Stockpiling Totals + Meta Gem Resets

I'm continuing to stockpile some mats for 4.3. I haven't really sold off many gems yet because the market price for reds is simply not worth it. Every once in awhile I can snipe a few sales on expensive orange and purple gems that I'm scanning. Some people have tried to reset the various colored gem markets, but have failed mostly. Each time they try to reset particular cuts to 175-200g, they are immediately cut and walled below 120 again. I think that's a perfect lesson in what NOT to do in the gem market. Resetting is an extremely risky maneuver that can probably only be pulled off on server resets and at odd hours. There are simply too many players that sell gems for that to work. Ultimately though, if you are going to fail on resetting gem markets, now is the time because the prices will inevitably climb and your purchases can improve your stockpile.

On that note, one thing I have begun doing is resetting meta gem markets late at night and making some pretty good profits off it. The meta gem market on my server varies anywhere from 100g-300g a cut depending on the day. In all honesty, the prices are extremely random, which makes it an exciting prospect. Shadowspirit diamonds are an awesome buy-cut-sell market too. The margins between raw gems and cut gems are typically very small, enough so that it dissuades buying and cutting them. However for meta gems, you can still buy them ~100g and sell them anywhere from 150-300g as I mentioned before. Even if they don't all sell at the price you want, you can still wait to sell them in the future or sell them in 4.3, where prices are guaranteed to be higher.

Stockpiling Totals as of 10/19

• 975 inferno rubies
• 600 ember topazes
• 650 demonseyes
• 775 shadowspirit diamonds
• 1000s of yellow, blue and green gems
• 1100 greater cosmic essences
• 300 maelstrom crystals
• 175 heavenly shards
• 53 jewelcrafting tokens
• 29 dreamcloth
• 350 bolts of embersilk cloth
• 750 volatile air
• 600 volatile water