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As he strolled lazily along the moss-encrusted beach of Lake Mennar that quiet Sunday morning, his peaceful thoughts were interrupted by the sudden raging battlecry of Azshara's most feared and deadly beast, the Blue Scalebane. Mere moments later, blood still dripping from the blackflight arrows protruding from the dead creature's corpse, he examined with puzzlement the strange Azure Whelpling the beast left behind. Unable to care for it himself, he travelled to Orgrimmar, and placed it in the Auction House in the hope it would be rescued by someone with a good and kind heart, and enough cash to meet the 500 gold starting bid. Less than 48 hours later, a collector offered him 2700 gold for it. He accepted, and built a retirement cottage on that very same lake.

Naturally, after hearing of my good friend's good fortune, I travelled myself to Lake Mennar. I would snare for myself one of these fat, repugnant little beasts and reap my own reward. Easy money, it would seem, for someone with a little spare time and a lot of extra patience. A week, and nine stacks of roasted quail later, I held my prize aloft as I proudly (and with great fanfare) returned to the great city of Orgrimmar. Women fainted, and men named their children in my honor.

Three weeks hence, this stupid, flighty, scale-encrusted beast is now my bane. It remains the only one of its kind available for purchase, and yet I seem unable to give it away. It poops on my boots and drains my life savings, one auction house deposit at a time. At 500 bid/1000 buyout, no one even bothered to bargain down the price. At 800 bid/no buyout, you could have heard a pin drop. At 500 firm, I was derided in the trade channel for profiteering, and some people theorized on how my mother spent her leisure time.

I am a patient man, and tolerant of many things. I have great love and respect for nature and all her creatures. But there is a vengeful side to my heart now. And it will lead me to kill the very next whelpling that happens to darken the path upon which I walk. Verily I say, I shall beat it to death with roasted quail.
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Old 03-12-2007, 05:37 PM         #2
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Pet collectors are few and far between. It takes a 'special' kind of player to want to pay hundreds or thousands of gold for a useless piece of digital bling.

Your friend got lucky, found a sucker, and ripped him/her off. WoW economics reflect the real world more closely than you'd think.
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Old 03-12-2007, 05:55 PM         #3
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Pet collectors are few and far between. It takes a 'special' kind of player to want to pay hundreds or thousands of gold for a useless piece of digital bling.
No, really. don't hold back. Say what you really feel about people who like pets.

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Your friend got lucky, found a sucker, and ripped him/her off. WoW economics reflect the real world more closely than you'd think.
Ripped off is a good word. While I like mini-pets, I'm not going to throw down a ton of gold to get one.
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Old 03-12-2007, 06:33 PM         #4
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I don't see how "ripped off" even comes into play here? Was he forced? Did the guy rent a huge tauren to stand behind him, threatening to feed him to the fishes? What?
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Old 03-12-2007, 06:51 PM         #5
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I collect pets, but even 700bid, 1400 BO for the Firefly on my server was more than I am willing to pay. Same as the CE Hippogryff at 1600 gold really. And I have enough gold to buy my next 2 alts that hit lv 70 an epic windrider.

So your friend got lucky, at 500 maybe you shall get lucky too, one day. That nicely written story deserves a happy end :)