Starting over - advice from those that have

[Owltoid]

Thanks to all the helpful replies, I now have a plan that I'm happy about.

I will not be starting 5 new account and upgrading to WotLK. Instead, I will do just as suggested in this thread and start two more vanilla RAF accounts. I currently have 2 RAF accounts linked (to account 2 and account3) and I will add two more (to account4 and account5). It's going to be a bit laborious, but I will first fill up my account2 and account3, then activate my new RAF accounts and fill up my account4 and account5.

I was pretty lucky with my account1. I wanted my account1 to have every type of toon that can heal and/or tank so that in PvP I can run 4 DPS plus any healer I want, and in PvE I can use that account as my tanking account. Fortunately, I have a "high" level druid, priest, and warrior already on the account, so worst case scenario is I transfer my "high" level shaman and pally (exists on account4 and account5).

To summarize costs, instead of $325 plus not having any level 80s and starting fresh, I am now looking at the following worst case scenario:

2 new RAF accounts = $40
2 toon transfers = $50
2 likely toon recustomizations = $30 (though no rush)
2 name changes = $20 (really no rush and may not do it)
Total = $140

Because I'll be salvaging 5x80 druids and 5x67 pallys, I think I'll actually be saving time by doing this method, even though I can only work on 2 toons at a time (plus level granting) instead of 4.

Once again thanks to all for helping me think through this issue