Well I have been avoiding Auctioneer, but now I think you've convinced me. Thanks Mike! I can't wait for The WoWinsider show so keep up the good work!

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This feature is turned on by default in Auctioneer Advanced.

If someone says in /g ? [Wolfrunner Shoes]
Then my toon will whisper back to them my price check on that item. No polluting guild chat.
The trigger (?) can be changed and it can also use smart word matching to whisper back when it sees something like: /g Hey, what are [Wolfrunner Shoes] worth?

Nibuca
http://chicanery.fibergeek.com/ (just moved but still available at both locations).

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being a newb and getting a tip from a fellow wower i've been using that for 3 months now.. made lots of money using it.. "Auctioneer" is def something you want if you want to sell somthing for the right price

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I discovered this accidentally by asking what something was worth in Gchat one time. Now I PST myself whenever I need to know something :) (And use GChat, in case guildies of mine have seen auctions that I haven't)

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Something to keep in mind is the more often the person scan, the more accurate the price. Not uncommon for someone to say a primal fire is worth 10g, when it's up to 20 and they haven't scanned in a week. It's also important to note that auctioneer scans the prices the items are put up for, not sold for. It's a guide, but very easy to dupe.

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The Wowecon.com mod keeps track of actual sale prices based on mail box transactions. It will show the median sale price on your server, and also across all servers. I also has some integration within Auctioneer Advanced but I'm not sure to what extent the algorithms take wowecon prices into account.

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Krick
http://www.tankadin.com

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i just saw this feature today for the first time. A guildie asked "what is (some schematic" worth?" and auctioneer answered on it's own... pretty cool

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Another reason why these addons need more documentation with them. Even a small manual would be nice. Some of them come with some basic commands, but like this...who knew.

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In your post...Eternalpayn...you said you "accidently" discovered it. So you really have no reason to dispute my claim...in fact your post supports the idea that a little more info would be helpful.
Had there been even a small cheat sheet, then alot more than "some people" would be able to take advantage of it. I understand, of course, it comes down to money. Most of these addons are, at best, shareware and a profitless venture rarely invokes extras.
Don't get me wrong, I love surprises. But everytime I install a new addon I look through all the folders for the slightest hint of an instruction sheet. Sometimes I find the elusive prize I seek and other times...nada. I suppose thats why we flock to sites like WOW Insider...to get Insider info on the game...like AskPrice.
And "Yes", I do think people would read them...at least once...maybe.
Red

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That's because most of the people developing add-ons probably have some real-world development experience. Those of us in the field of development never write documentation; we leave that to the technical writers. :)

Kidding aside, I do agree that a lot of add-ons need more documentation.

What I would really like to see is some sort of global add-on debug mode or something that will easily identify pieces of an add-on when you mouseover them. If you have ever installed an add-on compilation before you know what I am referring to......those times when one annoying little blip is on your screen that you are dying to get rid of but you can't figure out which add-on is the culprit.

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"I'm not sure how exactly it gets around the no-spam requirements on sending so many messages at once... "

The definition of SPAM includes the fact that it is unsolicited communications... you have to send a tell to the person running AskPrice to get a response... that's not SPAM.

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I have been using Auctioneer for.... ever I guess. I just move my mouse over an item and it pops up and gives me all that info and maybe more. I thought it was in the standard Auctioneer package, but maybe not. The only advantage I see for this is that somebody without Auctioneer can get prices from somebody with it. To that I say, just go download Auctioneer and you'll never have to ask how much something is worth in the first place.

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