Just wondering if I'm losing money trying to save up gems and crafting star gems to sell on the AH.
Ignoring the value of 'found' items, you can make a profit selling star gems (primarily emeralds and amethysts). However, when you take into account the value of the tomes you're using up, the fact is star gems are generally a loss when sold on the AH (15% cut is what does it). They're still profitable if you can sell them in chat, however.
All in all, star gems are something that are more valuable when crafted for personal use (saves gold instead of buying them), and higher up tiers of gems are where profit starts becoming worthwhile.
Pre-patch I started doing it and was making good profit. Lately though the price dropped drastically and now it barely makes any profit going from Perfect Squares to Stars. Personally I'm just keeping all my gems for now and waiting for the price to go back up.
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Ignoring the value of 'found' items, you can make a profit selling star gems (primarily emeralds and amethysts). However, when you take into account the value of the tomes you're using up, the fact is star gems are generally a loss when sold on the AH (15% cut is what does it). They're still profitable if you can sell them in chat, however.
All in all, star gems are something that are more valuable when crafted for personal use (saves gold instead of buying them), and higher up tiers of gems are where profit starts becoming worthwhile.