I verified the house cut value in Gadgetzan as follows:
- Item listed was a recipe with an MSV of 5.00 silver.
- Deposit paid was 5.00 silver for 8hr auction.
- Bid and buyout were set at suggested value of 7.50 silver.
- Item sold, received 11.38 silver by mail.
- 11.38 = 7.50 - (15% of 7.50 = 1.12) + 5.00 (deposit)
-- Greenman
Buyout Modifier?[]
User:Ronoran added a comment about some sort of buyout modifier on the fees charged when an auction is bought out quickly. I have removed this comment because I have never seen this to be true. Can anyone else offer evidence of such a thing? Removed text below. --Greenman 12:59, 29 April 2006 (EDT)
The BuyoutModifier is between 0 and 1. It is closer to 0 if the auction was baught out almost immediately after you listed it, so that the Cut on an auction that only lasts 5 minutes will be less than 1%. The BuyoutModifier is 1 if the auction lasts for the full time. Hypothetically this modifier exists to compensate players who may have sold something too cheaply. It is unknown whether it is affected by the ratio of BuyoutPrice to MSV.
My faction auction always charges me of 5%. Is there really BuyoutModifier which can be other than 1? According to the very next paragraph it's also always 1. Something needs to be removed? --Drundia 22:10, 25 April 2006 (EDT)
Followup: I just deliberately listed 5 bolts of silk cloth for 20s (under merchant value). The auction sold out within the first minute. The house cut was 1s (5%) as expected. There was no modifier. --Greenman 13:12, 29 April 2006 (EDT)