Filed under: Blacksmithing, Items, Analysis / Opinion, Odds and ends, Economy, Making money

My chat box isn’t usually a wretched hive of scum and villainy, but on occasion it turns up a few statements that’ll make your eyebrows execute a shuttle launch. One such morsel popped up recently in the form of an amused snicker from an acquaintance who’d applied to raid with my guild in Wrath. He’d just made himself a quick 38 gold off a blacksmithing deal gone awry and was having a laugh over his good fortune. A leveling player had asked him to meet in Orgrimmar to make a Saronite Mindcrusher and could provide both materials and a tip. The applicant obliged, ported to Org from Dalaran, made the mace, and then they discovered that it was BoP and thus unusable by the customer. The disappointed player thanked him for his time, tipped him anyway for making the trip, and went on his way (according to the person who shall henceforth be known as The Blacksmith).

“So not only did I get a 25g tip,” he concluded smugly, “but I also made 13g vendoring the mace.”

That dog won’t hunt, Monsignor. “You did give the guy the 13g at least?” I asked. “I mean, those were his mats, the mace wasn’t yours.”

“No. Why would I? It was his mistake.”

To quote everyone who has ever set foot on the internet ever, ORLY?

UPDATE: The post got a lot more attention than I expected, so I’ve written an addendum here that gives a little more insight into what happened.

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