i agree, gearing while leveling is often waste of gold.

if you do level 5 toons, better save your gold for their skills LOL it cost dearly for 5 toons.

Beside what you spent for pre-tbc gears = waste of tons of gold.

Just wait til you go outland, get those gear from Quests! way better. Also if you don't have full team of 5, maybe better to get each toon thru instance wiht pug from time to time.