How to deal with the neutral AH snipers ?

#0 - Sept. 8, 2010, 5:24 p.m.
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Not sure if this is the right forum, but I'm sure I'll be directed over to the right one if it is not.

It seems here lately, and I don't know when it started has I jst got bit by it, There now seems to be level 1 toon(s) camped out at the different Neutral Auction Houses, their very obvious goal is to catch people passing items back and forth between their Horde and Alliance toons and snag them up for cheap.

I fully understand that posting on the AH makes it fair game...etc.etc, I'm not QQing about that. Though I don't believe they are being fair in how they achieve it. They are pretty obvious, The micro second I hit "Create Auction", they buy whatever item is posted. I can even post level 1 gray or white items sometimes and if I keep the price around 1-2 copper they will auto buy it. Since I started watching, I notice the account will be logged in what appears to be 24 hours a day. They are logged in when I head out to work, if I check in at lunch, get home from work, go to bed at night, they are there. I never see them show has away (but I'm not watching that closely)

Pretty sure it would be almost impossible for someone to be logged in 24 hours a day, never show away and instant buy whatever item is posted. I feel sorry for them, if they really are there all that time

I say all that to ask the simple question, and hopefully get an Offical response from Blizzard on what actions should I take. I've recently started filing a support ticket, with the character name, location , etc. Should I do this ? Is there a better way ? or is this just wasting GM's time and Blizzard preferred I didn't ?

My guess is it's Gold farmers and most likely will not go away, but it doesn't take much effort to report them when find them, if that's what Blizzard would prefer I do.

#12 - Sept. 8, 2010, 6:53 p.m.
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Hi Daleykai,

As others have mentioned you can try putting the auction for a higher price. Beyond that, there isn't much else we can do. If you feel someone is botting, you may want to report it by opening an in game ticket. Our game masters will investigate accordingly and take any necessary actions.

If you would like to see any changes in policy or game play, I highly recommend you post your thoughts on your suggestion forums.

Suggestion Forums - http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/board.html?sid=1&forumId=11122

Let me know if you have any additional questions.