Well I'm too lazy to do dailies, ahem, daily. And I was a raider too, so that ate a solid 30-60g in flasks per-night alone, plus reagent restocks + restocking 20+ mana pots at 10-15g/stack, sometimes health pots and Major Dreamless SLeep Pots(Perfect for a boomkin in raids, not so much for anyone else besides hunters), then there was re-enchanting any gear upgrades...yeah my gold never stayed above 200-300g at best lol

Still though, SEVENTEEN HUNDRED GOLD for a mount the alliance ride all the time for free, and an UGLY one at that :p You have the dragon, the rays, the eng mount and normal ones with armor available, why would you want an ugly green chicken that costs almost half as much as the training did vs ones that cost 17times less and look better? lol; the gold could go to crafting gear too, Spellstrike gear, the bop pieces, etc