In WoTLK you could get ilevel 240-250 without a single boss kill (pvp and crafts), whereas raiders were 260-270 iirc.

Its just not that big of a gap between raiders and non raiders in wow to worry about it for pvp.

Im doing AH right now buy up Cata's at $30 a pop on ebay. Got JC and ALK (6 of them) to 525 and only that Twilight Highland recipes are stopping my tailor, LC etc. from 525.

Money just flowing in .... 6-10K a day.

Netherweave bags at 20g each and I have 2-3 banks full of bolts of cloth.