sell into the AH and then walking away to let an automated system sell your items is a huge time saver. However, if you want to buy a specific item it can be a lot more challenging.
If you’re looking for a particular item, you may be able to find it at the AH, you might not. For example, I searched every single day for two weeks looking to buy a Knothide Quiver and eventually gave up out of frustration. I visited the auction house multiple times a day and advertised in trade chat every time I entered a city, and never saw the faintest sight of it. It was this dilema that made me first realize the difference between buyers and sellers in the WoW economy.
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