Quote Originally Posted by coglistings View Post
while it takes more screen time, you can always offer to buy at 10-25% below ah lowest price spammed in trade channel. most people don't figuer out that if you actually bought everything you were going to use off the ah, you extinguish the low prices total quanities really fast and are left with moderately higher prices and a new higher price point.

also, if you don't care about how people get their mats, you can establish purchasing agreements that are sizeably below market norms as long as you consume say 10-30 stacks of product. but buyer beware.
Bulk buys are always the best way to go. AH prices are always inflated a bit over the true value of an item.