Gwenorgan wrote:
The AH prices were generally off-base anyway, what they suggested as a mean price would be way low on one of the servers I'm on or way high on another. Just look at your item, stats on it and look for similar items (gigi's sword of BLANK instead of gigi's sword of spirit would show you the other random buffs on that item currently listed)
If nothing else is listed try tripling the vendor price on the item and then drop if it doesn't sell. Works fine for an item or two but best would be to work your addons so they're up to date with more realistic prices on your realm.
Any composite price that includes any other server but your own (including your own in the non-short-term past) can't be expected to be accurate to better than an order of magnitude. It's good for telling if what you're looking at is, say, twink gear or a ridiculously rare pattern, but for everyday stuff not so much.
An addon is worth the effort, especially if you pursue a crafting profession for any reason other than making yourself endgame gear. Also, some realms are tracked on The Undermine Journal, assuming it's able to continue.